Mini Red is notorious for being a pain to get up in the morning. The alarm doesn't work so I've had to get inventive.I used to drop a cold wet washcloth on her face but she became immune to it. Then my friend's husband told me what his family did to get him out of bed. They kept marbles in the freezer. When he refused to get out of bed they put all the marbles in his bed. This works so well because they are freezing and follow wherever you move in the bed so your only choice is to get out of bed.
I have never had to go through with it with Mini Red because it scares her awake when I say I'm getting them.
MOOHAHAHAHA!
Good idea, and one that definitely would've worked on me when I was a kid... but what about the cleanup of the strewn-about marbles? Might have to devise a marble magnet or something to make it easy...
ReplyDeletehaha!! that's a brilliant idea. And like 66 said, it def would have worked on me.
ReplyDeleteYour friend's husband is a mad genius. But why just the kids? That might be a fun trick to do on your friends, girlfriends/boyfriends, sex buddies, etc.
ReplyDeleteDiabolical. Following up on I-66, you could use ball bearings (everything's ball bearings these days), and then hav one of those industrial-strength magnets to gather them up (both available at your better science surplus stores) -- Joe
ReplyDeleteThat's fantastic. We used to poke my brother with a broomstick because he came up swinging and noone would get too close.
ReplyDeleteUmm...frozen metal against skin? Well, it will definitely have an impact :)
ReplyDeleteMy wife is like that. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteWhere'd you find the marbles? I lost mine a while back.
ReplyDeleteHave I seen you on Jerry Springer?
ReplyDeleteI-66: If you push down in the center of the bed they would all roll there.
ReplyDeleteAshburnite:Thank good ness my Mom didn't know about this when I was Mini Red's age.
Ar-Jew_Tino: I thought similarily like this is right up there with the hand in the warm water trick. Not sure on using this on any significant other or sex buddy though. You might not have a sex buddy after that. Hahaha
JoeLogon: You are Mad Genius Part Deux! Brilliant!
Allan: I can see Mini Red walking into school with little metal ball bearings stuck all over her face.
Kilgorsky: I had a science teacher in 8th grade who every once in a while would come into class with this devilish grin on his face. We found out those were the mornings he dumped a bucket of ice water on his wife when she was showering. Are you that type of teacher?
Lugi:These are the marbles I lost. When I found them I decided the best place to keep them was the freezer.
Taunted: Nope not yet.
My mother would throw cold water on my face...that always did it for me :)
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