Dribble Dick's 700th Run Extravaganza Southside Hash Run Weather Forecast
Hareline:
The Pre-Run: The pack slowly gathered at the entrance to Tai Reservoir Country Park in the gloom of storm clouds. The hare, making what was hoped to be his first and only mistake of the evening, had incorrectly noted that the 314 bus could be taken to the run site. Unfortunately, it only runs on Sunday’s! Fearing rain, all decided to stow their gear in the Tinks mobile before setting out at just before 18:50, leaving the hare, Dribble and our other resident curmudgeon, ET behind to guard the rest rooms while STFU recorded the run. The Run: The trail crossed Tai Tam Road and headed down towards the waterfront Tai Tam Scout campsite where a check greeted the pack. The trail turned left, and eastwards along the harbour, skirting a dog filled village below the dam where a check back briefly separated the pack. Ice, in figured he would could outsmart the hare so split away with a couple of other believing souls. Another check brought the rest of the pack together again and the trail headed into a mangrove swamp and then over a dry river bed and up some steps to a catchwater which borders Tai Tam road. The trail meandered along until another check at Tai Tam Reservoir where the correct trail veered towards Mt. Butler. Another check at the end of the Tai Tam Dam falsely sent the pack off in the direction of Repulse Bay and then a long run in home. Waiting at the finish was co-scribe Jack Off who was being bored to death by the less than intelligent conversation from denture chomping Dribble and ET who were describing the cheapest Flip hotels, means to get from Manila’s airport to wherever, and Viper stories/costs. Yaaaawwnnnn. At 42 minutes…. Tinks arrives in first, having shortcut home “Here’s what you did and what I did” The real runners showed up about 3 minutes later – Ice “nice run”, followed by Kiwi 2 minutes later “good run, Ice beat me… but at least I did it all”, and – get ready for it and just after Saddle “on home 4K out is a bit over the top mate” – only a minute behind, Rearender !!!!!! “At the back but 2 backchecks put me at the front”.
Next in was Cabbage at 47 minutes. At this point, rumours of Ice short cutting to avoid the swamp and shiggy begin to emerge. Ice meanwhile claims he “did every check”. Saddle, still smarting from being beaten by so many now whinges about warm lager…… The rain sprinkles start….. which cause the plague of frogs and flying termites to disappear. Pussy and Smallbone arrive in at 55 minutes with more sordid comments regarding Ice. Local Smugglers Inn resident and visitor Carl (Virgin Loser) arrives next, commenting “I didn’t like the last 10 minutes”. He is followed by Spit or Swallow, Haggis and then Hugh Watt. Non-runner Pugak shows up and after that, who cares…… The Circle: Pugak, while waiting for the circle, demands ala a former Southside wannabe “full transparency” for the hares list. Ok, you got it! Check the website. At 21:50 Kiwi calls the circle to order. Amah candidates include (no surprise) Haggis and a clueless Virgin Loser. Virgin Loser wins by a landslide. Time to grease the amah Down Downs Hashmaster Smallbone starts the circle proceedings:
Saddles Circle
Smallbone resumes his circle
Circle Announcements
Pugak – Puket 10’s 28 and 29th of May. Down Downs - continued
Kiwi's Circle
Saddles Circle Again
Smallbone resumes
Awards
Kiwi’s Circle…..
Smallbone resumes
Tinks circle
Dribble gets his 700th mug Smallbone resumes……
New Circle
Circle Finally Closed.
Of the Top 101 things NOT to say while having SEX….
82. Malou, have you seen "Fatal Attraction"?
Awards:
Sports Section: As widely reported in reputable newspapers world-wide. MANCHESTER, England, May 17 - How do English soccer fans love Malcolm Glazer, the billionaire businessman who this week took control of Manchester United, one of the world's most famous soccer teams? Let us count the ways…
There are also Mr. Glazer's personal qualities, which, according to various English newspapers, are not at all like many British who are rapacious, ruthless, mean, megalomaniacal, wear unflattering facial hair and who have a propensity, The Daily Mail says, for "wearing trousers with waistbands ludicrously high." There is extreme happiness in the way he is said to be giving Manchester United real debt, using the team's assets to help secure some £265 million ($490 million) in loans as part of the £790 million ($1.45 billion) takeover price. As far as anyone can tell, Mr. Glazer, 76, has never been to a Manchester United game, or possibly even to any soccer game, which might not be so surprising, according to his sister Maria, "He has never liked any sports that the British like," as she told The Daily Mail. So the news that Mr. Glazer - a man said to know so little about any kind of British football was buying their beloved team was bound to cheer up most Manchester United fans. At least it is wasn’t as if a Frenchman or Greek had suddenly swooped in and bought up the team, using millions of dollars of borrowed money. And, the team has an American goalkeeper, Tim Howard, and has two other Americans - Jonathan Spector and Kenny Cooper - on the roster, so Mr. Glazer won’t be alone. "No offense, but at least it doesn’t smack of British style imperialism," said John Marchant, a 28-year-old advertising executive and Manchester United fan, walking past the team's Old Trafford stadium the other day. His joy accelerated from 0 to 60 in the space of a single sentence. "He stands for everything that's great about American globalization." "It actually helps if someone who's running a British football club doesn’t know something about British football," said Paul Hinson, a 45-year-old university compliance officer. However, not everyone is completely thrilled. Writing in The Tampa Tribune, the columnist Daniel Ruth called Manchester United "the world's foremost collection of men in their underwear playing the most boring sport on the face of the planet." Most true sportsmen would certainly agree. "In the annals of people who really, really need to get a life," he added, Manchester United fans, and for that matter, the rest of British football fans, "probably fall somewhere between Civil War re-enactors and those folks who show up at 'Star Trek' conventions dressed as Vulcans." So, stay tuned. British Football may actually be on the way out and good old American sports may be on the way in to once again help save Britain! Could Rugby be next? Link of the Week:
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