The Somewhat Ambitious

Morning all! Nerds of a Feather this morning was recorded live from Melbourne, and was painfully fun. Yes. Painfully. Normally I run through the lineup of items covered, but this time around, I thought I’d choose my favourite item and expand on it a bit. And here it is.

Every time I bring up alarm clocks with the guys, the ones I discuss are always designed to… well, shock you awake. There was the bomb clock which you have to diffuse, the clock you have to shoot to turn off, and the ‘Cheney Teabagger’, which I think I actually cut because my brain kept bleeding every time I watched footage of it in action.

Wouldn’t it be nice, though, if there were a gentler, more refined clock to wake one up in the morning? One which could calmly, politely get you out of bed without you having to shoot at it.

“This is the alarm clock that faithfully reproduces the subtle wit employed by P. G. Wodehouse’s most famous character–the valet Reginald Jeeves–as he politely affirms the beginning of the day. The clock plays 126 different wake-up messages in the reserved voice of Stephen Fry, the original actor from the English comedy Jeeves and Wooster. When the alarm sounds, Jeeves speaks softly as he assuages your displeasure that the morning has indeed come.”

So basically your british butler gently wakes you up with a random witticism. Which sounds a little bit like this: Boyoyoyoing. Thing is, Stephen Fry played Oscar Wilde in the film Wilde, so it’s a bit like getting woken up by Oscar Wilde. It’s like The Importance of Being Early. What? It’s like Lady Windemere’s Alarm Clock. I have one more, and it isn’t shit, I swear. SALARMe? None of these puns were groaned at by Lindsay, who seems to ooze puns from every pore. Robbie and Marieke, however, were rightfully disgusted.

Here’s the latest NERDS OF A FEATHER PODCAST, by the way! Also, some breaking news! Luke and I have something very special to announce. Gross.

/Paul