Dumb Idea: USB Blender Alarm Clock Annoys you out of Dreamland

Let’s see, we’ve got the Chumby to keep us updated on the latest news, the Boynq Modern style alarm clock to blast out of bed via remote, the Barbie iPod docking station alarm clock in all her pink plastic flowered glory who sweetly wakes us up. There really is no limit to the myriad ways in which a person can pull themselves out of the sweet surrender of slumber, so why not wake up to a USB Blender alarm clock.

The question here is not, “Why?” but, rather, “Why would anyone in their right mind want one of these things?” If we begin to ask the really serious questions, you wouldn’t even be reading this, so let’s just go ahead and give you the specs on this lean, mean, non-juicin’ machine. I think someone over at Brando stayed up way too late tripping on acid one night, or maybe for a few too many decades. It’s really the only explanation. The old ‘killing two birds with one stone’ expression doesn’t even fly here, since the blender itself doesn’t even function.

So, what do you get? You get a bulky, 1970’s blender-shaped alarm clock that runs via USB or battery that wakes you up via the sound of a shredding, liquefying whirr mixed up with your favorite game show jingles from the polyester era. The time, date and alarm clock on LCD display are the only contemporary touches on this device. My favorite description of the item states, “Do not open the cover. Do not eat the balls.” All this for only $25 big ones. That’s at least a week of smoothies.

[via Ubergizmo]

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