Touisset Mardi Gras Half-a-Hash

Run #932  February 23, 2004

Hare: Oozing SD (substituting)

Location: Touisset Marsh Wildlife Preserve, Warren

Weather: mid 30's, Clear

Present: The Slasher Dr WHO, Fuwangi Boner, WIPOS, Basket Boom Boom, KNO, (and at on On On EverReady), and Visitor: Comes On Vacation (COV - Happy Valley)

The Run:


The run was a clockwise loop, possibly the shortest non-Bondo run in history. After a quick distribution of mardi-gras beads for the occasion, the hare ran off to live-set trail. The later arrivals gave the hare about ten minutes, and then they began, entering the refuge south along the edge of the first of many open: fields. A check had Basket and WHO back on Touisset road, but true trail continued south to the next: field. Some woods provided a little confusion for FRB Fuwangi. But the trail soon led to: a field. WHO regained the lead, turning west crossing a shallow bog, crossing a small: field and coming out onto the shoreline of the Kickemuit River.

Around the bend (like the hare) they went turning north and re-entering: another field. Trail led north up the: field, where they crossed through some bushes to encounter: a field. Finally, they turned west into the woods. A check sent WHO and Basket back to the cars over some frozen mud and ice, but WIPOS turned south where he came upon the hare, the Beer check, and: a field. They finally gathered for beer. KNO made excuses for EverReady who was sick. The hare made excuses for SESYB who was sick. COV the visitor made excuses for coming, not on vacation but to kill Rhode Island chickens, who were sick. Coincidence?

The run back to the start was notable only because it lacked: a field. They circled in the woods near the cars and rated the run: a short run, clear weather, minimal shiggy, the hare snared by WIPOS! But the hare had volunteered to take an empty slot, and a merciful score was given: 6.9 minus a 1 point deduction for every: field. Total: -6.9. Hashit would have gone to EverReady, but we are running out of toilet seats, and since Bondo chose not to attend, he was given the prize. Convenient, too, as he already had it. The visitor was not renamed Red C*ck-Killer.

On On On was at The Tinker's Nest in Warren where there was some bizarre card tournament in progress. EverReady joined the group, not looking very sick at all, although slightly flushed and tousled with a faraway smile that gave KNO some pause. That's what you get when you run on Monday nights and leave a spouse at home alone; KNO just hasn't learned that yet like the rest of us have. But good beer was had, and good food (although good-bye to the $1 cheeseburgers on Monday nights, apparently) was eaten. Another quiet and genteel ending to a hash. What are we coming to?

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