# bats

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 19, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364 "2000-01-19T21:54:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Nan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@Nan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nan)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364/1 "2000-01-19T21:54:00Z")

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“like a bat out of hell” what does that mean?

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**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364/2 "2000-01-19T22:05:00Z")

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If you had the ability to fly, and the chance to escape hell, what would you do?

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**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364/3 "2000-01-19T23:00:00Z")

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Think about it this way: you are moving very fast, frantically in fact.

There you go.

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364/4 "2000-01-19T23:47:00Z")

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Amongst all flying creatures, bats are best-known for their antipathy to Hell.

- Rick

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**Author:** ![Nan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@Nan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nan)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364/5 "2000-01-20T02:09:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Originally posted by lvick:  
> **If you had the ability to fly, and the chance to escape hell, what would you do?**

but where did this quote originate?

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**Author:** ![lvick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@lvick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lvick)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364/6 "2000-01-20T06:14:00Z")

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Meatloaf again

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bats/6364/7 "2000-01-20T08:06:00Z")

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dammit where’s Satan when we need him ??