Langkawi Beach Hash Run # 375

Scribe Report

2 November 2007

Oh dear, what a Small Ball Cock-up. I felt so sorry for the Hares though. Cunning Stunt, Tartan Tart and Small Ball Cock went to a lot of trouble to set an interesting, varied and exciting run and what happened, well not sure really. More later. Are we a drinking club with a running problem or a running club with a drinking problem, well this run proved we are the former. About 38 hashers turned up at the quarry site for the On-On and despite thunder and lightning we were all champing at the bit. Actually it never did rain, well not seriously anyway, just threatened us with a few miserably small droplets. Only one set of new shoes were declared, Small Ball Cock was dobbed in by Cunning Stunt, and he managed to down a Tiger from what must have been a very smelly right boot as he had been wearing them all day, him being a Hare an’all.

Off we set but a few had to turn back because nobody had thought about the hooters. Start again. It all went very well indeed, a little bit of tarmac, alongside a creek, over a couple of bridges, dodge a fishing boat that was on the hard, waved to the fisher men, up a small incline to the quarry……..the quarry? Wasn’t this where we started, are we back to the beer truck already, only been going 10 minutes? Yes indeed, there, over the brow and through the shingle was the beer truck, the most welcome sight to a Hashers eyes. BUT. Trouble was every single Hasher had done less than half the planned route. Leaders of the pack had taken a wrong turn, found some flour which they were not meant to find until much later in the piece and found themselves looking at the beer truck. Of course the flocking instinct took charge and all Hashers followed the leaders. Even the back markers, and even one who carried a furled umbrella all the way, were back within 15 minutes. The Hares cried into their first beer, all that work and some of the best scenery and interesting country had been bypassed. The jury at the Down-Down concluded that an arrow at the vital T junction where we all turned left instead of right would not have gone amiss. Never mind, we are a drinking club with a running problem…QED.

A couple of virgins with funny accents were initiated. Fenton from NZ and Lukie (sp?) from RSA. Returning runners numbered nine so the Executioner never made it round the lot of them so resorted to long range flinging, hoping for a lucky strike. Most of us are far too quick on our feet to fall for that trick though. There might have been a record established at this meeting, there wasn’t one named Hasher not wearing a Hash T-shirt, good eh. Some even wore the new hats.

The Down-Down concluded with PUSSY GALORE and FEET ALL FUNGUS volunteering to be Hares for run #376.…..what good chaps they are.

The trough was at a very near Malay restaurant, the Chang Loon, the owners of which very kindly allowed us to bring and drink our own beer and wine, well I suppose if they hadn’t we wouldn’t have gone there. The food was tasty, well presented and plentiful, so good choice Hares!!

I have already mentioned who the next runs Hares are but the date is 16^th November so we all wait with bated breath for the next installment of the Langkawi Beach Hash House Harriers.

BANG SEAT