It was a rather depleted pack that met on this fine Saturday afternoon at the foot of a lost an unnamed Wat in the beautiful hills of Pattaya . Where were Pussy virus, Bushman, Weed Eater etc…Victims of Songkran, no doubt. Given the vast majority of various Nordics present, one wondered whether this was a bush hash gathering or a Viking group on a sex tour in Thailand.
Four virgin hashers were welcomed by the hares, Fini and Flying Frog. Fini gave instructions and recommendations. It was all a bit confusing as he talked about chalk and shreddie of various colours, and about the run being from A to B to C to D to E etc. Half the alphabet was thus reviewed.
The pack took off and started by climbing the 3,753 steps leading to the Wat. This was followed by another climb to the top of the hill. Quite a warm-up! By then 96.5% of the pack were already hours behind the courageous FRBs. Special mention must be made here of Gonthier Lunchbox who made it to the top with the said FRBs in spite of a fractured toe and the ensuing pain. But we do know him as a most resilient hasher.
This murderous climb was followed by an exploration of the tall grass, roots, treacherous rocks etc along which Finni had chosen to lay, or rather hide the trail. No running was possible. The difficult terrain caused Lunchbox to suffer even more but, brave as ever, but he managed somehow to keep contact with other FRBs. After half an hour of this, point B was reached, with much relief. Amazingly, the finishing sprint was won by Charlie. He later confessed the last 50 meters was the only part he had run!
Fini had promised the second part would be more propitious to runners. Well, he must have been confusing with some other run because there was more of the same grass, roots, rocks etc…In addition, he had cunningly laid (read: hidden) the paper in such
a manner that it was impossible to run more than one minute at a time without losing the trail altogether. Good Job! At least, it gave the pack an opportunity to admire the splendid landscape. Again, Lunchbox suffered in silence. What a hero! This part lasted one hour, spend mostly looking for the paper…
The last part was a short run back to base for the FRBs, except for the rest of the pack who chose to be driven back. There was some uncertainty as to the whereabouts of Marie Pussy Galore who was reported missing for quite some time, but who reappeared seemingly in high spirits, in the company of a Thai hasher whose name will remain undisclosed. Apparently the two of them had chosen to keep each other company to admire the landscape. So, nothing to worry about, Bruce!
The circle was held and GM complained about the colour of the shreddie used by the hare. Apparently GM does not like blue or pink, and requested Fini to use different colours in the future. Lunchbox very wisely suggested using green as it would be less noticeable and thus ecologically friendly. This clever suggestion seemed to puzzle the GM who nevertheless proceeded to punish all and sundry with the assistance of his sadistic acolyte the RA, calling hashers on ice under various pretexts. For unknown reasons, they concentrated their ire on Lunchbox who must have spent a good 30 minutes on ice, suffering silently. As a result, he had to be treated for bum burn and will submit the resulting hospital bill to hash cash. Having dutifully sprayed the pack with water as is the custom for a Songkran run, and relayed Flying Frog’s kind invitation to all to further celebrate in his bar in Pattaya, the GM adjourned the circle. All in all, another most enjoyable outing!
PS: Sadly, PBH3 will be missing the presence of Gonthier Lunchbox who is leaving to Europe for 6 months on his annual migration.
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