Thread: The best part of wakin' up... is a bat in your cup

On Sat 27 Sep 2008 08:58:41p, Julian Vrieslander told us...

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> <http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=5900965>
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> CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa September 27, 2008 (AP)
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> It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after
> she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.
> The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in
> her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic
> coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning.
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> She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that
> night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
>
> Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain
> was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.

UGH!

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Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> <http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=5900965>
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>>>>>>
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> CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa September 27, 2008 (AP)
>
> It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt
> after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in
> the filter. The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman
> reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She
> turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her
> coffee the next morning.
>
> She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that
> night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
>
> Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain
> was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.

How'd the bat get into the coffeemaker? You have to wonder.

I went to school with a single guy who went out drinking one
Friday night. The next morning when he got up, a bat crawled
out of bed with him. Freaked him out but you can imagine the
jokes.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> Julian Vrieslander wrote:
>> <http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=5900965>
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>> CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa September 27, 2008 (AP)
>>
>> It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt
>> after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in
>> the filter. The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman
>> reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She
>> turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her
>> coffee the next morning.
>> She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that
>> night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
>>
>> Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain
>> was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.
>
> How'd the bat get into the coffeemaker? You have to wonder.
>
> I went to school with a single guy who went out drinking one
> Friday night. The next morning when he got up, a bat crawled
> out of bed with him. Freaked him out but you can imagine the
> jokes.
>
> nancy

Good opportunity for rabies there.

I also wondered how the bat got into the coffeemaker. Odd. And
that sure would give ME a jolt too.

--
Jean B.

On Sep 28, 12:22*am, "Nancy Young" <rjynly...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> > <http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=5900965>
>
> > CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa September 27, 2008 (AP)
>
> > It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt
> > after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in
> > the filter. The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman
> > reported a bat in her house but wasn't too worried about it. She
> > turned on her automatic coffee maker before bedtime and drank her
> > coffee the next morning.
>
> > She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that
> > night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
>
> > Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain
> > was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.
>
> How'd the bat get into the coffeemaker? *You have to wonder.
>
Bats can crawl through a space less than 1/4" wide, so it is possible
that the bat thought it was headed for something like a bat house. Or
someplace dark, since they don't care for light (not enough food in
light places).

They would get into my Mom's house, and to get them out, we'd open the
front and back doors, and let them sense the air current and follow it
out.

maxine in ri

Jean B. wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> I went to school with a single guy who went out drinking one
>> Friday night. The next morning when he got up, a bat crawled
>> out of bed with him. Freaked him out but you can imagine the
>> jokes.

> Good opportunity for rabies there.

Definitely, these days. This was well before the epidemic of
the past couple of decades hit, so I imagine Jim is still live
and kicking.

> I also wondered how the bat got into the coffeemaker. Odd. And
> that sure would give ME a jolt too.

I saw that maxine said it might have been looking for a bat cave,
I can see that, but I don't think it could crawl into my coffee
filter, not unless it lifted the lid. Obviously the woman has a
different model.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> I went to school with a single guy who went out drinking one
>>> Friday night. The next morning when he got up, a bat crawled
>>> out of bed with him. Freaked him out but you can imagine the
>>> jokes.
>
>> Good opportunity for rabies there.
>
> Definitely, these days. This was well before the epidemic of
> the past couple of decades hit, so I imagine Jim is still live
> and kicking.
>
>> I also wondered how the bat got into the coffeemaker. Odd. And
>> that sure would give ME a jolt too.
>
> I saw that maxine said it might have been looking for a bat cave,
> I can see that, but I don't think it could crawl into my coffee filter,
> not unless it lifted the lid. Obviously the woman has a different model.
> nancy

Yes, I am thinking of my coffee makers. No 1/4-inch openings
there. I did think of the rather thin slits in bat houses....

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Jean B.

Julian Vrieslander <[email protected]> wrote:

> <http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=5900965>

Add this the list of things you can cook in a coffee maker.

> [linked page has a photo]

It's not a real photo, just a re-enactment.

-sw

"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote:

> I also wondered how the bat got into the coffeemaker.

Maybe there were bugs in the cheap coffee she was using.

-sw

"maxine in ri" <[email protected]> wrote
>They would get into my Mom's house, and to get them out, we'd open the
>front and back doors, and let them sense the air current and follow it
>out.

I felt sorrier for the bat than the woman.

Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> <http://abcnews.go.com/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=5900965>
>
>
> CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa September 27, 2008 (AP)
>
> It wasn't just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after
> she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.
> The Iowa Department of Public Health says the woman reported a bat in
> her house but wasn't too worried about it. She turned on her automatic
> coffee maker before bedtime and drank her coffee the next morning.
>
> She discovered the bat in the filter when she went to clean it that
> night. The woman has undergone treatment for possible rabies.
>
> Health officials say that the bat was sent to a lab but that its brain
> was too cooked by the hot water to determine whether it had rabies.
>
>
> [linked page has a photo]
>
Poor bat!
Reminds me of the one I caught in a country house we were renting, about
40 tears ago. We came home one evening with some groceries, and found a
"bird" had gotten into the house. It was flying around frantically, and
after a couple of minutes, my wife asked, "Um, do birds have *ears*?",
when it flew across the kitchen light over her head.
I tried to throw a bath towel over it as it circled the living room, but
of course it was way to fast at dodging me. Finally, I got frustrated
and just shot up a hand and grabbed at it. I don't know which of us was
more startled when I caught it!
Put it into a blown-up produce bag so we could watch it for a bit. The
cats were *really* fascinated, as it walked around like it was in a big
hamster ball! Eventually, opened the bag and watched it flit off into
the woods. That was when I realized I had gotten a bite scratch on my palm!
I talked with our vet, an old-timer in the region, and his opinion was
that he hadn't seen a case of rabies in bats around there for over 30
years. He felt I was more at risk from the shots than the bite. I knew
what my MD would say, so made my own decision. I did make a mental list
of people I'd like to bite, though...

