I got a new alarm clock.

[sff_corgi_lj]

My old one had finally decided it had enough, even with the temptation of 'new battery, look!'.

The new one did not alarm.

I am not pleased.

Comments

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

Did you conduct the Ritual of The New Alarm Clock?

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

[solemnly] I think I must not know of this ritual. Please elaborate.

[barsukthom.livejournal.com]

Verily, One doth test the Alarm Clock to confirm that, indeed, it truly does function:
Set the Alarm Clock for a short number of minutes ahead of the present time. Take the Lord's Name in vain when one powers past the appropriate setting the first time through.
Place the Alarm Clock near to where one is working.
Become busy, and forget the existence of the Alarm Clock.
Shriek in consternation and Horror when the Alarm Clock sounds.
Reset the Alarm Clock to the appropriate time to awaken the next morning.
Become confused & irate when the Alarm Clock sounds during dinner, for, truly, did one not forget that it did not have an "am" setting?
Wake shortly before the Alarm Clock sounds the next morning, for, truly, did not one's unholy dogs decide that the D***ed Thing was, indeed, a crunchy chew toy, and then regurgitate it for the rest of the Pack?
Amen.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Amen. [does analog clock hands gestures with paws]