Bad (non-car) Ideas We Should Probably Never Do...

Sitting here snickering about this and thinking, "Yeah, that would be hilarious!" while simultaneously thinking, "She'd also kill me for it..." so couldn't help but share.

This last weekend The Dancer and I binge watched the new (and very good- if you're not put off by dark humor and lots of swearing I highly recommend it) Netflix series, "Russian Doll." In it the main character dies repeatedly, always looping back to the same point in the bathroom of her birthday party with the same song, "Gotta Get Up" by Harry Nilsson, playing. Needless to say, I've had it stuck in my head since as has the Dancer.

Her birthday is coming up this next week. The bad idea was to switch my morning alarm over to said song for her birthday and wish her a happy birthday when I get up... and then do the exact same thing the following morning. :P

Unfortunately any possible outcome would make it not worth it... she'd either want to murder me for it, or (more likely, knowing her) she'd not be awake enough to even notice...

Clearly you need to do that.

I thought this thread was gonna be a warning about building vacation cabins in Eastern Ky and how nobody should ever attempt that. 

This is Huston.

You are a go for that plan.

Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it 

Ashyukun (Robert) said:

Unfortunately any possible outcome would make it not worth it... she'd either want to murder me for it, or (more likely, knowing her) she'd not be awake enough to even notice...

aaaah women.... 

KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:

I thought this thread was gonna be a warning about building vacation cabins in Eastern Ky and how nobody should ever attempt that. 

Too soon?

Dusterbd13-michael said:

Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it do it 

In reply to KyAllroad (Jeremy) :

Heh. In theory, it should be moving along a bit this week with the warmer weather. In theory, of course... I'll believe it when I see it.

Though I may not end up doing the 'Happy Birthday' part, I am planning on switching my alarm over to the song in question- she's been wanting me to change it for a while, and I may as well have some fun with it.

There is a third possible result if I tried the 'do the same thing two days in a row': The first time the alarm went off she'd figure out what I was up to and tell me to knock it off before I could even do it the next morning. 

In reply to Brett_Murphy :

Thanks! 

He is quite possibly my most favorite television character of all time. Either him or Bender from Futurama.

aircooled said:

This is Huston.

You are a go for that plan.

Anger is GO!

Backfire is GO!

Hilarity is GO!

Groundhog Day is GO!

Uncomfortable silence is GO!

Roger, that, Huston,  you are go for launch.

T minus one week and counting...

Also T minus 1 week:

Honestly, I seriously doubt she'll even notice... she doesn't tend to wake up enough during the week when I have to be up earlier (unless she also has to be up early to do an outreach session, but I don't think she has early ones mid-week). She typically only comments on changing the song on the weekends when we're both getting up about the same time. There's also the problem that I typically switch off the alarm within a few seconds of it going off (I'm weird... during the night the alarm plays ocean wave noises but they stop for a few seconds before it starts playing the song for the alarm- the waves stopping will sometimes wake me up or at least get me close). We'll see, I'll be changing the song over for tomorrow's alarm...

Light sensor in the bathroom to trigger a recording played on a small cheapo MP3 player? Light off, stop. Light on, play. Make it small and readily concealable for maximum effect.

JohnInKansas said:

Light sensor in the bathroom to trigger a recording played on a small cheapo MP3 player? Light off, stop. Light on, play. Make it small and readily concealable for maximum effect.

To be clear- I came up with the original idea because I thought it would be lightheartedly funny, not because I wanted to spend the next month or so sleeping in the guest bedroom...

"If there is any doubt, there is no doubt"  - DiNiro in Ronin right before the ambush he knew was coming.

In reply to Ashyukun (Robert) :

I thought you said this was going to be about bad ideas. Not super epic awesome ideas. 

All the best ones almost get you killed. 

So, things didn't go quite as planned- or even as I could have predicted. The night before her birthday she ate something that gave her really bad back pain (usually happens when she has pork, apparently smoked beef brisket caused it this time...) so she didn't sleep much and was up before me and in the bathroom when my alarm went off. So- completely unexpected fail. Will still be keeping the song as the alarm for the weekends, it works well and is not as jarring as the one I've been using that she's complained about...

So, follow up. 

I have every other Friday off due to my work's 9/80 schedule- this is an 'off' Friday. On off Fridays and Saturdays, we set my alarm as a backup to hers since she has to be up to teach/do outreach well before I have anything I usually need to do. 

My weekend alarm was set with 'Gotta Get Out', so a few minutes after hers went off (and she hit snooze as usual) the distinctive piano intro to the song starts playing, and I shut it off shortly before the vocals start- and she rolls over and says, "You're evil." before getting out of bed to get ready.

So- partial success. :)