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Bangkok Monday Hash House Harriers
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Run:- 1308 Date:- 14 April 2008 (second day of Songkran).
Location:- Wat Kien, Rama 5 Bridge
Hare:- Maverick
Scribe:- Love CanalNot being able to walk down the soi for a taxi and stay dry I elected to drive myself and the GM to the run. We arrived to find a small group congregated at a future gas station. I pulled up at the island but alas Maverick had no Gow Ha or even Gow Nung, E20 nor B5.
The small-ish pack set off at an amble towards Wat Tien. Eventually Bad Boy Bubby, The GM, No No, Simon etc. decided to run until they were caught at Wat Tien by the stick wielding 4 x 2 and the plastic pipe wielding Disgusting . Some milling ensued until we found the trial leading out of the wat towards the Rama5 bridge along some concrete paths used not too long ago by No Good Boyo on a Nontaburi Run. Some more delay here as the pack was trying to avoid the Sonkran water reloading station under the bridge. I found the trail straight across the road and leading eventually to a Moobahn. We had been told by the hare to look for rusty nails which we found marked by large chalk writing. In the moobahn we were met with some concerned looking residents who were obviously wondering why farangs had entered through the small gate from the orchards. The trail led out of the moobahn to Nakon In road.
At Nakon In road is where Maverick’s best laid plans went pear shaped. Some more milling ensued on both sides of the road and both groups were out of earshot. The real trail went over the road and westwards and down a cleverly found walkway. However near the walkway were a very large crowd of water totting reveller. This is where the brave were separated from the hashers. I being in hashers group followed Spinning Dwarf. Bike Hasher Ken, Andy Grob Jeannine and Derek Tavender down the wrong road off paper and back to the A site. The wet group along with the GM found the real trail. Back at the A site we tucked into snacks and beer and waited and waited. We were then assaulted by some local kids armed with hong nam receptacles filled with water accompanied by bucket carrying assistants. The brave or paedophilic Bug, Ken and Simon repelled the attack. The kids regrouped and like the kid you play peak-a-boo with for 11 hours on a long haul flight they returned, and returned and… I decided to outflank them and capture their water supply. This delayed them until Crash handed out bags of chips and they eventually retreated to their mess hall.
As dusk was falling No No, Bad Boy Bubby or is it Dead Man, Jeannine’s uncle etc arrived from the wrong direction having got lost at the last check but where was the GM. Not to worry after a few milliseconds it was decided that Noah was the ranking person so he meekly called a circle and the name calling began. I got a down-down for arriving in what was thought to be an ambulance (must be a stealth mobile as the Bush Hash thought it was an armoured car), Jeannine got a down-down for attending her “second” circle as she had to wait for her uncle, visitors and returner’s / returnees got their recognition. Derek was given the FOYC song as he is leaving to freeze his arse off in UK. After a close fought contest Ken got POW.
Social drinking was called but where was the GM. Slowly the circle decamped to the much enlarged A Frame restaurant. Wait but where is Genghis’ plastic pipe? How would he redo the plumbing in his house installing his new pre-prayer ceremonial washing facility without it? Is that someone from Nontaburi Hash getting into a taxi with it? It was and Genghis recovered it to leave happy. I was in a dilemma should I wait for ever for the GM or just say f&*k it. I decided to wait 30 mins. At 8.05 I climbed into the truck and tuned to banal 88 FM. At about 8.20 the GM arrived in a baht bus.
“F#$%^ing Maverick, worst F#$%^ing run, no F#$%^ing paper, F#$%^ing last check”.
The On On On was good and was kindly subsidized by Maverick. Thank you on behalf of all. Jumpstart thankfully did not get a chance to sing as there was a band on hand and thus no karaoke.
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On Monday 14 April we had 14 Harriers, 4 Harriettes, 0 new boots and 4 visitors, total = 22. Welcome back to returners Richard “Stumbles” White (a founding member of BMH3), Ken “Pussy Pounder” Atkinson, Simon “Mudguard” Kitchen (who now has 99 runs) and Andy “Mee Grob” Grob. Derek “Blind Muff Diver” Tavender departs to the UK two runs short of earning his 200th run mug.
