Madison Hash House Harriers

July 19, 2008

HASH HISTORY - HASH RUN #1614 - Little Black Dress Run II - "The Glistening"

Hares TRAILER TRASH and JELLY BOOBS held The Little Black Dress Run II on back-to-back weekends with The Red Dress Run, but still had good attendance on this moderately hot and highly humid day. The run started, most appropriately, at the Dept of Corrections Office Building on East Washington Ave. and about 25 elegantly clad hashers showed up in their finest little black dresses. After giving everyone a Little Black Dress II nametag and a quick chalk talk, the trail started east through the local neighborhood before passing by a perfectly good bar where hashers stopped to stare with expectation, only to move on and crossing under the Highway 30 overpass on Fair Oaks Ave. After some milling about, the pack found the trail leading up a rickety stairway at the back of a decrepit building and around some industrial sites on the Highway 30 frontage road. The pack was delighted to immediately find the first beer check served from a keg in the back of a van parked in the parking lot of Lucky Lady Lingerie and Adult Sex Toy Shop. From there the trail headed over Highway 30 and back down to street level before taking the pedestrian underpass north under East Washing Ave. toward MATC Truax. Again there was much milling about before the true trail was found heading onto the bike trail and into the woods through dense swarms of mosquitoes. The trail continued on the bike trail to the second beer check in the ShopKo parking lot. This was about an hour into the run and many in the pack, familiar with this general location, expected to head almost directly back to the start. BUT NO!!! The trail headed west from this point, under Packers Avenue, past Wiggies Tavern, and south through the maze of Oscar Mayer and other industrial shiggy before crossing back over Packers Ave. and heading into Demetral Field where there was a third beer check with beer and martini soaked olives in the Demetral parking lot. From here the glistening (and by glistening we mean sweat soaked) pack meandered through the local neighborhood to the edge of Greek Fest near East Washington Ave. where they found the fourth alcohol check consisting of "Trailertinis" with more soaked olives and chocolate covered cherries soaked in liqueurs. Although several front runners tried to find a route around Greek Fest, the true trail went right through it, and the pack got many smiles, applause and just a few disgruntled looks. As the pack emerged on the far side, they found seldom seens COW POKER and STICKY SHIFT on their way to enjoy some delicious Greek food. Finally, just about everyone agreed that after two hours it was the right time and place to head back to the start and most found their way. The On-On was at TRAILER's house on the north side. TRAILER and JELLY always do a superb job with run details and this was no exception. As the group arrived, each hasher was presented with a choice of a "bag lunch" with either cheese or bologna sandwiches, a small bag of chips, some veggies and a cookie all individually wrapped and contained in a small brown bag. They also included some extras like watermelon and lots of Essers Best beer in a keg. Ceremonies were conducted to honor the hares, the soon to depart for Egypt RUDEYARD and SQUAT, and all the usual suspects ending with the "whose little black dress will live on in your nightmares" awarded to DRIBS, EGG BEATER and NUT FARMER. It's just funny how some people are jealous of those who look so pretty.