Fire!

I'm so lazy, even my smoke detectors have snooze buttons.

We've all watched sitcoms where the guy goes crazy trying to find the one smoke detector that is making the high pitched, excruciating beeps that won't stop. Its happened to me.

It makes me crazy when it happens. So many of the units today are hard wired in, it makes it all the more difficult to simply remove a battery. But, that's why God made 9 irons.

The ridiculous part is the detector is doing exactly what it's designed to do: make a sound so irritating that you can't make it stop. Sort of like being on a bad date where the other person just won't shut up. When I was single and had a date like that, I started pushing on her nose until the noise stopped.

Some people get so crazy that they unplug the detectors and never put them back up. That's pretty stupid. The whole family could get injured or worse. Maybe the sound they emit should not be the shrill, 250 decibel ear destroyers.

There have to be sounds that would wake you out of a sound sleep. How about the sound of your Mother-in-law talking? How about, "This is the IRS! You are being audited!". For me, it would be the wedding march. Not only would I wake up immediately, I probably wouldn't be able to sleep for days.

Loud sounds tailored to the individual. I might just be on to something. A dog barking? How about a cat making that evil, about to fight sound? The possibilities are endless. "This is the police! You are surrounded! Come out with your hands up!"

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