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Gun O'Clock -- Funny in Theory. Creepy in Reality.

by Peter Mychalcewycz on September 4, 2008 at 09:34 AM



A large portion of humanity has wanted to physically assault an alarm clock at some point in their lives. This is a completely understandable emotional response and, in most cases, a fully warranted one

The Gun O'Clock (seen above) from, surprise surprise, Japan, seeks to play the roll of antagonist and psychiatrist. We know that's an odd way to describe an alarm clock, but that's because we are a bit confused and scared by it, and we don't want it coming after us.

The clock has two modes. In the first mode, "time mode," the clock begins to beep and slowly raises a target. It then begins berating its slumbering owner with insults until the target is shot with a special plastic gun. "Come on!" it yells. The second, called "attack mode," forces you to hit the bullseye within a given amount of time.

Holy crap! We beat our clocks with a shoe just for beeping. God help humanity if clocks actually begin taunting us.

There are depths of the collective psyche that this machine dares us to probe. As aforementioned, we choose not to. [From: OhGizmo!]

Tags: alarmclock, funny, household, weird

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