Checking my messages on the afternoon of September 14 I find a message from Jerry. Apparently he expected Crofty to do the write up for the Labor Day run and has heard nothing. So what's the panic? We are still waiting for Crofty to do the write up for the first dog's bollocks run in February 97. Sure, I've got plenty of time to do a write up. A dinner tonight, hash Wednesday, Hogwash Thursday and the Brooklyn pub crawl Friday. I used to have a life outside hashing. Where's it gone? Anyway being the obliging type I decide to fit it in.
As we wanted to hash somewhere we don't hash too often we consulted the source of all knowledge concerning Brooklyn. 'You don't want to go to a bar in Bensonhurst. There's only one and they shoot anyone that's not Italian. There's a good bar on King's Highway, right by the D & Q subway'. Knowing that Fluffy's idea of a good bar includes Farrells and Moonies we decided to check it out. Turns out there isn't a bar in a two mile radius of King's Highway. So we turned to plan B and did a tour of the bars in Bay Ridge and settled on either the Bean Pot Bar which I don't think has been used before or Three Jolly Pigeons. TJP was planning a barbecue for Labor Day so we decided to wait and see what the weather was like before deciding as heavy rain was forecast.
With heavy rain forecast we set the trail in flour. Fifteen pounds of it. Got back to the start to find a tiny group of hashers. More like a turnout for a Queens run in February. Simple instructions, three and you're on, all falses marked and they were off. We waited for any latecomers and was thereby able to save Alice some time by giving her a short cut when she arrived at 3.35. The trail basically zigzagged its way through New Utrecht, Dyker Heights and the southern end of Sunset Park, finishing in Bay Ridge. An interesting mix of Hasidic, Chinese, Italian and Irish.
We were expecting Basil, being the most athletic of those at the start, to be first in but it was Paul, bag on back. His train had broken down and he arrived even later than Alice so he ran straight over to the bar. Next was another surprise. Danny isn't usually one of the front runners but he was next. Turns out he fell ass over tit ten minutes into the run, broke his glasses, walked a bit then called the hotline and got a cab. Finally the real pack arrived whining about the trail being long. Bloody wimps. I don't recall advertising it as a HALT (hashers against long trails) run. Alice, not surprisingly, was last in. She'd even had time to do some shopping.
Down downs were conducted by RA Paul although I don't remember what they were all for. Danny got the D. Croft award for falling over, Crofty got one for not falling over and I got one for saying Two Jolly Pigeons rather than Three Jolly Pigeons on the hotline. I should have let Ewa set the hotline. Like the time in Queens when Sucks was on his first run. Torrential downpour, trail washed out, somehow we all found our way to the on in apart from Sucks. He couldn't understand a word of the message. There were some foreign types in the bar he was calling from so he got them to listen to the message. Same result.
Five minutes after arriving Steve B started moaning that he hadn't eaten all day so where was the food. What is it with hashers these days? They expect enough beer and food to keep them going for three days and complain about $15 hash cash. He had to wait a bit while the bar staff fired up the barbecue and he eventually stuffed himself with burgers, sausages and whatever else there was. He even left some for the other hashers and the rest of the bar. Hash cash was a civilized $12.
Bit of space left here so a reminder to everyone that next Sunday is the final NASS run of the millennium and annual general meeting. Because we've been ripping NASSers off all season we have money in the kitty which we are going to splurge on a fine barbecue and other fine foods prepared by the quadrumvirate. Annual awards with prizes will be given out and the new committee will be elected.
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