ReHash #353

Hash #275 (or I think that’s what Butt Floss said), July 22nd, 2001… this year’s grassroots hash

It was a fantastic day for hashing, with everyone meeting at 7/16th’s humble abode for a few beers. In addition to 7/16th’s and his co-hare LOA, there was Half Monty and Hershey, ET, VB and Vern, Low Beams, Beaver Balls, Just Lawrence, ButtFloss, Ball Wrinkleand myself, and virgins Just Mark and Just Ava. Also, we were honored to have visitors from Missouri: Hostitute and Dab-a-do, and a Ithaca new-cummer Just Jim, who’d hashed in Africa before. (sorry if I missed anyone)

so after a beer (or two, for some of us), we began to look for trail, and everyone began heading down to the right of 7/16ths house, right past a false trail marker that had been partially covered up. we quickly turned around and began sniffing around for the true trail, which later lead us to several more covered up hash marks. it didn’t take us long to realize that there was sabotage afoot! As a result, there were repeated stops as we waited for our hares to indicate which was the correct direction, and a longtime hasher that lives in the Trumansburg area was named as the culprit. Meanwhile, the FRB award was passed amongst Just Jim, Just Lawrence(who brought it this week) and myself, and damn was it heavy. To cheat a little, Just Jim and myself each grabbed an end of the FRB award and hashed in tandem. I’m sure that’s deserving of a joke somehow, but seeing as I was involved, I’ll let the rest of you come up with something… maybe there’s an idea for Just Jim’s naming in there somewhere, when the time comes. Soon, we came to a check right in front of Trojan’s house, so we all decided to take a detour, and go for a swim in his pool. BW even jumped in the hot tub, and on the way out, BW and Butt Floss (I think it was them) carried Trojan’s little catamiran up onto his backyard deck before returning to trail. Then eventually, after hashing this way and that along quiet road, and BW/Beaver Balls audio hashing (walkie talkies), there was yet another sabotaged set of marks, this time getting very elaborate. Beaver Balls went some 2 hundred yards out of his way to find a covered up false trail marker, saw the rest of the hash going in another direction, and contrived to find his own way to catch up to us. He ended up finding that Trojan laid his own part of the trail to further mess people up, but somehow Beaver Balls found shiggy, and caught up with us at the Camel Bar (I don’t remember if that was the name of it, I just remember seeing a lot of things about Camels in the place. Go figure) for the Hash rest. Interestingly enough, just before the hash rest, some strangers in a convertable asked several hashers why they were running. Of course these hashers responded with "for beer," and were offered rides. So, Just Lawrence was seen in the back of a convertable driving past the hash rest with the FRB award hanging out the back of the car! I’m not sure, but I think we could get a hash name for him out of that somehow. Sleazy rider, maybe? We’ll have to see about that… In any case, after downing a few pitchers of Labatt’s at the hash rest, we got back on trail, which lead us shortly to the HF(hash fun). It was very big, elaborate playground, and guess who we found there? Yep, Just Lawrence was waiting for us there. Punishments for his shortcutting were thought of, but nothing done about it. After this brief rest, we proceeded on diving into some thick shiggy (which some people went around, but most through), and on through a small part of the Grassroots festival. By this time we’d lost Just Jim and Just Lawrence, who had to leave and go to work. From there on, I don’t seem to remember very much interesting happen… just following trail through the woods, a cemetary, and back out on to Frontenac Rd to the On-In at 7/16th’s house. There, Mrs. 7/16th’s had a fine bbq, brownies, and a cooler of beer waiting for us thirsty/hungry hashers. Beaver Balls dressed up in his Mr. Interhash outfit (complete with a sarong, and as Low Beams claims, no underwear… I didn’t think we needed to know that, though). Also, there were bobbitts Releash Me and Roadkill awaiting us. Down-downs were done for everyone, even those people who we couldn’t find an excuse for! Releash Me did an Up-up for her birthday, and Dab-a-do and Hostitute shared some songs from their home hash with us. All in all, it was a fantastic afternoon.

So, how much did I miss?
-DWH