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The official organ of the Abu Dhabi Island Hash House Harriers AUH4


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 1522
Monday 27th August 2007
‘Run 1515 in Reverse Run’

The Event:
At Palm Park behind the Hilton. Ruddy good meeting spot with ample shade, facilities for those that had over-hydrated in anticipation of the evening’s events, and plenty of play things for the brats and Wendy (I saw you on the see-saw!)
In stark contrast to the previous weeks run, this was of normal distance and, once it was established where we were heading, really quite pleasant for all concerned. It was thwarted on occasion by a lack of trail- as Joe observed the ‘old guys’ forget to put down markings- although some admittedly disappeared thanks to pesky leaf sweepers and irrigation systems. The hashers nonetheless bravely soldiered on and found their way back to Palm Park by following those still visible from Run 1515, in reverse.

On Back:
Bateen Marina, amongst the boats and racing dhows pulled up on the beach.

On-On Back:
After the On-Back and excited at the maritime location, Dancing Queen, Richard and Jolly Rogerer stayed behind to play sailors.

THE RUN – Verdict
Again, ‘shit’, but this time not far enough
Too many and not enough checks
Same as a previous hash in reverse
Sheila voted it the 2nd best ever, presumably after last weeks’ marathon
Terrain: No soft sand and too many hills but with some sea views
Scores -0.1 to 2 were offered, but the eloquent offering of ‘bugger all’ from Thunder Down Under seemed to best fit the bill.

HM – ‘Ooz ee
Before HM could even begin proceedings, Ken, Carpet Burns, Pashmina, Jolly Rogerer and Bagbum were all in the middle for talking.
This didn’t bode well for those that spotted that the food had already arrived and were hoping for a circle of record speed.
HM duly called the following into the circle for a down-down:
Hares
Sheila, Dune Basher and a third, who was so ashamed of the trail that had been laid as to be absent on the night, Please Finger Me
Virgins
From South Africa – ‘born again virgin’ Sylvia (aka Goldie Locks), who is not really a virgin because apparently she has done it before (with Jackie 10 years ago I think she said?). May hash next week
Gerard Hard? From somewhere, some association with Goldie Locks, and will definitely hash again.
Married Hashers
Above-mentioned Virgins
New Members
The rather delightful (but according to her parents rather cheap) Heather
Returners
Poo and Bagbum
Heather
Jolly Rogerer
GI Joe – x2, second down-down for wearing a hat.
Welcome back!
Hash Cyclists
Richard in celebration for him cycling to Hash, and ‘Ooz ee himself for being the last person to do so. Very touching moment between fellow cyclists

Short Cutters
Most of the pack, included but by no means limited as I got fed up of scribbling, the following offenders:
Georg with one E
Thunder Down Under
Jolly Rogerer
Dancing Queen
Kangaroo Keg
French Fries
Ralph

Hash Social
Jolly Rogerer (although, please note, she HAS NOT been Hash Social for over a year now so stop bitching at her)
‘Nothing on’. Except actually quite a bit:
Dancing Queen’s Party, to which it would appear that everyone is going but no-one wants to tell him so. Please let him know if you’re planning to attend…
Bowling Night
Progressive Dinner

Hare Raisers – Georg with one E and Teaboy
Next weeks run a joint run with the Mainland Hash.
At the Officers Club, see attached map.
Jolly Rogerer and Russell as Hares
Following week somewhere else

RA – Perthy Throwup
In a break from tradition PT vouched not to make a Welsh joke. Instead he regaled us with a literally rather ‘touching’, if slightly disturbing, tale from his childhood. If you missed it I’m sure he’ll be happy to tell again why the pharmacist needed to fetch a mop and bucket…
Sex on Hash – well, most of the charges this week related to this really…
Jolly Rogerer – can’t read why. It was very dark at the time of scribing!
Ken – for wearing civvies on Hash
GI Joe – for catching a rash in SE Asia that necessitated the removal of hair…
French Fries – for iPod on hash (again), however apparently because he’s not allowed beer at home so does this to get access
Romany – as usual, phone related abuse and for offering herself to PT as ‘free’
GI Joe – for ageism against the ‘old guys’ Haring
Dancing Queen – who, on entry (to the circle) asked that he be ‘given something smaller’, was called in for ‘bringing something for PT.’
Pashmina and Carpet Burns – for trying to go shopping on Hash
Sheila – for not receiving payment from his wife
Bagbum – for ‘driving along on something big’ and Poo for spotting Richard riding along with a red light up his arse
All the English and Germans were pulled in to talk about the war (and not England’s defeat to Germany at the home of football last week)

Charges from the Floor
Only one… Wendy charged Ken as it was his last Hash. All the best, hopefully see you back again soon!

The Grub
Except for ‘chicken’ I forget what it was all called, but it was all good

Announcements
“Great to be back on the Hash again.
Poo and Bagbum (aka Mr and Mrs Bear) need a cave. We are looking for housing out towards the bridges or just over the bridges. Actually, almost anywhere would be considered.
Would appreciate any leads anyone could give us”
Poo (aka big long and tall Barry Keywood) 050 1255936
Bagbum (aka small skinny Katherine Keywood) 050 1255934
email:
bearkat6@yahoo.com
On Onsky
Poo and Bagbum

Social Events

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

September 2007
Bowling
Don’t know anymore than that. Keep an eye on the website

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… … …

This week, another dig at Scousers, which is always appreciated, this time from Rich:
The Ferrari F1 team fired their entire pit crew yesterday.
This announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the British government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and employ some Liverpudlian youngsters.
The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on how unemployed youths from Toxteth were able to remove a set of wheels in less than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew could only do it in 8 seconds with millions of pounds worth of high tech equipment.
It was thought to be an excellent, bold move by the Ferrari management team as most races are won and lost in the pits, giving Ferrari an advantage over every other team.
However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for! At the crew's first practice session, not only was the scouse pit crew able to change all four wheels in under 6 seconds but, within 12 seconds, they had re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the car to the Mclaren team for 8 cases of Stella, a bag of weed and some photos of Coulthard's bird in the shower.

And a Joke from Perthy Throwup, any bitching refer to him:
A woman sitting in a restaurant suddenly began to cough. After a few seconds it became apparent that she was in real distress.
Two locals, MacKenzie and MacDonald sitting at the next table turned to look at her.
Kin ya swalla? Asked MacKenzie.
The woman signalled 'No!', desperately shaking her head.
Kin ya breath? Asked MacDonald.
The woman shook her head NO !!!
With that, MacKenzie walked behind her, lifted up the back of her dress, yanked down her knickers and ran his tongue up and down the crack of her backside. This shocked the woman into such a violent spasm, that the obstruction flew out of her mouth and she began to breath again.
MacKenzie swaggered back to his table and took a deep swig of his beer.
Donald said in admiration, "Ya know MacKenzie, I'd heard of that bloody 'Hind Lick Manoeuvre', but that's the first time I ever seen somebody do it".

AUH4 Run Number 1523
Monday 3rd September 2007
Joint Run with the Mainland Hash
START TIME: 1800 Hours
LOCATION: Officers Club
HARES: How Much and Jolly Rogerer
DIRECTIONS: The beach area by the Officers Club, island side of Mussafah Bridge. Hang a right at the roundabout. There is 4x4 vehicle access to the beach.
Bring chairs if possible
ON BACK: Same Place
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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
Don’t forget to look up the AUH4 website. Many thanks to Sheila for putting so much effort into a GREAT website - and check out any incriminating photos of yourself!!
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