Hash Run #1710
December 4, allergy 2010
Hares: Geek and Hooter Bill
Mismanagement asked our Grand Masters to set this year’s Christmas Party Hash since they are very much a part of who Houston H3 is. Here are some interesting facts about Geek and Drummer/Hooter Bill:
- They each have over 30 years of hashing experience between them.
- They have been hashing so long that they’ve even met “Horse” Thompson, one of the original hashers who started the Hash House Harriers along with G.
- This is the first time they’ve EVER co-hared a run together.
This last revelation surprised me more than anything; that these two good friends and hashers have never hared together in the decades that the Houston H3 has been around. However, they hared a good old school run.
The run started in J.D. Trotter Park in northeast Houston near where the Christmas Party would be held. From the parking lot, we went south through some woods crossing Little York Road, then ran a long false down a bayou. What’s great about long falses is it keeps the pack together, which this run did admirably. Most hashers ended within ten minutes of each other.
True trail went to the left on Little York Road, then right down North Wayside Drive. At a check, trail went 359 degrees back to an easement through some shiggy in the woods going east off of Wayside. When we came upon a field, trail ultimately went back left to the north crossing Little York Road again at yet another bayou, which did a right angle turn to the left.
Trail from here was proclaimed by Hooter Bill to be “The Northwest Passage” as trail went generally in a northwest direction. We continued through some really thorny woods where one harriette was heard to exclaim “Oh I get it! We’re going through thorns so we can feel Jesus’ Crown of Thorns!”, and another harriette said, “Argh! I was in love with Hooter Bill until just now!”, as she unstuck a couple of thorny branches from her leg.
We could see the hills of the BFI Whispering Pines Landfill to the east at a check where some easements met. We continued in a northwesterly direction, crossing Wayside Drive again going north, and back into some woods and fields. At Furay Road, we came upon a check where several hashers went right and left looking for trail. Trail went to the left then north on a street in a trailer park. The street became another easement, which we continued on until lo and behold! The end of the run!
The end of the run was behind the place where we would be having our Christmas Party later that evening. The kegs of beer were under a beautiful gazebo that overlooked a large, beautiful private lake.
The Christmas Party was later that night with the theme of “Show Us Your Cl-ASS!”, and everyone looked great. The beer, wine, and Dick the Boy Wonder’s Margarita Machine flowed all night. Music played, hashers danced, and we ate some great food, which included Pound Puppy’s vegetarian chili. The regular meal was catered in from Tocayo’s Catering.
Awards were given to the best and worst runs for each quarter, and an overall winner for both. The trail of the year went to “Stumble through Humble”, with hares of NARC, Twinkle Toes and Heartache. Awards were also given for most attended runs by hashers with more than 100 runs, and most attended with less than 100 runs. Grind Slut received several awards that night for most runs set, along with best runs. Given that he was on crutches, we just had him stay up on stage most of the evening. Old Faithful won “The Golden Agitator” for nearly burning down the Crab Hash in October. Last year’s Mismanagement received their customary mugs, and this year we gave a mug to Geek and Hooter Bill for being our Grand Masters.
Later on in the evening someone set a Midnight Nekkid Hash around the grounds.
All in all, Houston H3 had another great Christmas Party Hash Run and Party. Thanks to everyone who put it on and attended!
On On!
Rain Bitch,
Guest Scribe