Well, I Guess We Know What Today’s Theme Has Been
I've noted before that some of the more, shall we say, odd stories I find out there seem to come in groups. Usually, but by no means always, in threes, for whatever reason. Today, the grouping seems to have been on a common theme: unusual things to eat. First it was cockroaches, then deep-fried crickets and finally something that made deep-fried crickets sound pretty good, relatively speaking. But today a fourth taste sensation has surfaced. This one will really whet your appetite, too.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - 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.
The, um, beverage, tested negative for rabies so at least the woman didn't have the added bonus of rabies shots. Kind of makes your skin crawl doesn't it?
Bwahahaha. Oh. Sorry. (I'm going to have to save this one for the Halloween special……)
By Donna, Monday, 25 September , 2006 @ 7:17 pm
Yuk! Reminds me of high school basketball game half-time happening I witnessed decades ago. One of the cheerleaders on our team had drank about half of the Coke from a glass bottle when she noticed something inside the bottle. It was a partially decomposed mouse. Yes, she vomited up the Coke she had just drank.
By Gaius, Monday, 25 September , 2006 @ 7:19 pm
Personally, I’d still be getting sick whenever I thought of it if it happened to me.