Devonport Hash House Harriers

August 6, 2008

Coughing the Distance with Cystic Fibrosis - coming to a theatre near you!!

Dear Everyone,

I'm hoping some of my friends can get behind GoneAgain and support his quest in creating the awareness of CF. I saw the hard long road he has traveled.

The time has come, we will have the documentary 'Coughing the Distance' ready on August 14. Coming to a theatre near you!

I like to invite everybody and especially all those that have helped us make this documentary a reality, including their friends, families, invited guests, and those who are likely to be inspired by watching us cycle from Paris to Istanbul. We have booked out reasonably large venues and there should be enough space for everyone. Please pass this email around!

· Friday 15 August at 6pm
The Woolstore Hotel Theatrette at 1 Macquarie Street, Hobart – please use Market Place Car Park, which is located approximately 200m away.

· Wednesday 20 August at 3pm
The Finkel Lecture Theatre at The John Curtin School of Medical Research
ANU - Building #131 Garran Road, Canberra, ACT.

· Thursday 21 August at 6:30pm
The Canberra Southern Cross Club (Top of the Cross), Corinna Street, Woden, ACT.

An optional donation on entry will be collected at all venues which will go to the local CF Associations.

Cheers Thrust

Global Harriettes r*n this Saturday!!!

R*n starts: This Saturday August 9th, 3.30 pm
From: The Oz Rock Inn, Beach Road Ulverstone, set by your hare DT.
Dress: Like a Harriette. This will include a bra which you will nobly donate to the Rotary Uplift Charity. Yes I know some Harriettes don't wear bras. Get over it. Just wear one. Or several.
Cost: The usual, $10. This will buy you a cocktail, chocolates, circle drinks (pink and fizzy) and tucker, possibly including birthday cake.
On On: Removed to 1054 Isandula Road, Gawler, where Ratchet will be continuing to celebrate his 60th birthday from the day before.
Bring: Extra drinks for a big night. Bedding for a really big night. Earplugs and condoms for a huge night.

Dini---

August 4, 2008

Dini's view on TdP'08

Yeah yeah, we got lost on the beach etc...

It was cosy around the fire,...

...but the night did not really start until the nudie run along the beach (Thrust and Smeg took a dip in the sea), followed by a spa continuing into the wee hours .

A Bit of This and Crow supervised a breakfast of bacon and egg rolls (ed. no pics as they conflict with their breakfast description. The pictures show Beluga caviar and Dom Pérignon champagne), then we all walked uptown and partook of a latte at an outdoor café.

It was a glorious sunny morning. Here are the hardy survivors.

Dini
(edited by GoneAgain to protect the guilty)

August 3, 2008

Tour de Pisse 2008

We all gathered together and left in three groups, the slow, the fast and the ultrasonic.

The slow took it easy right from the start.

Somehow we all ended up back at The Oz Rock Inn.

The obligatory photographic essay is here.

August 1, 2008

Run Monday 04/08/2008

We will have our regular Monday night run after the Tour de Pisse weekend.
Skid will set the run from the Hightide Restaurant on Devonport Road.
On On will be at Skid’s house.

On On

Eagle

OFFICE BEARERS

Grandmaster – Flasher Joint masters – Tracka & Tinsel Hash hops – Cheese Hash lip – Gyno Lower lip – Crow Hash cash – Bald Eagle Hash monk – Killer Rig raffle – Crow Hash Flash – Rumpole Hash web – Gone again On sec – Shagadelic Trailmasters – Maggie, Flasher Who needs a Hash Monk, haven't had one for years and the sun still shines...

And incidentally,....

1. HASH HOPS: This is unquestionably the most important position in the hash. The Beermeister has the weighty responsibility of making sure that the lifeblood of hashing is available at each and every hash event. He keeps constant vigilance to find the cheapest spirituous fermenti available, always has coolers in the trunk of his car, cases of beer in his garage, and reliably returns the empty keg to get another full one for the next hash. While this might be a "pain in the ass" job, it's undoubtedly the most important one to the hash.

