Boy the weather sure fooled me again - last week a hot and sunny Damascus led several hashers to neglect their thermal underwear. Consequently when the mountain air went below freezing they got their extremities chilled. This week a hot and sunny Damascus was a sure sign of...a hot and sunny Zar Zar. Fantastic Spring weather and the usual great views. Hares 'White Trashed' and 'Gert' managed to avoid almost all views of the trash dump, sorry, Lake. Today was billed as the "Pensioners Hash" since both hares were over 900 years old. They had clearly been over doing the cod liver oil tablets, however, since the run was nearly 8km long! In theory the checks were reserved for people under 45 years but that didn't last long - the youngsters were too tired and several times it was left to us doddery old gits to find the trail.
No major hazards that I can remember, though it was good to renew my acquaintance with the dead dog we previously met at the Christmas hash. There was a rare and much appreciated beer stop - thanks Rafi. No other memorable events (at least none that went unpunished) so on to the Down Downs. After the hares enjoyed a well deserved lubricant, the circle was decorated by virgins John, John and Maria, who are all in Syria for some reason or another. They were followed by returners Reem, Khalid & Than. Special occasions - Nihad, Juliette & me for 25 runs.
Many punishments today - GM 'White Trashed' was obviously feeling in a generous mood and wanted to give everyone a drink! Shame it had to be Barada. The usual miscellany of criminality: 'Pyromaniac' and 'Mrs Maniac' for sex on the hash; Paul's weekly down down, this time for short-cutting and claiming to be first in (thus giving 'White Trashed' an excuse to race ahead to castigate him); Rafi for providing too much paint this time - there's no pleasing some people; Lindsey for blasphemy - asking for water at the beer stop; virgin John for new shoes and having the temerity to boast about it; Stacy for not wearing the hash T-shirt she had bought last week - "the dog ate it" is not an acceptable excuse - you could have worn the dog instead; Lynn & Daria for confusion - after starting out with the walkers they decided to join the runners, a resolution which lasted all of 10 minutes - they then decided to make their own trail with neither runners nor walkers (hoppers, perhaps?). Finally some real walkers - Manhan & Noor were punished for being too noisy and disturbing the pensioners (cue old men complaining "kids of today, no respect", "it was never like that in my day", and "a good thrashing, that's what I need", sorry I mean "they").
On on
WTB
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