Annoy-a-tron

[Irving]

I've had one of these for years and it's just been sitting on my pipe tobacco tin every day for years now. Thought a lot of you guys might find this interesting.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8c52/

[Irving]

Here is the whole electronics page. The key stroker looks pretty fun to have.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/

[68Charger]

Got one of the annoy-a-trons as a gift a couple years ago at Christmas..

it's amusing, and no, they can't find it if you hide it well..

but the only one I want to use it on lately works from home 99% of the time... if I know ahead of time that he's coming into the office, I'll put it in his cube...

[funkfool]

I love the "Customer letter":
Dear friends at thinkgeek.com,
I recently acquired the "Annoy-A-Tron" from your web site. Actually, I acquired two, thinking that perhaps two devices might be necessary to truly splinter the minds of my friends and co-workers. How woefully did I underestimate this powerful tool.
I have watched this simple device transform an (until-now) mild-mannered colleague into a spitting, cussing, paranoid lunatic.
He has ordered all of the staff he supervises (not a small number) to locate the source of the dread beeping before doing anything else (but since they are in on the prank, they haven't been much help). So he waits, white-knuckles gripping the edge of his desk, anticipating the next beep.
He has set a timer on his computer to track the duration between beeps. It hasn't been much help.
My favorite quote so far, nearly bursting that vein on his temple as he shouted it: "That beep has been F***ING with me for HOURS now."
He has called the facilities department to schedule a maintenance worker to investigate.
He speculates that "they" might be doing air-quality testing in the building. This beep must be some device in the ducts detecting dangerous levels of asbestos in the air. Or worse. Radon? Aerosolized mercury? Legionella spores?
The beep means something. What does the beep mean? Is it a warning? It sounds urgent, doesn't it? It's telling us to do something. But what? Replace a battery? Call the authorities? Evacuate the premises? Scrub ourselves with disinfectant and put on haz-mat suits and call our families to give them our tearful goodbyes?
I imagine that soon he will begin to take things apart. He will methodically dismantle all of the electrical devices in his office, creating an unusually precise metaphor for what is happening in his psyche.
I am reminded what a thin and fragile thread keeps us attached to sanity. Today, this tiny little device helped me break a co-worker's mind, and I thank you for the sinfully pleasurable schadenfreude.
My best to you,
John
Seattle, WA

[theGinsue]

That's fantastic. I wish I could take one into where I work. That would drive all of my co-workers nuts.

[sniper7]

that looks pretty cool! I don't think i can justify spending $20 or so though. but it would be pretty funny to watch someone go ballistic

[Irving]

That's fantastic. I wish I could take one into where I work. That would drive all of my co-workers nuts.

I know you can't take these either, but this one looks like a lot of fun.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/ae83/

[rondog]

You know, periodically we hear something in our house that we can't identify. My hearing is so shot that I usually can't hear it, but a few times I have. My grandson can hear it well, and he's always asking me "WTH is that beeping noise?" Sometimes the wife can hear it too.

We have no idea what it is, or where it is. Good thing it's very faint and I'm half-deaf.

[TFOGGER]

Thanks, Stuart....thanks to you, I have wasted several hours perusing the Think Geek website, and will now have to dedicate most of my disposable income to playing silly pranks on people....

[Irving]

Think Geek is the home of lots of cool stuff, like an alarm clock that has a snooze button made into a four piece puzzle. When the alarm goes off, the snooze button pops off the top (like that timed shape game from our childhood) and you have to put the puzzle back together before you can shut off the alarm.

There is another alarm clock that has wheels and drives off your night stand and runs around the room so you have to catch it to shut it off.

I was surprised at the really cool things like the wireless digital microscope.