Run:- 2097, 4 March 2024
Location:- Chalrem Prakiet, Krua Mum Suan
Hare:- Aunties Bitch

Run 2097 of the Bangkok Monday Hash House Harriers found our motley crew in Chalerm Prakiet, ready to follow Aunties Bitch's trail - or so we thought! We started off with the usual bitching about where to park the cars, and awaiting arrival of the overachievers, who came running to the Hash. After a brief explanation of the marks and welcoming a new boot called "Mud Flap", the pack took off heading South along the main road. As expected, Senator, Tinker and the Tickler confidently walked off, never to be seen again until the end.

It didn't take long, until the second check, for the trail to go completely South, leaving most of the pack confused - except for Maverick, who claimed he knew a shortcut. "I've run this trail dozens of times," he boasted. But when the group found him an hour later, he was still jogging in circles and as lost as Spinning Dwarf at an all-you-can-eat buffet. The check next to a mosque proved to be unsolvable, with the true trail only to be found later by Maverick after the Hash was already finished. Some said trail was expertly hidden, some said it was just a screw up, depending on who you ask. Nevertheless, with the pack split and scattered in various directions, Boobalube, the Nigerian, Mudflap and Handcream took others on a wild goose chase South to a klong and eventually back into a false to find true trail and later meeting up with other Hashers, Codpiece, Always Cums Last and Tom Yam Kung who had found trail from another way.

After a loop along the klong, through a neighbourhood and along motorway 9 the front runners got again thoroughly confused at a check under the Motorway along the klong. We checked up, down, left, right, going farther and farther with no signs of true trail, except a false trail across a rickety bamboo bridge. Boobalube, ever the optimist, went along and around the klong hoping to run into trail at some point or perhaps hoping to beat Always Cums Last on weekly mileage. Codpiece finally found the trail again, returning on the other side of the klong.

Speaking of marks, sneaky Handcream changed the false across the rickety bridge, to turn it into a short-cut either to aid the less ambulant Hashers, or nudge natural selection. However, Tinker beat the odds by expertly shuffling across the bamboo bridge. However, this difficult check followed by another one nearby, managed to regroup most stragglers into a main pack again. The rest of the trail then went back along the klong, through a neighbourhood and back to the start.

Back at the restaurant, drinks, snacks and refreshments were had, followed by the circle, hosted by Tinker and Codpiece. The hare was a bit upset we didn't run "most" of his trail, but although the trail wasn't found at a few checks, everyone generally thought that it was a pretty good and challenging trail, which helped to keep the pack together. The new-boot Mud Flap was welcomed, who did not have any excuse why he had never joined a Bangkok Hash before, despite already living 2.5 years in Bangkok! Returnees were welcomed, followed by charges. The hare was razzed for his fail of a trail, the Nigerian for trying to have sex on trail and Handcream for preemptively marking so-called "fifty-fifty" arrows after checks where trail could only go in two directions.

During the circle, Tom Yam Kung complained loudly about the trail until Tinker told her to "relax - no one wants to hear about your narrow passages anymore!". For the Hash award, Tinker tried to accuse Always Cums Last that she auto-hashed to the start, while of course she always cums (while) running. Finally with Hash award nominees: The Nigerian, Tinker and Handcream, the weekly award was won by Handcream for trying to screw up the hares' trail by setting his "fifty-fifty" marks.

The evening concluded with social drinking and a fine Thai dinner at the restaurant.