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Hashing is a state of mind- a friendship of kindred spirits joined together for the sole purpose of reliving their childhood or fraternity days, releasing the tensions of everyday life, and generally, acting a fool amongst others who will not judge you or measure you by anything more than your sense of humor."
Stray Dog (From the Global Trash Hash Bible complete reference for the Hash House Harriers)


AUH4 Run Number 1520
Monday 13th August 2007
‘The Graffiti of Meena Port’

The Event:

It was on this day in 1961 that communist authorities sealed off all roads between East and West Berlin and began the erection of the Berlin Wall. In commemoration the hares decided to recreate the authentic graffiti-ridden Berlin Wall look around the roads of Meena Port.
It began with an invisible trail through the sand but evolved into what is probably the best marked hash ever experienced. Arrows were liberally daubed with spray-paint along much of the ports’ roadways - if you missed the run fret not, you will probably be able to follow the trail for years to come.

On Back:
Meena Breakwater

THE RUN – Verdict
As usual - shit
Soft sand…and lots of it
Not enough buildings
Left a trail for the next 18 months and too much damage
Markings same colour as the sand
FANTASTIC!
My apologies, but a combination of poor handwriting and drips of sweat have made the rest of the scribe illegible. They were probably crap though

HM – Big Ears
HM called the following into the circle for a down-down:

Hares
Vandals Jolly Rogerer, Joe and Dan

Leavers
Ballbreaker – holiday for the next three hashes
Joe – but only for one week so was sent packing and told to forget it
Ken – leaving on the 2nd September and would appreciate the names of any movers and shakers to help him out

Re-joiners
Dune Basher – for some unfathomable reason chose to go to Scotland
Geordy Dave – back from Al Ain for one week
Kangaroo Keg – somewhere I’ve never heard of

Hash Birthdays
Ballbreaker. Yet again.

Hare Raiser – Georg with one E
Next week’s run (1521) at Al Saada Street/Airport Road – courtesy of Kangaroo Keg
See details
NEED MORE

Hash Social – Ballbreaker

Brunch at Flavours, the Sheriton on the 17th August. Be sure to wave out the window to Romany who will undoubtedly by the pool

Dancing Queen’s Do and Progressive Dinner during Ramadan

Sheila highlighted that, thanks to Jolly Rogerer constantly getting her baps out at hash socials (‘im looking forward to brunch at the Sheraton!), Etisalat have now blocked Multiply from the entire UAE. He will try other photo sites in a search for the best alternative, which DQ will forward to all for comments and opinion…until the next block.

RA – Jolly Rogerer
To uphold the morals of the hash, RA made the following charges:

Welsh Angst
Apparently last weekend Steve got hard over the Rugby, so as England lost the Rugby and the Cricket this weekend, all English were called in for a down-down by the Welsh contingency.
I know the Welsh offer little, however funny how when the team looses it is England, and when we win they are at great pains to highlight the fact that it is ‘England and Wales’. End of bitch.
Shortcutting
Ralph, Ken, VB and Dave were charged for shortcutting when all they did was follow the trail
Kangaroo Keg for being late
Skiving
Missing two weeks’ worth of hash fun – with some lame excuse about being hospitalized: Romany Along with PJ, firstly as her friend – bless, and secondly for her brat taking all the ice and causing warm hash water

Weekend Charges
DQ 1. Loosing his car in Mangrove Village, only finding it a week later
2. Going to Doha to play golf…for one day
3. Loosing his credit card
4. Couldn’t really understand him, but Hernia had a story about DQ making him miss England play Rugby and was quite upset
VB for dancing like a legend in Hero’s on Friday night

Other Charges
Heather or leaving and coming back
And for ‘taking in’ the male hares and accepting lifts from strangers (but she did Salam Alaykum): Jolly Rogerer

Charges from the Floor
Brian picked on Ralph as a re-turner and son Sebastian as a virgin - consequently also Big Ears for missing them earlier
Wendy picked on Aarfabithore but as per earlier sweat on the page mean I cant’ decipher what for, although I suspect it would probably be his hash attire
Rich emptied his sack in the middle of the circle and called in Dan for leaving sweaty shoes Mangrove Village
There was also a sweaty towel with an upside-down map of Corsica, sweaty shorts, sweaty socks and a sweaty singlet – Dan was accused but apparently all the property of Teaboy, Currently skiving of Hash

Hash Quotes
From a certain Australian representative during Run 1520:
To Hernia: ‘Do you have to do that in my ear?’
To husband Rich: ‘Shall I stick it in here?’
To VB: ‘I can take you on the bonnet!’
Oh dear.

The Grub
Highlight had to be some kebab-like things that looked like Cornish pasties. Apparently called Shawama or Shoroma or Showaddywaddy or something – although I appeared to be the only one to have never before indulged in such delights

Hash Social
August 2007

Updated: BRUNCH AT FLAVOURS, THE SHERITON – 17th August
1230 Hours – See Jolly Rogerer

September 2007
New: DO at DQ’s HQ – 7th September
Please bring money for food and your own drinks

September 2007
PROPOSED RAMADAN PROGRESSIVE DINNER
Details to follow

AL AIN RE-HYDRATION RUN – 23rd-24th November NTNH Site (2006), Al Ain, UAE. Please see Website for details.

HASH VALENTINES BALL – with Mainland and Wasps at The Club – February

WORLD INTERHASH – 21st-23rd March
Further details to follow as an when… … …

As the Premiership kicks of, a couple for our friends on Merseyside…
Police cordoned off Liverpool City Centre this morning when a suspicious object was discovered. It later turned out to be a tax disc.
After having their 11th child, a Liverpool couple decided that was enough, as the social wouldn't buy them a bigger bed and they weren't strong enough to nick one. The husband went to his doctor and told him that he and his wife didn't want to have any more children.
The doctor told him there was a procedure called a vasectomy that would fix the problem but it was expensive.
A less costly alternative was to go home, get a firework, light it, put it in a beer can, then hold the can up to his ear and count to 10.
The Scouser said to the doctor, "I may not be the smartest guy in the world, but I don't see how putting a firework in a beer can next to my ear is going to help me."
"Trust me, it will do the job", said the doctor.
So the man went home, lit a banger and put it in a beer can. He held the can up to his ear and began to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5," at which point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs so he could continue counting on his other hand.
This procedure also works in Derby, parts of Bristol and anywhere in Manchester.

A primary teacher explains to her class that she is a Liverpool fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they, too, are Liverpool fans.
Everyone in the class raises their hand except one little girl. The teacher looks at the girl with surprise and says, "Mary, why didn't you raise your hand?" "Because I'm not a Liverpool fan," she replied.
The teacher, still shocked, asked, "Well, if you are not a Liverpool fan, then who are you a fan of?"
"I am a Chelsea fan, and proud of it," Mary replied.
The teacher could not believe her ears. "Mary, why, pray tell, are you a Chelsea fan?"
"Because my mum is a Chelsea fan, and my dad is a Chelsea fan, so I'm a Chelsea fan too!"

"Well," said the teacher in an obviously annoyed tone, "that is no reason for you to be a Chelsea fan. You don't have to be just like your parents all of the time. What if your mum was a prostitute and your dad was a drug addict, what would you be then?"
"Then," Mary smiled, "I'd be a Liverpool fan."


Don’t forget –
· Please recycle all cans – Perthy will take all cans back to assist their Harriss with an early return to Bangladesh – so please put all food scraps in a separate bag
· If you haven’t Hared any runs or hosted the Down downs Dancing Queen 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



AUH4 WEBSITE
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