A modified top hat with a birdhouse-like enclosure and a tunable radio transmitter. The Little Brown Bat inside is wearing a low- voltage, mild shock collar which is paired with the radio transmitter. The transmitter range can be tuned from 30-200 ft, and the bat is trained to respond to the gentle shocks by staying within the desired range. The purpose is, of course, to provide a zone of defense against pesky flying insects.
-- 21 Quest, May 08 2013

A whimsical idea with practical value. [+]
-- xandram, May 08 2013


Here's my bun. It isn't quite as fresh as the bun I awarded to our friendly neighborhood Toasterman for 'Frog Hat', but I didn't think you'd mind.
-- Alterother, May 08 2013


My bun is conditional on modifications to the top hat so it looks like a belfry. [+]
-- Canuck, May 08 2013


Consider it so.
-- 21 Quest, May 08 2013


Obligatory Christopher Moore quote:

"Do you know how difficult it is to find Ray-Bans in a fruit bat medium?" (+)
-- normzone, May 08 2013


<pedantry> I believe the quote was "“Yeah, and don't think it's easy finding Ray-Bans in a fruit-bat medium." <\pedantry>
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 08 2013


Fruit bats can speak with the dead?

NB fruit bats at a wild guess are not insectivores, but if you wanted to keep a cloud of pesky flying lychee away from you...
-- not_morrison_rm, May 09 2013


Fruit bats also are not likely to fit in any but the very tallest stovepipe hats.
-- 21 Quest, May 11 2013


Hat needs guano chamber to keep bat shit out of your hair.

"As a manure, guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to its exceptionally high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, three nutrients essential for plant growth. " From Wikipedia

I doubt the three do anything for hair growth.
-- popbottle, May 12 2014


Who knows? Maybe that's the secret of Rogaine.
-- 21 Quest, May 12 2014



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