Let's not forget the chirpy beep when the smoke alarm battery starts dying.....I once ripped the smoke alarm right off the wall when I couldn't figure out how to get the battery door open . My dryer had such a loud scary buzz when it was done, I about wet myself if it went off while I was standing next to it - I finally opened up the electrical part, took out the buzzer, and replaced it with a doorbell. But - since my dryer is in the basement, and I'm upstairs doing other stuff, I never hear the bell ring - so, I bought a cheap baby monitor; I have the transmitter sitting on the dryer, and I carry around the receiver when I'm busy upstairs, so I don't get wrinkled clothes . (I am kind of weird, I admit.)

As far as the alarm clock beep - do you ever just incorporate it into a dream you're having? And how weird that my husband and I have identical alarm clocks, but he gets up an hour earlier and I never hear his go off, but always hear mine.