Althouse: Bat on a Plane...

August 9, 2011

Bat on a Plane...

... a plane leaving Madison.

What Madisonian vampire do you think was trying to light out of here on recall evening?

16 comments:

Bartender Cabbie said...: It was just the Very Reverend Jackson leaving after tiring of trolling for poon and trying to suck Wisconsin dry.; 8/9/11, 8:13 AM
Scott M said...: The vampire is either a union official or union-affiliated. After all, vampires are basically leeches that suck on the blood of the producer of said sustenance. All vampires produce are more vampires.; 8/9/11, 8:16 AM
Curious George said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/9/11, 8:17 AM
KCFleming said...: Cue Samuel L. Jackson.; 8/9/11, 8:18 AM
Curious George said...: Were's Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?; 8/9/11, 8:18 AM
KCFleming said...: Had a bat in our house last week.
I dispatched it with a mop head.

Flying, they seem about 20 times larger than they are.; 8/9/11, 8:19 AM
Curious George said...: When I fish at night they are everywhere. Little unnerving at first when they fly by your face.; 8/9/11, 8:21 AM
Scott M said...: I tried, without success, to attract a bat colony into a backyard bat house in an effort to combat the mosquitoe menace we usually face each summer. While the bat house didn't work (still trying to figure out why...placement a la sun was pretty good), there has been a curious lack of little blood suckers this summer.

My hip-pocket theory is that two cicada cycles that hatched earlier this year ate most of 'em.; 8/9/11, 8:23 AM
Irene said...: People on the plane are laughing.; 8/9/11, 8:50 AM
Mogget said...: Leaving Madison like a bat outta' hell...; 8/9/11, 9:12 AM
Fred4Pres said...: That bat is just spreading his craziness from the capitol.; 8/9/11, 9:14 AM
Fred4Pres said...: Or alternatively, maybe Madison is so bad shit crazy even the bats are trying to get out.; 8/9/11, 9:15 AM
ndspinelli said...: Bats scare the hell out of me. It's my phobia.; 8/9/11, 9:41 AM
Anonymous said...: Has the Freedom From Religion Foundation succeeded in doing away with all Madison's belfries?; 8/9/11, 11:49 AM
AlanKH said...: Cue Samuel L. Jackson.

And Meat Loaf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9WeTf67YLY; 8/9/11, 12:44 PM
TTBurnett said...: ScottM: Your lack of bats may be due to Wbite Nose Disease, a relatively new fungus outbreak that's killing a lot of bats, mostly in the Northeast.

We used to have mosquito-clearing swoops of bats every evening through our backyard. They made a huge difference in the numbers of mosquitos pestering us for maybe half an hour afterward. The bats have been gone for the past 2 years, but I did notice a couple a couple paying their evening respects a few weeks ago, so there may be some hope.

I dislike bats as much as the next person, but anything that kills mosquitos can't be all bad.; 8/9/11, 6:14 PM