Eureka!

[mrsronweasley]

I think I've got the idea for the perfect alarm clock. Forget all those fancy affairs that wake you up in a 'natural' way, getting lighter and lighter and louder and louder, so you don't wake up suddenly, but almost like on your own.

Rubbish.

No, what you need is an alarm clock that will ask you really tough questions really early in the morning, such as:

"Where is my umbrella?"

or, alternatively:

"Where is dad's T pass? He called me from the station."

or else:

"Find the derivative of function F(x)=x^3+14x^2+45789x+87 without using any shortcuts."

Now, the trick to this is to ANSWER THE QUESTION. By the time you're done, your brain will not only be awake, but also full of your daily dose of the Guilt Endorphins, because you scrounged your father out of his daily free T ride, but at least your mother found her umbrella in your bag, and used the T pass to get to her own work.

Seriously. Otherwise I would never have gotten up at 7:40 this morning.

Hurrah!

Comments

[kasche.livejournal.com]

3x^2+28x+45789.

..ops, sorry. It's becoming a conditioned reflex. I hate studying for exams.. mathematical daydreaming during classes (with or without the teacher) is way better. It may leads to questions such as "But are ants able to conceive the empty set?"

Sorry. This hasn't got anything to do with your entry. Sorry for your harsh awakening!

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

And you are so absolutely right. But did you use the shortcut rule or actually do the whole thing out? ;)

I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with math. Unless that's your major. In any case, I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with exams - that alwaya bites. *sigh* GOOD LUCK!

[kasche.livejournal.com]

that alwaya bites.
Oh, yes.. let's just hope it's not too poisoning. Even if I'm not so positive about it..

I used the a*x^(a-1) rule.. by the "whole thing", do you mean calculating the limit? Oh, I'd never do that. Not a chance in hell. ^^;;;;;

Thanks! ^^

[ex-rainy-day713.livejournal.com]

Yes, but what's the derivative of that function? ;)

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

*points up* What she said. ;)

[kasche.livejournal.com]

Now, don't try to get away with that. we want to know what you answered that morning. *grins*

[dannawhin.livejournal.com]

Patent it. NOW.

Though I woke up a few weeks ago to the radio, on which the presenters had phoned some mechanic and were greeted with this answering machine message:

"If this is an emergency, press 1. If you would like to book an appointment, press 2. If you would like a blonde Nordic to tickle your gonads with an ostrich feather, press 3. For all other enquiries, press 4."

Now THAT made me wake up.