Dave

"Dave Bell" <[email protected]> wrote

> I did make a mental list of people I'd like to bite, though...
>
hahaha!

On Sep 28, 12:47*pm, "cybercat" <cyberpu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "maxine in ri" <weed...@gmail.com> wrote
>
> >They would get into my Mom's house, and to get them out, we'd open the
> >front and back doors, and let them sense the air current and follow it
> >out.
>
> I felt sorrier for the bat than the woman.

True, the bat was scalded to death, and the woman only has to deal
with the rather painful, I'm told, rabies treatment. I am just
surprised that she didn't notice any unusual flavor in her coffee.
Too early in the morning? Chili-head?

maxine in ri

Nancy Young wrote:

> Jean B. wrote:
> > Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> I went to school with a single guy who went out drinking one
> >> Friday night. The next morning when he got up, a bat crawled
> >> out of bed with him. Freaked him out but you can imagine the
> >> jokes.
>
> > Good opportunity for rabies there.
>
> Definitely, these days. This was well before the epidemic of
> the past couple of decades hit, so I imagine Jim is still live
> and kicking.
>
> > I also wondered how the bat got into the coffeemaker. Odd. And
> > that sure would give ME a jolt too.
>
> I saw that maxine said it might have been looking for a bat cave,
> I can see that, but I don't think it could crawl into my coffee
> filter, not unless it lifted the lid. Obviously the woman has a
> different model.


Hmmm...how cool would that be...a combo coffeemaker - bat cave...haven't
seen that gizmo on _Batman_ yet...!!!


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Best
Greg

"maxine in ri" <[email protected]> wrote

> I am just surprised that she didn't notice any unusual flavor in her
> coffee.

Me too!

maxine in ri <[email protected]> wrote:


> True, the bat was scalded to death, and the woman only has to deal
> with the rather painful, I'm told, rabies treatment.

Rabies treatments are less painful than getting a shot full of
lidocaine (a local anesthetic to *kill* pain). The later hurts like
a mofo, at least where I've been getting them.

-sw

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> maxine in ri <weedfam@gmail.c[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> True, the bat was scalded to death, and the woman only has to deal
>> with the rather painful, I'm told, rabies treatment.
>
> Rabies treatments are less painful than getting a shot full of
> lidocaine (a local anesthetic to *kill* pain). The later hurts like
> a mofo, at least where I've been getting them.

Where did you get the shot? I just had one in my shoulder (rotator cuff)
and it was lidocaine and steroid. It felt more strange than painful.

Cheryl <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> maxine in ri <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> True, the bat was scalded to death, and the woman only has to deal
>>> with the rather painful, I'm told, rabies treatment.
>>
>> Rabies treatments are less painful than getting a shot full of
>> lidocaine (a local anesthetic to *kill* pain). The later hurts like
>> a mofo, at least where I've been getting them.
>
> Where did you get the shot? I just had one in my shoulder (rotator cuff)
> and it was lidocaine and steroid. It felt more strange than painful.

I assume it's lidocaine they're shooting me up with. They put it
right below my spine at the tailbone, right where the crack of my
ass starts. It burns like hell. come to think of it, I don't
think it hurt that bad last time I got stitches, so it might just be
the location. The tailbone thing is the location of chronic
pilonital cyst, so it may be like putting salt on an open wound.

=sw


-sw

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:09:26 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> I assume it's lidocaine they're shooting me up with. They put it
> right below my spine at the tailbone, right where the crack of my
> ass starts. It burns like hell. come to think of it, I don't
> think it hurt that bad last time I got stitches, so it might just be
> the location. The tailbone thing is the location of chronic
> pilonital cyst, so it may be like putting salt on an open wound.
>
> =sw

i *knew* it! you're not sqwertz at all, you're rush limbaugh!

your pal,
billo

blake murphy wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:09:26 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> > I assume it's lidocaine they're shooting me up with. They put it
> > right below my spine at the tailbone, right where the crack of my
> > ass starts. It burns like hell. come to think of it, I don't
> > think it hurt that bad last time I got stitches, so it might just be
> > the location. The tailbone thing is the location of chronic
> > pilonital cyst, so it may be like putting salt on an open wound.
> >
> > =sw
>
> i *knew* it! you're not sqwertz at all, you're rush limbaugh!
>


Rush is too B-U-S-Y being rich and successful and popular to be bimbling
around on a newsgroup, blake...


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Best
Greg