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I caught a Bat

post #1 of 35
2/15/08 at 12:53am
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The fellow was zipping around the library in circles, so I had to catch with my gloves. More details coming!
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post #2 of 35
2/15/08 at 1:08am
did he bite you? have you developed super powers? If so, please call me at 203-555-5738.
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post #3 of 35
2/15/08 at 1:16am
Thread Starter 
Gloves were too thick for him to bite, so no super-powers. If he is contagious, I might get some kind of special abilities.

Cute sharp teeth, too!
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post #4 of 35
2/15/08 at 1:22am
Bats are awful. My mom has had to chase a couple around the house with a tennis racket. She never actually caught one though, that's bad ass.
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post #5 of 35
2/15/08 at 1:31am
I bought a cat
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post #6 of 35
2/15/08 at 1:44am
Now put that bad boy in a garbage bag with the face of the ugliest person in your office. Do it.
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post #7 of 35
2/15/08 at 3:22am
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Originally Posted by jcr39 View Post
Bats are awful. My mom has had to chase a couple around the house with a tennis racket. She never actually caught one though, that's bad ass.
My dad was the king of bat-killing. He could swing a tennis racket like nobody's business.
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post #8 of 35
2/15/08 at 3:22am
I toured a bat cave once.

None of your parents would have been allowed.
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post #9 of 35
2/15/08 at 3:36am
Every time you kill a bat with a tennis racket, a goth kid cries.

Odds are.
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post #10 of 35
2/15/08 at 3:37am
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
Every time you <insert any action...any action at all>, a goth kid cries.

Odds are.
Clarification ftw.
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post #11 of 35
2/15/08 at 4:21am
Fire up the deep fryer and let us know how it goes.
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post #12 of 35
2/15/08 at 5:06am
You must learn how to communicate with the bat. Then using it as a recruiter you can build a vast army of shrieking terror and unleash it upon the world. Pretty soon you'll rule the world with an iron fist. OF BATS.
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post #13 of 35
2/15/08 at 5:10am
Oh, and guys you have it wrong about goth kids. They don't cry like little emo bitches. They lament. And then fuck werewolf-vampire hybrids.OK?
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post #14 of 35
2/15/08 at 10:45am
So, did you take catching a bat as a symbol? Since criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, will you now adopt the mantle of the bat and wage a never-ending crusade against the forces of evil? Will you train your body and mind to razor sharp keeness, and bring to bear an arsenal of bat-themed devices against nefarious evil-doers such as Cesar Romero? Burgess Meredith? Frank Gorshin? Julie (hubba, hubba) Newmar?
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post #15 of 35
2/15/08 at 11:17am
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If he is contagious, I might get some kind of special abilities.
Like rabies.
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post #16 of 35
2/15/08 at 12:17pm
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Rabies laced with special bat powers from beyond!

To be honest, this little guy was pretty tough to catch; I had a friend who threw his coat to trap him. It took three times!
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post #17 of 35
2/15/08 at 12:18pm
"Let gooo of my kiiiid, asshole!"

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post #18 of 35
2/15/08 at 12:28pm
Thanks to Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run For The Cure, science may one day find a cure.
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post #19 of 35
2/17/08 at 3:15am
Bats carry rabies, and can bite without you awaking or noticing much of a mark. If you ever find a bat in your home (or hotel or anyplace else where you sleep), talk to your doctor or an infectious disease specialist about rabies exposure, even if you haven't noticed a bite. (If you are ever bitten by any mammal, the animal must be tested for rabies or you should be treated for exposure. Rabies is fatal in humans.)
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post #20 of 35
2/17/08 at 6:03am
I wake up if the dog farts. I think if a bat bit me, I'd be up.
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post #21 of 35
2/17/08 at 8:54am
Especially when you hear the scary organ music that usually accompanies a vampire bat bite.
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post #22 of 35
2/17/08 at 3:38pm
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Rabies laced with special bat powers from beyond!
That's what the rabies wants you to think. It's called dementia.
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Originally Posted by Belethedheliel View Post
Bats carry rabies, and can bite without you awaking or noticing much of a mark. If you ever find a bat in your home (or hotel or anyplace else where you sleep), talk to your doctor or an infectious disease specialist about rabies exposure, even if you haven't noticed a bite. (If you are ever bitten by any mammal, the animal must be tested for rabies or you should be treated for exposure. Rabies is fatal in humans.)

