Vulcan H3 #176 — August 11, 2009

The sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.
So naturally we went hashing on that cold, cold, wet day.

We sat on the steps
We sat in the rain
Waiting for the hares
To lay a trail for our game

Then they were off,
leaving marks to melt in the wet
Straight up a hill they went lickety-split
Soon the pack followed, finding two trails not one
And some had to trespass on yards to stay with the run.

And so the hares led us
Through alleys and streets
To a beer check that stank
Of five day old meat

But still they had new tricks,
And showed them to us,
Running up hills and up stairs, and on to the end.

Ok, that's as far as I can go with the Cat in the Hat bit. So in the midst of this we had the port-a-potty landmark, complete with a foot-tapping, whistling Steamy Carrot, a lost on trail Stimulus Package, a whole bunch of short-cutters, and some very nice homeowners who appeared to willingly let the pack run through their yard.

At circle time, our esteemed Beermeister, Missionary Impossible decided that he was not just going to provide the beer, but also ration out the down-downs by providing each down-downer (down-down doer, down-downy?) with an appropriately charged vessel. Not sure when we became unable to self-regulate alcohol consumption, but vessels were provided and drunk. Except for a few that were tossed over the shoulder (I'm looking at you BG). Which brings us to the Down-Downs:

Down-Downs

Hares
Children of the Porn and NFN Georgia

FRB
NFN's Matt and Brian (true trail) and Creek Cheeks (short-cutter)

FBI
All of them, though all but Stimulus Package short-cut

DFLs
Stimulus Package (takes talent to be both FBI and DFL in multi-girl hash)

Anal-verseries
NFN Georgia, Creek Cheeks, Children of the Porn (I think)

Headgear in Circle
Your very own RA, Boop Job and NFN Brian (neither of whom took it off for the Headgear in Circle down-down, so they still owe for that one)

Safety Thirds
MI for some heavily charged vessels and the hares for an overly stinky beer check. (More drinking rules: Once you can no longer get any more beer in your mouth, either swallow or stop pouring beer on your face, that's just wasting beer.)

At this point COTP brought out a mystery bottle for any brave enough to sample. The only taker was NFN Brian (those new hashers will drink anything.) Then there was an around the group telling of the history of hash names, but if you want to hear all the details of a hash, you're gonna have to come join us.

- Hold the Mayo