Iowa Woman Finds Drowned Bat in Tea Mug

Forbes.com ^ | 9/25/06

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A western Iowa woman is recovering from the shock of finding a drowned bat in her tea mug - after she sipped from the cup all day.

The brown bat, about the size of two tea bags, was found a few weeks ago by a 60-year-old Woodbury County woman, said Chuck Cipperley, an environmental director for the Siouxland health office in Sioux City.

"I knew the person, so I knew it was no joke," said Cipperley, who took the call from the woman.

The woman, who declined to identify herself, told Cipperley she found the bat when she was cleaning out the mug at night. She said she put the bat in a plastic bag before alerting the Siouxland health office the next morning.

Cipperley said the bat was sent that day - Sept. 1 - to the University Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville. Results showed the bat did not have rabies.

State Epidemiologist Patricia Quinlisk said had the bat been rabid, the woman probably would have underwent a series of rabies shots, even though the probability of contracting rabies would be low.

The virus needs a break in the skin to enter the body, said Susan Brockus, state public health veterinarian.

Mike Pentella, program manager at University Hygienic Laboratory, said the bat was a first for the lab.

"We test many, many bats," he said, "but none that have drowned in a cup of tea before."

[Slings and Arrows]

"Spit it out, ya bastard!"

[verum ago]

this tea has an interesting taste to it...complex...mmmm

[Slings and Arrows]

"STELLALUNA!!!"

[RDTF]

how do you say..... GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[martin_fierro]

It's enough to drive you battea.

[gov_bean_ counter]

the woman probably would have underwent

That kind of stuff drives me crazy.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Somebody needs to make bat shaped tea bags for Halloween!

[Allegra]

"We test many, many bats," he said, "but none that have drowned in a cup of tea before."

If you're going to drown in something, drown in beer.

It would be a lot more fun.

[Slings and Arrows]

Don't tempt the Beer Snobs!

[Charles Henrickson]

. . . "MOM!"

[Slings and Arrows]

ROTFLMAO!

[Huntress]

Somebody needs to make bat shaped tea bags for Halloween!

And serve them with Jimmmy Hoffa cupcakes.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/

Above URL has 786 Halloween projects.

[N. Theknow]

the woman probably would have underwent

That kind of stuff drives me crazy.

Same here.

Obviously, the author forgot to mention the treatment she would have "underwent" would have made her "much more betterer."

[Redcitizen]

Why not say...That kind of stuff drives me "batty"

[Xenalyte]

A western Iowa woman is recovering from the shock of finding a drowned bat in her tea mug - after she sipped from the cup all day.

I gotta call shenanigans. How did she know the bat had drowned? Maybe it was the victim of a Mafia hit staged to look like a drowning.

Also, who the hell takes ALL DAY to drink one mug of tea?

[Slings and Arrows]

I gotta call shenanigans. How did she know the bat had drowned? Maybe it was the victim of a Mafia hit staged to look like a drowning.

The bat was found tied to a chair and poisoned at the bottom of an elevator shaft, where it had fallen onto a hail of bullets. The coroner ruled the death a suicide.

Also, who the hell takes ALL DAY to drink one mug of tea?

If it's a big mug, and she keeps topping it off... (Sayeth the caffeine addict.)

[Trillian]

Ohhh! A halloween freebie!

[Jack Hammer]

That's nothing - I once shot an elephant in my pajamas.

[Slings and Arrows]

...how he got into my pajamas I'll never know. < /groucho>