I've just been hit by a bat!

[ferret fur]

This happened to me in the summer. Narrow path with loads of bats & I felt something hit my helemt: Thought 'that's odd didn't see any branches' . Then it happened twice more & I yelled to my mate 'I've just been hit by a bat'. He went : 'Nonsense. Bats will always be able to avoid youeeeugh..... OMG I just got one straight in the face!'

Dunno why this bunch were so bad at avoiding blokes on bikes but it certainly debunked the theory that their radar is so good they never hit anything.

 

[TheDoctor]

That'l teach you to ride past the practice nets at Edgbaston on such a bright clear evening.....

*chortle*

Is yours the sonar-absorbent coat?

 

[Norm]

No User. It was a Hobbit on a jet ski.

Now that is a drawing I await with anticipation.

 

[shunter]

Last week I was on a cycletrack going through Belfast. A seagull took off just in front of me and I ended up headbutting it.

 

[szygy]

Physics FAIL.

If the OP's head was dense, it would have reflected the sound and the bat would have successfully evaded.

As it didn't, one can presume the OP's head was the same density as air ("airhead") thus causing the sound to pass right through, with no reflections to help the bat-nav.

Or perhaps the OP's head was so dense that the sound was unable to break away from his gravitational field? That would make his head very dense!! Singularity of mind eh.
(Sorry for being such a nerd )

 

[snailracer]

Or perhaps the OP's head was so dense that the sound was unable to break away from his gravitational field? That would make his head very dense!! Singularity of mind eh.
(Sorry for being such a nerd )

This sounds plausible. In fact, the bat itself may have been unable to escape his head's gravity.

 

[jimboalee]

This sounds plausible. In fact, the bat itself may have been unable to escape his head's gravity.

Wouldn't User have noticed a small winged mammal stuck to his head when he got in the shower?

Or did he think he'd missed a patch of beard when he shaved?

 

[jimboalee]

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You'd be amazed at the menagerie I have living in my facial hair.
[/quote]

The bat must have mistaken you menagerie for a swarm of moths.