Epic Commute Fail
09-12-08, 09:01 PM
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Epic Commute Fail
I was taking my foul weather beater out for a shakedown commute today. I was having a lovely ride home at night along the MUP, marveling at how well a pair of Fenix L2D Q5s illuminate at the speed I go. And all of a sudden, I see something FLYING DOWN AT ME from above.
I holler "what the fuh--"WHAM a freaking BAT slams into my helmet just above my eyes and falls to the ground.
Poor little guy didn't make it.
Other than that it was a particularly lovely ride. Is this a common commute mishap?
Hop
PS it went kind of like this. Haha!
I holler "what the fuh--"WHAM a freaking BAT slams into my helmet just above my eyes and falls to the ground.
Poor little guy didn't make it.
Other than that it was a particularly lovely ride. Is this a common commute mishap?
Hop
PS it went kind of like this. Haha!
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09-12-08, 09:07 PM
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OMG, you killed Batman....you b@stard!
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09-12-08, 09:22 PM
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Figured s/he was a second shift kinda bat, you know?
09-12-08, 09:40 PM
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lmao. Thats a pretty good one! I dont know anyone who has hit a bat before....how is your head?
I thought for a second you ment a baseball bat...that would have been worse.
I thought for a second you ment a baseball bat...that would have been worse.
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My head is quite fine. The THWACK was really loud, but no apparent damage to the helmet except some spattered, dried blood. I rather think it makes me look rogue-ish. 
09-13-08, 11:24 AM
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Did you have some kind of stealth helmet that didn't show up on the bat's echolocation radar?
09-13-08, 12:55 PM
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Nope, just a cheap $10 bell helmet with reflective tape all over it. I like to think that I was going so fast it distorted the sound waves around me. ...yeah! That's the ticket!
09-13-08, 09:47 PM
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Aaaaaand today I nearly rolled right over a skunk on the MUP. This is like living in a Thornton W. Burgess book...
09-14-08, 01:24 AM
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what an odd thing to happen.
I'll take being hit & stung by a bee at 35mph over being hit by a bat though. I got stung for the second time today on a long descent through a canyon.
I'll take being hit & stung by a bee at 35mph over being hit by a bat though. I got stung for the second time today on a long descent through a canyon.
09-14-08, 07:05 PM
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I'm led to understand that he still cannot believe it's not butter, even after the bird incident.
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skunks are fun as long as you dont make them mad, i have clocked them at 10 to 12 mph in my headlights
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Ooooh, the bird cut a gash on his nose...I always thought that was the bird's blood, and the bird exploded upon impact with his face. 
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were you dresssed like a big mosquito, or moth? I'll bet that poor bat went to his (or her) death thinking they were getting the biggest meal of its all too short life. You are a sadistic jerk
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Kinda like nostrils being so cavernous the poor bat thought it was entering his or her bat cave. Or a head so big, try as s/he might the poor bat couldn't avoid it and slammed right in. 
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HAHAH Fabio got F$#!ed up!
I would rather hit a bat then a bird...
I would rather hit a bat then a bird...
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If it makes you feel any better that bat may just have been stunned. I've seen them hit before and then wake up after a few minutes.
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Long ago, on summer nights we got under our small-town streetlights and threw rocks & gravel at bats. It was *very* rare to knock one down though- I never did. They're usually pretty good at dodging stuff.
I think you're right, you must be going supersonic, gettin' to 'em before their sonar can bounce back. Yeah, that's it!
Y'know- there may be a poem in there somewhere. Mebbe somethin' kinda snooty, like a haiku:
"Bat blood on my helmet..." I'll leave the rest to others.
I think you're right, you must be going supersonic, gettin' to 'em before their sonar can bounce back. Yeah, that's it!
Y'know- there may be a poem in there somewhere. Mebbe somethin' kinda snooty, like a haiku:
"Bat blood on my helmet..." I'll leave the rest to others.