Malo lava Hashers,
Yet another Monday has come and gone. Although
with no news of a host all week, hashers thought they may have had to resort to
a quiet night in until Tally Ho kindly offered to host in Siusega. This weeks
run, #1643 set by Tally Ho proved to be a challenge. As the 6pm chime sounded,
it was out the gate towards the right. A turn off up a dirt road and hashers
were met by a steady uphill run in the warm afternoon sun. In the lead were CB
and Sexpot, kindly letting the new medical students take responsibility for the
first of the falsies only to learn that they weren’t actually looking out for a
flour trail. It was back to a run through the long grass. Soon however, hashers
started dropping off one by one, taking short cuts between interchanging
streets and making their way back to Tally Ho’s using only the scent of
Godfathers nuts to guide them home.
Finally after a grueling run (thanks to a number of falsies), moving past
plantations, dogs and curious neighbours, we made it back up the hill,
following the flour trail to find Tally Ho’s house and Godfathers sweet
refreshments.
Upon catching their breath, all were called
to order by GM (SOTB) and a circle (or the rounded rectangle, some would say) was
formed. Newcomers were asked to introduce themselves; both Paul and Masi came
with Top Shelf. While the medical interns had invited more of their own and
Krystal, Rachel and Ben (all from Aus) were introduced to the circle. The Rethreads included Probono (with no
excuse), Titty G (away on a romantic holiday), David (playing rugby), Benj
(family responsibilities), DMT (returned from Australia with a new addition to
the family), and finally Peter and Peter (Clapper) (returning to Samoa for a
reunion). All graciously took a
down-down as a welcome back to the circle. Ozzy was then awarded for his new
shoes to hash.
Celebrities this week were Snake for the
pacific boa found in Fa’atoia, Top Shelf and Emily as teaching representatives
for Teachers Day, Sassygirl BJ for a full frontal incident and DoMeTwice for
being caught in Rock the Boat’s advertising.
While the Day in history awards went out to Paul (from the USA) as this
day in 1971, the Great Chicago Fire burned, Crash for Fiji day on Wednesday and
an ozzie representative Shaun for Paul Hogan’s birthday. Lastly, to the
disappointment of many Lewinsky passed a down-down for the fact that the US
House of Representative initiated Clinton’s impeachment enquiry on this day in
1998, luckily however Benj stepped in.
It was then birthday time and in great
harmony the circle sang while both Snake and SOTB (GM) stepped up for their
birthday awards.
Fred from Vailima was up next, and rightly
so. The evenings keg was giving everyone trouble and caused many to waste much
of its content. So the Prick of the Week was awarded . Lewinsky then commented
how he had prepared himself a large glass earlier in the evening and briefly
left it on the keg only to have it stolen by a cheeky hasher. Camm came forward
to take a down-down for the injustice.
It seems that signs of affection cannot be shown
on a hash run and as Top Shelf and David were found to be holding hands
throughout the run, both were nominated. Sexpot joined them as he was seen
pinching Lewinsky’s butt along the trail (although disappointed as he was
aiming for POD).
Ozzy followed shortly after for the fact
that he was the closest hasher to strangler who had gotten himself lost on the
roads earlier that week. And speaking of lost, two of the newcomers went astray
during the run so both Krystal and Rachael were awarded the lost Aussie award.
The previous week proved to be one full of
challenges for parents. Lewinsky and POD were nominated for swapping their
oldest child for a Hilux (although they believe she was kidnapped), Sexpot was
nominated for locking his son in the car while he enjoyed a beer and when asked
if he knew the boy pressed up against the window, he replied ‘that’s my son’.
Sexpot replied that it was in fact true but only at the request of TallyHo. All
voted that both drink. While POD was awarded again for partying three days in a
row and leaving the kids at home each time.
It was time for GM to bring the circle to
an order once again and discuss responsibilities. This included a friendly
reminder regarding traveling safe on the roads. Australian reps were asked to
enter the circle as the only connection to the AFP. Since they have arrived the
police have been out in force, well lately anyway. The medical students then
nominated Fred from Vailima the Charity award for graciously shouting them
drinks throughout their visit. Fred must not have been listening to GM’s talk
on responsibility.
Conversation switched back to the run and
TallyHo took a down-down for finally dressing in something decent. However
surely this wouldn’t be a problem if the HashMary’s would stop having a cheeky
look after each run. POD nominated Gay Boy for his excessive shortcutting,
which he drank apprehensively (not wanting to cause any trouble on the roads),
to which the circle responded ‘don’t worry Gayboy, we’ll visit you in jail’.
Weathercock received the telefonis interuptus and Sassygirl BJ nominated
herself for the Blonde award, not being able to operate her thermostat for her
entire time in NZ. Peter than shared an insight into GM’s birthday weekend
where GM was caught in the same clothes for two consecutive days.
In true Hash tradition a portion of medical
interns, Chris, Jeff and Tom received a farewell in the form of the Hash Anthem
– with Fang, Sassygirl BJ, Emily, POD and DMT joining them for the song. Shrine
Master (Tally Ho) reminded each hasher about the importance of the Shrine and
introduced a bugle for the GM to use to bring the circle to order (will it be
loud enough?? We’ll just have to wait and see).
Some late entries for the night were
nominations for young Jacks with his parentals taking a down-down for his first
time at hash. Scott for wanting a break and having a seat, Ben from Aus for
being a newcomer and last but definitely not least Titty G for looking after
Godfather, whisking him away for a hard earned holiday to Aus (there were
murmurs of souvenirs from the romantic holiday appearing at the next run).
It was time for Angry bird to find a new
roosting spot and after great debate Tally Ho, who would’ve held onto it for
another week passed it to Swinger. Why? Well no one really understands, but the
argument was that Swinger proved too quiet a hash man for the evening. Finally
Tally Ho joined him for being both hare and host and all were invited to tuck
into the BBQ goodies.
Thank you for another great run. Next weeks
run will be at the beach for the White Sunday long weekend. It will be an early
afternoon run – check the blog again for more details.
On On
Lucy
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