Devonport Hash House Harriers

June 11, 2010

Queens Birthday run at Poxy's

Next monday's Queens Birthday run is at Poxys, on the corner of Eugene St and Cambridge Court in Devonport. All you queens out there feel free to wear stockings, show your crown jewels and don wigs.

Flasher's run went as expected, nice run/walk, plenty of ups and downs, nice and frigid, and a major feast starting with candies courtesy of Flasher and food coming out of our ears supplied by Dini.

The HOFT last weekend to Rinadeena falls on Little Fisher River went well. The drive out there seemed excessive, Crab and company even took the scenic route. The walk was well worth it. Poxy had his Rotary mates out there training for the Kokoda trail in PNG, so his excuse was that he had to set up a Mickey Mouse trap for them (see photos), any excuse to get out of that training exercise and hang back with us HOFTERS.

Dini's photos [HERE].

June 4, 2010

Up and Cummning

WILD WEST WEEKEND VII - WARATAH'S GOT TALENT?
SATURDAY 14TH AUGUST

Run commences 2:00 pm (arrive at Bischoff Hotel around noon)
Cost is $70.00 a head which includes:
Run, circle, printed patch, three-course home cooked meal, accommodation at Bischoff Hotel, cooked breakfast... Acts required! Heaps of prizes for best male and female, best duo, best male and female group, best costumes, etc. You can sing along or mime your act, so get started right now!

Only 39 beds available at the pub - Payment required IN FULL to secure a place
Contact Dini on 6433 3333 for bank deposit details
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June 12-13 – Chardonnay Highland Fling (SOLD OUT)
Saturday June 26 - LoonRhasH @ Shearwater
July 2-4 – 2010 Rainforest Interhash www.borneointerhash2010.com
August 7 - Hash Ball
August 14 - Wild West Weekend VII @ Waratah
September 4 - DH3 Tour de Pisse
October 10 - Global Harriettes Day (10/10/10)
October 16-17 - Burnie Ten weekend

On! On!
Grizzly

June 1, 2010

Highland Fling

Just a reminder to all those travelling to Miena for the Fling. Payment is required by Thursday the 3rd of June. For those who think this does not apply to them...it does.... Remember it will be cold...very cold. It was minus 9 last week. We will have ice...lots of ice and we will know who you are. Pay up.

On to the fling.
Smallgoods

NB : HOFT COMING UP 06/06/2010 - Dyke - HOFT to Little Fishers River - Meet at Big Apple in Spreyton at 10am. I think this is what Dyke plans to do: http://www.molecreek.info/rinadeena_falls_walk.htm

May 31, 2010

Pox Akin Cowboys

Poxy's lavish flour trail (you can tell this is fiction) led the runners a merry dance along the foreshore trail and down to the beach for a Mastercheck the size of a small city.

Cheese played (and won!) sandy noughts and crosses with Flasher because you don't need to be a good speeller to play norts and crisses.

Trail took the runners well up into the trails between the Don College and the swimming pool before sending them on home again.

Meanwhile the walkers made it to the first Mastercheck, before half went bananas and split off home. The remainder -Tracka, Dini and Ringo- went for the B root, following no trail (typical clever trail setting by the hare) and collecting up late starters Who and ShoveIt who were on a different bit of the no-trail.
On home to the firepot and the plywood lawn (beats mowing) where Mabel had prepared a fine three course spread. The wrigged raffle was bolstered by a supply of used sticky DVD discs which Bastard collected from a church fair. Other popular prizes included pre-squished marshmallows, a Norse virgin's initiation hat (modelled here by Tandem) and a quantity of Cowboy shots, the effects of which can be gauged by Tracka's demeanour (above). We want some more of those next week.

Next week's run is being set by Flasher from 118 Upper Maude Street, Ulverstone, with Gran's Other Van (A Bit of This) on kitchen duty.

On! On! Dini

May 28, 2010

GoneAgain goes Free

70% of you voted for GoneAgain's release. Criminal Minds are very disappointed, but the gene pool in Tasmania is too small for them to find unique forensic evidence to keep him locked up...

Tonight is Lunar-Hash night: 7pm at Crow at the Oz Rock Inn, Ulverstone.
http://lunarhash.blogspot.com

Last week's run was at Shove-it's place and the Wimps and Rambos (aka Walkers and Runners) all followed the same trail. The walkers arrived at the OnOn almost after the Circle! Good boogers on the barbie and beers, raffle and the usual carry-on.

Monday's (31 May) Run is from Poxy's Palace, Eugene Street Devonport.

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.)