The Hash was hosted by AC/DC and Dawn Raid at the Tokelau
compound. It had been a rainy last few hours, and was still drizzling as we
arrived. The run had been set in reverse from last time, which although it
meant we knew where to go, we first had to slog down the long road to the
bridge. To put this in perspective – have you ever felt the blast of a
convection oven? The road was baked during the day and had now been soused with
lots of water, causing some serious evaporation. The fug of moisture that
enveloped us was as unpleasant as Murdoch’s armpits. Only a small group took
the lead, but by trying to turn into the woods too early they actually allowed
the slow pokes to catch up. And it was last placed Poumuli who found the right
trail and blazed the way on home. In Godfather’s absence there were no nuts at
the beginning, but POD showed up with a few bags to remedy the situation.
POD was GM again, no takers being found for her social
experiment with sharing out that responsibility. New to Hash were Marcus from
Norway, son of Dawn Raid. When asked what other family he had in the Hash he
blustered through with Uncle, Aunty and Aunty Aunty. Then there was Kieran from
Oz, here with CI for 12 months. Finally Aaron from NZ of 350.org fame. They all
got a down down because of small numbers in the circle.
Retreads were Dawn Raid (been over, under and beside his
motorcycle, twice). Witch Doctor was appointed Shoe Inspector, and found that
Aaron’s shoes were new, but did in fact belong to AC/DC, who took the award.
Celebrity Awards were numerous, all for women of the Hash,
but none were present. Thus the GM nominated Prince for his girlie laugh, Jill
to represent Queen Beatch, Wahoo for Sassygirl BJ and Il Capo for Slim Shady.
This Day in History Awards went to Gayboy, but in his
absence Cunning Linguist took the first (1781 – William Herschel discovers
Uranus. Poumuli claimed he was Dutch), Nom Nom and Snake (1877 – First ever
official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium,
in Melbourne, Australia) and Snake (Mass of St Gregory).
On the run there had been multiple reports of Crime being a
gentleman – most uncommon. He was joined by Nom Nom and Aaron who had been
squeamish about getting their shoes wet in the river.
Turning to the theme of the run – island style – the GM gave
an On The Ball Award to co-host Dawn Raid for failing to heed this. He was
joined by Prince, who upon arrival was, damned I have nothing, went to the car
and comes back like an island queen.
Opening up, AC/DC nominated Snake who instead of running had
said bugger it lets drink instead, which resulted in a double. AC/DC also
nominated Lewinsky for his sexy over-dressing, not knowing that Lewinsky is on
the wagon, thus whipping boy Poumuli had to take it.
Il Capo complained that on the run she had been the only
female, and the front runners had abandoned her. This meant an Ungentlemanly
Award to Mr Whippy who normally waits, Kieran for being too fast, and Wahoo as
the third female on the run.
AC/DC’s uncles were introduced to the circle and given a
down-down each. Cunning Linguist then accused Poumuli of poor research, as he
had missed an article on Tokelau, written by, er, Cunning Linguist. Both of
them took this award.
There was a brief birthday award for Milu, cousin of AC/DC,
before Witch Doctor nominated Marcus for being so so worried about getting
sunburn, then getting it anyway. He was joined by Dawn Raid and uncle Poumuli,
who still gets burned after 9 years.
AC/DC nominate Aaron for being a stand up guy, who tried
coconut climbing on his first visit, and also Marcus for honouring him with
attending Hash. Poumuli nominated Lewinsky for being the only one who laughed
at the suggested name for the GM’s car – the Podule, forgetting about the
whipping boy arrangement.
The Hare and Hosts were saluted before we ate lots of island
food, as well as Milu’s birthday cake.
Watch the blog for next week’s run.
On On
Poumuli
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