Falling asleep due to sheer boredom during along speech is quite common. We have seen many of the politicians succumb to the snooze-attack even while sitting on the dais! Maybe someone should hand them the Wake-Up Angel. It's an over-the-ear device that can be set to vibrate to awaken you. It goes off (starts vibrating) once your head tips 30 degrees or lower.

Quirky, but maybe the ear design could may mislead someone to think you are deaf!
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