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The Trail
The Pack stayed fairly close
together until they reached the other side of the bridge.
It was an immediate left turn and then down towards the bank of
the river where the A/D split was marked.
Ammo led the pack,
consisting of all three guests, upstream.
OB1, Jockstrap and LeperCon took the anticipated
short run, down stream. With
OB1 in the lead, Jockstrap and LeperCon ambled
along the bike trail assuring passers-by that they, too, were
athletes. The trail took a turn up on to the bank and into some planted trees
only to dead end at a falsie. Back
tracking they discovered a check and worked themselves further
westward along the bike trail. After
passing one check and a good half mile, the three slower hashers found
themselves with a disappearing trail just short of the north bank of
Youido. Making several
forays in all directions, the hares agreed they were lost and decided
to “zen” it on the theory that the Hare probably due to limited
time must have constructed a common OnIn as the A trail runners.
That meant there must be a hook to the south and then heading
east to intersect with a northward route.
In other words, the lost hounds were determined to compound
their errors.
Considering that the terrain was
an interesting mix of wild grasslands and freeway on- and off-ramps,
the hounds crossed over to Youido and skittered around the east side
and look for an egress to take them to the other side of a north-south
expressway. They
eventually found one – a tunnel for without shoulders for traffic
getting on and off of the freeway.
This lead to a truly mad dash against traffic, through the
tunnel and on to a safety island where they caught their breaths.
From there it was cutting across grassy fields, by flowering
shrubbery and eventually backtracking the first quarter of the D
Trail.
Meantime, Ammo and the Three
Guests were scrambling about the hills of the south bank including
climbing up a mud fence with the required skills of Spiderman, using
sticks to act as manual crampons.
Two of the four lost the trail and found their way back in.
Ammo and STBN Kris were able to stay on trail until the
last kilometer and it was obvious from there were the OnIn lay.
The GM was so engrossed in
conversation with <___> he decided not to run and Jolly
Green Knob came in too late too run since he had been at his
daughter’s birthday party. Ammo
(no surprise) was the first to come in and the first to take off.
Shillae had also appeared
after the runners had departed. <___>
had secured three excellent pizzas and, of course, there was a good
compliment of beer and soft drinks.
The Circle
Since Ammo had departed,
taking the Hash
Horn with him, the GM honked the horn of his car to kick
off the festivities. The GM
asked Shillae to give the Hash Benediction followed by
the Shillae being the designated Wingee for this
week’s run on behalf of Ammo.
The Hare was brought up and dealt with mercifully in
recognition that <___> had volunteered to hare at the
last minute. He was
splashed and asked for permission to leave since he had an evening
engagement.
The GM then worked The
Categories. "Is there a
Returning Hasher?" the GM asked of the Hash Cash, OB1.
"Yes, there is," answered OB1. Shillae had been to the
US, Australia and elsewhere. He
reported his visit with Prune Gas while in Australia and
was splashed while trying to think of a joke.
"Are there any Paid-up Guests?"
went the GM’s next query.
"Indeed there are – in fact, three this time," was OB1’s
reply. First up was Tank
Tickler who was brought out by Rover who had also run with
the Philippine Hash and proved himself capable of telling the
right kind of Hash joke – for which he was splashed.
Next up was STBN Euan, brought out by LeperCon,
who had hashed but once while working in Syria.
Though he had hashed only one time he demonstrated he had
picked up the skill of telling a truly tasteless joke.
So he was rewarded with a splash.
Following STBN Euan came STBN Kris who had heard
much of the Hash but had never hashed until that day.
Taking a cue from the rest he came up with an off-color and
learned what it was like to be splashed.
"Are there any Recently Paid-Up
Hashers?" asked the GM.
"Yes, My Liege, there is – you!" replied the Hash Cash.
After telling a joke, the GM splashed himself and asked
for Jolly Green Knob to come up who sang the full, extended
version of “I Have The Clap Again!”
for which he was rewarded with his splash.
Jolly then asked the GM for permission to leave for a
two-week trip to Africa and permission was granted.
Jock Strap then came forward to tell of a misadventure
involving a hasher in China, a sweet 16-year-old girl and the ensuing
3 forms of Chinese torture.
OB1 was then called up and
delivered one of the better jokes - what does tofu and a dildo have in
common? Both are meat substitutes.
For his efforts he, too, was splashed.
LeperCon was called up and
reported on the news item found at the top of this Hash Trash
as to why no SARS had been so far discovered in Korea and how Heaven
these days has been in fiscal difficulty since Liberace had arrived
and started blowing all the prophets.
Meantime, Shillae remembered a Swiss farmer’s daughter
joke and delivered the punch line of the escaping salesman yodeling back to the farmer, “Yo ol’
lady, too!”
The GM then turned to Shillae
and asked him where he felt like going and next week’s hare replied,
he felt like venturing Way Down South which was the cue
the pack needed to chime in by singing the Seoul Hash Hymn.
At the GM’s encouragement, Shillae dutifully
pissed out the fire and it was OnOn to 3 Alleys Pub where we were
rejoined by Rover and EM ShiTonya, followed by the final
OnOn at the MMT where we vaguely remember a Cummittee Meeting
taking place.
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