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Run 1497
THE “TEFLON” RUN
Monday: 12th March 2007
HARES: TINTIN AND SERPIL
ON BACK: WHIPLASH & FRANZ’S soccer stadium palace
THE RUN
About 30 Hashers assembled in the gardens near Khalidiya There was white chalk for some of the way & then discrimination kicked in & the bimblers got blue chalk. Oh & there was some flour – but we didn’t see it. They were instructed to follow the same coloured chalk (cheap bast**ds) for runners and bimblers.
The AUH4 GM OOZE ‘EE was missing in action again. Seconds later the aforesaid made a cameo entrance – a BLAB again! I just copy this bit each week!
They braved the roads, cold, darkness, and lack of chalk or anything. There weren’t many chalk marks, lots of long false trails and check backs (even the Hares lost count) which even had the knitting circle in tow on several occasions until they became immediately lost (an understatement) and easy to find check back marks (well there were a lot of them). There was no crossing of any major roads, a little traffic, almost no soft sand, lots of racing - gasp! and only a few difficulties finding the arrows as the light began to fail. After a quick loop around the Pepsi factory back we went to the secure confines of the US embassy

THE RUN – VERDICT
Too long; Shite; No chalk -2: No Soft sand +5: walkers trails 0: Length just right 10; No major roads -5: arrows 15/10; soft sand -3; it was too long; not enough mingling with the bimblers; Check backs -0; bimblers got lost -6; too much fresh air, not enough false trails; more whinging, moaning and grumbling for an excellent score of 9.31

THE HARES
Despite immense verbal pressure from several chatterboxes and lack of respect for the GM’s, HM ‘Ooz ‘Ee got the gathering underway and gave down-downs to TINTIN AND SERPIL

VIRGINS -
A reject from that other HASH, Effen Near Water (FNW)

REPAIRED VIRGINS
Truffles

The GM, deemed the run the “Teflon run” as everyone was so goody two shoes that we found it hard to make any charges stick!
Ooze EE had several charges:
Jolly Rogerer, Hash Crash and Katrina for the years best case of short cutting. They were talking SO much they completely lost the trail and only saw 1 arrow
Katrina for being the 1st short cutter and Perthy Cuter for following her
Hash Crash for the best FAUX pas “don’t interrupt me, you’ll put me off my stroke” caused a few VERY red faces!
Dancing Queen and Sheila for shortcutting

The RA, Dancing Queen proceeded to pick on numerous innocent Hashers
For all the Kiwis whose cricket team lost to Bangladesh
Big Ears for an embarrassing wet patch
Ken for being a good Samaritan and racing over to lift a wheel barrow that 6 labourers couldn’t lift
Whiplash and Franz for sending their kids away for a week so they could have a dirty week together and then having the on back to upset their romantic trysts. We all had to be gone by 9pm!
Paul – commiserations on the sad loss of his father and congratulations on the safe arrival of a new grandchild
Ralph for making Sheila run
Andrew, Jolly Rogerer & Anita for Wales getting the wooden spoon in the rugby 6 nations
Ida and Jolly Rogerer > for talking business on Hash
The cripples – 8 of them walking wounded

NEXT WEEKS RUN - Run no. 1498:
Monday 19th March 2007
Hares:
Start time: 18:00 (6 p.m.) 
Directions: TBA

SOCIAL EVENTS The 1500th run 30th March
A boat trip in April from somewhere to somewhere????

Don’t forget –
If you haven’t Hared any runs or hosted the Down downs committee would like to talk to you. We all need to take our turns
Numbers have been climbing so if you are bringing Virgins along please let Hash Committee know as we would hate to be embarrassed by shortage of food and even worse run out of Hash Water

SOME POLITICALLY INCORRECT HUMOUR
For all you sinners
A man is driving down a deserted stretch of highway when he notices a sign out of the corner of his eye. It reads: SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION - 10 MILES. He thinks this is a figment of his imagination and drives on without second thought....Soon he sees another sign which reads: SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION 5 MILES
?Suddenly he begins to realize that these signs are for real and drives Past a third sign saying: SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION - NEXT RIGHT?His curiosity gets the best of him and he pulls into the drive. On the Far side of the parking lot is a stone building with a small sign next to the door reading: SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
He climbs the steps and rings the bell. The door is answered by a nun in a long black habit who asks, "What may we do for you my son?" He answers, "I saw your signs along the highway and was interested in possibly doing business...."
?Very well my son. Please follow me." He is led through many winding passages and is soon quite disoriented. The nun stops at a closed door and tells the man, "Please knock on this door." He does so and another nun in a long habit, holding a tin cup answers the door. This nun instructs, "Please place $100 in the cup, then go through the large wooden door at the end of the hallway." He puts $100 in the cup, eagerly trots down the hall and slips through the door pulling it shut behind him. The door locks, and he finds himself back in the parking lot facing another sign:
GO IN PEACE. YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SCREWED BY THE SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS.? SERVES YOU RIGHT, YOU SINNER

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