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Especially when you hear the scary organ music that usually accompanies a vampire bat bite.
This made me giggle, blah.
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post #23 of 35
2/17/08 at 4:55pm
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Yeah, once I passed the little guy to another person, I made sure to wash my hands and gloves throughly. He was pretty tenacious about getting out of my hands (biting/squirming/flapping).

Fortunately, once he was brought to the science building to be tested, he wasn't carrying any kind of disease. Since the weather was too cold for him to survive, he was put into a comfy-looking cage amongst the lab mice.

Then, we let him go the next night once the weather warmed up. Godspeed, little one!
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post #24 of 35
2/17/08 at 5:02pm
Good to hear. Bats deserve the same treatment as lost kitties and puppies.. cute animals like that. You wouldn't whack them with a racket until they went splat on the floor.

Anyone who would, should be the one getting whacked.
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post #25 of 35
2/17/08 at 6:02pm
If you have a girlfriend, and she starts ditching you to go disco-dancing with someone who looks like this



you may have a problem.
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post #26 of 35
2/17/08 at 8:13pm
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Originally Posted by Johan Brock View Post
Yeah, once I passed the little guy to another person, I made sure to wash my hands and gloves throughly. He was pretty tenacious about getting out of my hands (biting/squirming/flapping).

Fortunately, once he was brought to the science building to be tested, he wasn't carrying any kind of disease. Since the weather was too cold for him to survive, he was put into a comfy-looking cage amongst the lab mice.

Then, we let him go the next night once the weather warmed up. Godspeed, little one!
Awww! And the poor little guy was probably still pissed off. "Those fuckers! They fed me! And gave me water! And tested me to make sure I wasn't sick! And kept me warm and sheltered overnight with mice friends to talk to! I hate humans!"
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post #27 of 35
2/17/08 at 11:29pm
No pictures, Johan? I was looking forward to seeing the bat...
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post #28 of 35
2/17/08 at 11:39pm
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I tried to search for some pics on facebook, since a couple of jocks told me they will upload them. None yet!

This picture from a website is the closest as to what I caught looked like (big brown bat, btw):
http://www.batguys.com/services/bats...athead.JPG.jpg
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post #29 of 35
2/18/08 at 12:26am
Two Stories:

1) Was fishing with my dad and he snagged the wing of a bat with his fishing line. It was funny. We killed the bat.

2) Was on shrooms camping with some friends when a bat flew into our car. His wing got caught between the window and the upholstery and we gently pried him loose. We let him go.

Moral: Fishing with your dad results in dead bats, while eating shrooms with your friends results in kindness towards Chiropteras.
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post #30 of 35
2/18/08 at 1:16am
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post
You must learn how to communicate with the bat. Then using it as a recruiter you can build a vast army of shrieking terror and unleash it upon the world. Pretty soon you'll rule the world with an iron fist. OF BATS.
Hrmm...

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post #31 of 35
2/18/08 at 2:34pm
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Originally Posted by Johan Brock View Post
I tried to search for some pics on facebook, since a couple of jocks told me they will upload them. None yet!

This picture from a website is the closest as to what I caught looked like (big brown bat, btw):
http://www.batguys.com/services/bats...athead.JPG.jpg
Bats are so cute! I'm glad the little dude got to fly free.

A bat flew into my room once when I was little and visiting relatives in Croatia, it was adorable to watch but a little annoying with all the frantic flapping. We shooed him out of there with a broom right quick and off he went to eat bugs and do whatever else bats do.
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post #32 of 35
2/18/08 at 7:53pm
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and off he went to eat bugs and do whatever else bats do.


"It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is fly and eat and make little bats, and that's all."
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post #33 of 35
2/18/08 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by Johan Brock View Post
Gloves were too thick for him to bite, so no super-powers. If he is contagious, I might get some kind of special abilities.

Cute sharp teeth, too!
I got bit by a sand shark when I was a kid, and I got the special ability to shoot my blood everywhere and pee whenever I think of the ocean. True story!
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post #34 of 35
2/18/08 at 9:15pm
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"It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is fly and eat and make little bats, and that's all."
I don't remember finding a license plate inside the bat's body.
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post #35 of 35
2/18/08 at 9:41pm
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"It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is fly and eat and make little bats, and that's all."
Love to prove that, wouldn't ya? Get your name into the National Geographic.

Johan goes in the library. Bat's in the library. Our bat.

Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
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