2. GRAND MASTER: The head hasher. The chairman of the board. The big cheese. The HMFIC. The guiding light. Gispert's legacy. The GM is not simply a figure head for the hash, rather (s)he personifies the hash's character (or lack thereof.) (S)he leads with a dynamic strength that permeates the fabric of the organization. Both directly, and through the hash officers, (s)he gives inspiration, direction, and vision to all. This position ranks only below Beermeister, Hash Cash, Hash Mouth, Hash Flash, and On-Sec in real importance to the hash.

3. HASH HAWKER or HABERDASHER: This is a person who has a flair for fashion, a head for business (who said head?), and the showmanship of P.T. Barnum. (S)he's responsible for the design, procurement, warehousing, merchandising, and vending of items of apparel and various trinkets to the hash. Prior flea market or circus midway experience preferred.

4. HARE RAISER: The Hare Raiser makes sure that there's a hare (or hares) for each hash, and that the start location is known to the On-Sec well in advance of hash day for publicity purposes. The Hare Raiser IS the hare if (s)he can't find anyone else to do it.

5. HASH CASH: The holder of the purse-strings. Someone needs to dash about the start of each hash begging for money. Someone has to keep track of what comes in and what goes out (commonly referred to as "the old in and out.") These generally unappreciated duties fall on the shoulders of the Hash Cash. This trustworthy soul must withstand the whining of the Hares who have overspent, the whimpering of those who forgot their fees, and the interrogations of those who mistakenly think there should be some sort of accounting for hash funds.

6. HASH FLASH: The person who captures for posterity all embarrassing hash moments on film. The hash flash must have an acute sense of the absurd to know what to take photos of, and also a small degree of reliability to bring a camera, film, take pictures, have them developed and put only the finest thereof into the sacred photo album.

7. HASH HARLOT: A trashy wench who has seen the dark side of hashing... and likes it! One with a lust for life who, revels in being the butt of the jester's ribald wit, the object of the songster's bawdy lyric, and the centrepiece of sensual repartee at all hash functions.

8. TRAIL MASTER or HASH HORN: Equipment requirements: A bugle or other appropriate wind instrument. Performance venue: The hash trail. Musical ability: Optional.

9. LIP : The hash mouth runs the official business at the On-On with an iron hand. (S)he must be loud, clear, passionate, articulate, humorous and possess an uncommon ability to think on his feet. It also helps if (s)he speaks English.

10. HASHIT KEEPER: This is arguably the most complicated position within the hash hierarchy. The responsibility surrounds custody of a large cardboard box (or entire house) filled with the flotsam and jetsam of past hashes. Precisely why this crap is retained is a mystery shrouded in the mythology of hashdom. However, the hashit itself rarely makes it to the hash, although the custodian is usually there himself. This reinforces the argument that remembering to bring the hashit is probably beyond the cognitive ability of your average hasher.

11. ON-SEC: This position is the masochist's dream. (S)he struggles with piles of paper, miles of computer wire, and might attempt to occasionally produce a Hound Directory or Hash Trash to keep the hash members somewhat informed. (S)he is the principal "outside" representative maintaining the Harrier.Net Worldwide WebSite, the hash membership data base. Boring stuff to say the least.

12. RELIGIOUS ADVISOR: Keeper of the faith. Enforcer of the scriptures. This is the hasher who has seen the light (Bud light) and can taste in his soul the true spirit of Hashing. The religious advisor spreads the word and inspires the zest and zeal of the hash in all participants. Any hasher found transgressing the spirit of hashing is disciplined by the RA. (S)e is the keeper of the sacred Laws of Hashing and comes up with sufficiently plausible lies to cover any serious questions of propriety of actions within the hash.

13. SONGMEISTER: This is a hasher with no self-respect. (S)he never lacks for a song suitable to the occasion. His songs are risqué, lewd, and vulgar. The Songmeister speaks with other hashers and hashes to acquire songs to add to the hash hymnal. The mission is to explore new tunes and new celebrations. To boldly go where no Songmeister has gone before (pardon the split infinitive.)