Reduced to a screaming girl

[TsPoet]

I needed a good laugh tonight! Thanks.

I can't remember who originally posted this.
I think her bra size is more amazing than that there was a bat in it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...lk/7496923.stm

[Biciclista]

you guys are a riot.
people who react like that to bats (or snakes, or cats, or mice, or spiders)
aren't going to change just because we tell them rational things. this kind of fear is irrational.
But i really hope the guy finds the poor thing before it dies.

[kenyonchris]

well, you could always to what a lot of people do when they have an unwanted critter....call the police. I don't know what people expect of me...to handcuff the little critter? Or wingcuff him? I can't SHOOT him, for heaven's sake.
My city is pretty urban, but we do have some cows. I would rather deal with the bat than with cows. They smell fear (and yes, I am a horse person...horses I am in, cows, I am out) and capitalize upon it. I got called to some escaped cows and arrived to find about four of the big bovines wandering amongst a neighborhood. It seems that someone installing a pool had removed the back fence that kept a pasture full of cows contained. The cows found the entrance to the neighborhood and made a break for it. I attempted to shoo the cows back through the opening (they were about two houses down) but only managed to move them onto the neighbor's front porch, where they amused themselves by alternately peeking in the windows and eating from the planters. I felt I had to do something, so I took out my ASP baton, shook it at them, and said, "Ya'll git." in my best Texas accent, so that maybe they would be fooled. They weren't. They led me on a chase of about three square miles that included a schoolyard, a library, and an Old Folks' home in addition to the neighborhood. The guys on my shift gleefully listened to my radio traffic, "Uh, central, I need a little backup here, the cattle are now hightailing it south toward Main Street..." before finally coming to lend me a hand.
Give me a bat any day.

[salsabike]

Love that story, Chris. "Ya'll GIT."

[NoNo]

I know damn well my fear is irrational (and I'm also arachnaphobic). I had no idea I was so petrified of bats since I'd never really encountered them up-close before. I don't know why, but that thing swooping around my living room just made me shut down. Landlord's guy never called him back, so tonight I told dad we're going back and taking care of this. We're leaving for Italy Friday and I haven't started packing yet! I need access to my house.

Next issue: rabies. Sure, the percentage is quite small that this thing has rabies. But should we trap it and get it tested? Now dad is telling me to call my doctor and see if they think I should be tested, in which case we'd have to cancel the trip. He's a hypochondriac, common sense has no place when it comes to medical issues. Should I just lie and say I called my doctor and they said I didn't need to be tested? He's also threatened to cancel the trip because of the AirFrance crash and the swine flu, so if I could ease one of his concerns......

[Biciclista]

they don't test you for rabies, they give you a set of really nasty shots.
that bat didn't come anywhere near you. I think you ought to just go and tell your dad to take a chill pill.

[Tuckervill]

You have to be bitten and blood drawn to get rabies. It's not a virus that just floats in the air. It can take a couple of months from first infection for it to get into your nervous system, so you should be good for your trip to Italy.

Karen

[redrhodie]

One of my earliest memories is of my brother waking me up in the middle of the night, totally panicked, putting a blanket over my head, and carrying me out of our bedroom. It made an awful impression on me, and I'm still afraid of bats. We got many in our creepy old Victorian house, once even in the dead of winter. I never felt at ease there on a summer night.

[IvonaDestroi]

C'mon... You've got to admit.... they are just a LITTLE bit cute arn't they?