Madison Hash House Harriers

November 6, 2010

HASH HISTORY - HASH RUN #1734 - ANNIVERSARY RUN - STROKES

A good showing of old, sturdy hashers braved the 33rd annual Annalversary hash, hared by STROKES, HIMA, and MEAN BEAVER. After the usual 30-minutes of hugs, kisses and swigs of brandy, we followed the trail south, then west, and ever-so-cautiously crossed over the pedestrian bridge to the other side, with such clear marks it almost guaranteed a back check....but no! until we ran about 2 blocks down. The hashers, so confused to be far away from the traditional Arboretum route, kept leaning to the right, just like the rest of the state. Despite ourselves we only then realized we were actually right on track when we stumbled upon a BC off the bike path near Odana rd. Hurray for Leiny's! As the old hashers oofed, ughed, and ouched their way back up to the trail, we once again traversed residential streets and alleys. Our token youngin's (that'd be COWPOKER and COCO, dang we're old) dove in leaf piles and stomped hapless, helpless pumpkins as we found our way to the next beer check, a park near to the arboretum entrance. More Leiny's! Finally, we got our Arb fix by running onto the path that led under the beltline and back up to the start.

To pass time before ceremonies, COWPOKER wanted everyone to play Duck Duck...ask a Minnisotan. Other options were Smear the Queer in honor of our new lt governor, and Monopoly for governor-elect Scott Walker. Instead we all decided on the Spanking Machine to celebrate PECKER's Birthday....and then promptly forgot.

After enjoying a baked potato with all the fixins', ceremonies were served up on the traditional blue tarp. Everyone got an award of some sort of award, earned or otherwise. There was an attempted re-naming of PECKER MACHE after RTG and SIZZLES informed us all that PM had gotten a dose of poison ivy on his....parts, among other places, while setting trail for Nash. But alas, despite names such as Itchy Crotch and Poison Pecker, none seemed to better than PM. The good news is that we have a new hash disclaimer for the upcoming year 'At least it didn't spread to my butthole'.

Thank you to STROKES for hosting his 33rd analvesary hash! On On!