The run was hosted by Hot Nuts, Nutcracker, Slim Shady and
Weathercock at the compound belonging to Wahoo’s Great-Aunt in Moototua. The
run apparently went along the narrow ledge down into the valley below and was
so slippery that prayers for salvation could be heard all the way up the hill.
Then there was a sneaky false trail, before setting the pack loose into Vailima
and beyond to the point that the Hashers mostly sad bugger this and went
on-home. Apparently that should have been up through the valley again.
SOTB had been amongst those injured on the run, and if it wasn’t
for his grim expression of pain a huge dose of schadenfreude would have been
appropriate. Eveready therefore stepped in as GM, and called those new to Apia
Hash forward. They were Ed who said he was from Santa Cruz, but looked like he
came from the North Pole. There was Joe from NZ visiting Godfather, Andy and
Steve from UK, medicos brought by someone called Bend, and Throbbing Gristle
from Oz brought by Tallyho. The GM was deemed to be closest living relative to
Chewbacca so he took the down down.
The Rethreads were numerous – Offspring, Imelda, Da Head,
Ladyfinger, Dried Nuts, Dumas and Witch Doctor. The Shoe Inspector found that
Throbbing Gristle had new shoes, but being uninitiated he was forced to do a
double instead.
Celebrity Awards went to Slim Shady (on TV), Josh, Dumas and
SOTB, with Weathercock stepping in for Hippy – don’t ask me why.
This day in history awards went to SOTB (632 – Yazdegerd III
ascends to the throne as king (shah) of the Persian Empire. He becomes the last
ruler of the Sassanid Dynasty), Witch Doctor (1648 – Margaret Jones is hanged
in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution for the Massachusetts
colony), Poumuli (1907 – Norway gives women the right to vote), and Tallyho (1982
– The Falklands War ends: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally
surrender to British forces).
The GM Paddling Award was discussed, in particular the
dedication of leaving a fundraiser early to stay in shape, and coming in 2nd
in the race – Slim Shady and Prince. The Acting GM awarded the What Happened
Award to the GM, as he obviously had run out of the luck provided by Tallyho’s
found horseshoe.
On Saturday night there had of course been a glorious win by
Manu Samoa over the pasta-eaters, so the closest thing to an Italian that the
GM could find was Offspring. On the other side, the dress code was being
adhered to (rugby attire) so the GM rewarded Swinger, Darren, Ali, Dawn Raid,
Ashley and Da Head.
Opening up for nominations, Sassygirl BJ was right off the
blocks with an award for over-performance on the run, Godfather and Dave. Slim
Shady gave the Windbag Award to Weathercock for blowing up the balloons, that
then blew up. Snake nominated Titty Galore and Dumas for advertising. Witch
Doctor had taken one of the hotel guests to YNot, only to be confronted with a
happily drunk patron peeing all over the floor. This one went to Dumas, the two
poms and Lewinsky.
Sassy gave a Good Samaritan Award to Darren and one of the
Poms for looking after the car keys while the GM gave some sort of dancing
award to Lewinsky. Darren, having caught his breath, gave a Poor Sportsmanship
Award (Golf) to Transporter and Elle McJr. There was a latecummer and birthday
award for Overstayer and Josh, while SOTB gave Dawn Raid one for impersonating
a doctor.
The Angry Bird Award went from Swinger to Eveready who apparently
had been angrily spilling wine, while the Rooter Award went to Prince for In
Root We Trust. The Hosts were saluted as the Hare had legged it. We enjoyed a
great feast!
Next week's run is at Ynot with the paddlers
On On
Poumuli, IKA Slit
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