Big River Reservoir Swamp Hash

Run: #835  April 29, 2002
Hare: Async
Where: West Greenwich
Scribe: Ever Ready Special Edition (Eager Beaver 69)
Temp: balmy, brisk, 40's
Present: Dr. W.H.O., WIPOS, Oozing S.D., Basket Boom Boom, Bondo Jovi, Ever Ready, Raging Queen.
Supervisors: Ben, Jake, Baxter.
Visitors: Kneeling Room Only (KNO?)

The Run:

I missed the start due to misquiding on Route 95 but I heard there were 2 beer checks and dry land ahead (both lies).

As I made my way through the paths of swampland and enjoyed the dense forest {as well as the company of the knight who waited for me this week} (due to two weeks in a row that the rest of the pack tried to lose me) I pondered that it all looked so familiar.  Had we been here before?  How many times before? If the only bimbo can recognize trees and paths this must be a re-hash?  Could it be?  Would Async be so naive??

I (and the knight) heard the sound of Basket's shell horn (his large horn is lost in Canada...do you think anyone or any woman misses it??).  Then the familiar yellow jacket was noticed in the swamp, there was Async in a canoe with cans of Guinness.  Not bad for a rehash, actually a nice touch... It felt like downtown Providence, the downtown Providence that good ole' Buddy has created with the boats in the river.  Async stood in his canoe, with a large stick guiding his way through the thickets to the other side of the water, you could see the glimmer in his eye as he dreamed of a new profession, wearing the red beret, gliding and guiding through the water as they do in Italy.........or downtown in the clean river........

As he guided his canoe, he told us stories of the rest of the pack.  Dr. Who had been praying to the beer Gods on his knees in the swamp.  Raging Queen had just told Dr. Who there was Guinness at the beer check not Budweiser, so he was giving thanks (or sinking in the mud and muck, we are not sure). Bondo thought he could find a short cut but never made it, and at the end realized the beer was 100 feet from the cars.  Basket stayed dry until his final fall with Baxter in tow, proudly showing off his sunburned Mexican legs to the thirsty ticks within the swampland.

Then there was the circle...The circle was enjoyed with singing and as usual, male domination.  The whining started after Oozing left the cirlcle early in a sprint.  Basket and Bondo were concerned about his patients, Ever Ready knew he was not that dedicated, he had forgetten the Hashit (once again) and was sprinting to retrieve it.  When he returned, Bondo played with his whistle and while they enjoyed themselves, Kneeling Room Only scored the run a + 6.9.

Bondo took Oozing's' whistle out of his lips long enough to give it a 10F rating and Ever Ready and WIPOS both agreed to wetness on trail.  Basket commented on the rehash offence and Async was given the appropriate down downs.

As much whining and accusations as he could think of, it didn't work, Oozing was once again awarded the Hashit and given the appropriate down down on his knees.

The On In was a re-hash event at Marks (where everyone knows our names).  The bartender was even looking for Raging Queen and his bunny ears!

It's time to find a new hash bar or maybe spend some time in other parts of our big state....

On On

Ever Ready Special Edition, Eager Beaver 69