# If Batman's back was broken why is he still bouncing around?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 1, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016 "2006-06-01T14:38:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/1 "2006-06-01T14:38:27Z")
IIRC this was big deal. How did it get fixed?
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/2 "2006-06-01T14:44:19Z")
[Shondra Kinsolving](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shondra_Kinsolving), a meta with the ability to heal with a touch, fixed him.
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/3 "2006-06-01T15:37:05Z")
He was prepared to get better.
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/4 "2006-06-01T15:51:00Z")
Batman is a member of the Heroes HMO plan. Membership in this plan provides immediate care, experimental (yet always successful) treatments, intensive aftercare and ongoing rehabilitation and therapy.
A no-cost additional benefit of the plan is the restoration or complete replacement of one’s uniform, no matter how badly soiled or damaged it may be.
The Heroes HMO does not discriminate. Marvel, DC and indy heroes are equally welcome.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/5 "2006-06-01T16:18:52Z")
> [@kunilou](#):
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> Batman is a member of the Heroes HMO plan. Membership in this plan provides immediate care, experimental (yet always successful) treatments, intensive aftercare and ongoing rehabilitation and therapy.
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> A no-cost additional benefit of the plan is the restoration or complete replacement of one’s uniform, no matter how badly soiled or damaged it may be.
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> The Heroes HMO does not discriminate. Marvel, DC and indy heroes are equally welcome.
Sadly, the original Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) let her insurance lapse for failure to pay. Now, with a pre-existing condition, no insurance will touch her.
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### Author:  [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/6 "2006-06-01T21:06:50Z")
> [@Tengu](#):
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> [Shondra Kinsolving](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shondra_Kinsolving), a meta with the ability to heal with a touch, fixed him.
He was repaired?
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### Author:  [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/7 "2006-06-01T21:23:51Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#):
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> He was repaired?
I think you just won the thread.
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### Author:  [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/8 "2006-06-01T21:40:17Z")
> [@astro](#):
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> IIRC this was big deal. How did it get fixed?
We have the technology, we can rebuild him, better, stronger, faster…
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/9 "2006-06-01T21:42:11Z")
> [@Wolfian](#):
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> I think you just won the thread.
And gotten on my enemies list.
_mutter_ I should have thought of it. :smack:
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/10 "2006-06-01T21:56:39Z")
YOU? :smack:
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### Author:  [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/11 "2006-06-01T23:06:35Z")
🆒
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### Author:  [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/12 "2006-06-02T21:15:19Z")
You’re asking about Batman’s back injury? Dude, at around the same time, Superman _died_! Spine, shmine!
–Cliffy
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/13 "2006-06-02T21:18:27Z")
> [@Cliffy](#):
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> Superman _died_!
He got better.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/14 "2006-06-02T21:21:30Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#):
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> Sadly, the original Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) let her insurance lapse for failure to pay. Now, with a pre-existing condition, no insurance will touch her.
Here at Silenus Insurance, we are prepared to touch Barbara Gordon plenty! 😃
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/15 "2006-06-03T15:44:35Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> Here at Silenus Insurance, we are prepared to touch Barbara Gordon plenty! 😃
Dude, she’s a _cripple_. I don’t think she even has any feeling below the waist.
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/16 "2006-06-03T15:58:19Z")
> [@Happy Clam](#):
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> Dude, she’s a cripple. I don’t think she even has any feeling below the waist.
a) And this is a problem for me how…?
b) Maybe she’s really into giving blowjobs.
c) Good. Now the guy can come first with a clear conscience.
d) Five bucks says she’ll still fake it.
e) Dead below the waist? Sounds a lot like an ex of mine.
f) So I can try anal with no arguments!
… I’m so going to hell for this. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/17 "2006-06-03T17:48:39Z")
> [@](#):
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> … I’m so going to hell for this.
Nah, Batman, Nightwing and Commisioner Gordon will just take turns beating the shit out of you.
> [@Batman](#):
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> How’dya like _this_ no feeling below the waist, huh?
> [@Askia](#):
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> A batmarang is not supposed to go there! Yeearrgh!
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/18 "2006-06-03T18:01:08Z")
> [@Happy Clam](#):
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> Dude, she’s a _cripple_. I don’t think she even has any feeling below the waist.
Check out the movie [Murderball](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436613/) for some pretty frank discussions about quadrapelegic sex. The movie is about guys, but I imagine that the situations similar for women. The upshot is, there’s more of it than you might think. Many quads retain the ability to have sex, and enjoy it, even with severe spinal injury.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/19 "2006-06-03T19:35:20Z")
😕 Batman’s back was broken? You must have misheard. What happened was, he and Robin took a trip to Brokeback Mountain.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-batmans-back-was-broken-why-is-he-still-bouncing-around/359016/20 "2006-06-03T22:17:28Z")
Batman has many wonderful gadgets in his toolkit. Back fixers are there.
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