Where do I start? It was an incident filled run from before the start to after the finish. With the Hares arrested while setting the trail on Saturday, our Hash bus sporting a broken side window, no GM or Ass.GM in attendance we set of from the Caravelle in a comfortably full bus and headed South West along the new highway that parallels a totally polluted canal.

Now remember, every time in the past 3 years that we’ve headed South West there’ve been problems. We arrived at the start point followed in a car by Tall Red, Sheep Sub, Street Peddler, a virgin and Lucky the dog. Before the briefing could get underway, one of the visitors, Silent But
Deadly was struck in the back of the head with a sizeable lump of ice thrown by one of the kids. (Another reason kids should not be at Hash - Ed. opinion) She was slightly concussed and felt quite unwell later in the day.

Former GM Paddy Fag took control, and after the run brief, the runners set off led by hare Jack Off and the walkers headed in the opposite direction led by Stray Pussy. Two thirds through the walk, Pho Burger and her man had disappeared. Doggy Style went back to find them (bad
move) but left his kids with the walkers. When the runners crossed paths with the walkers, some runners, including Paddy Fag opted to walk, but he ended up carrying one of the kids on his
shoulders for the remainder of the walk. What a guy!!!!!

NO BUS
The runners and walkers arrived at the circle point about the same time but there was no bus! Pissmeister ran on to see if he could find it to no avail. Hare Stray Pussy said that was part of the run - Crouching Chickens, Hidden Tiger - the Tiger Beer was hidden on the bus that was
hiding!!!! Ha, Ha - don’t think you can avoid the ice by that line! Some phone calls to the bus people had it arriving about 20 minutes later.....to some VERY thirsty Hashers. It is sacrilegious to the age-old traditions of Hash not to have cold beer waiting at the end of the run! Why hadn’t they arrived?

Misunderstanding methinks. (Future Hares note: give the bus people maps with street names marked etc. so there can be no confusion) We tucked into our cold Tiger Beer, peanuts and sandwiches.

ABSENTEES
After about 20 minutes it was noticed that Pho Burger, her friend, Doggy Style and Mighty Quinn were missing. Concern was expressed about Pho Burger, her man and Mighty Quinn. But soon after a couple of xe oms arrived with Pho Burger and her man and then Doggy Style came running in. But still no Mighty Quinn. While trying to find the way home, Doggy Style and Mighty Quinn disagreed and they went their separate ways. Doggy Style and Chokes On Cock headed off on a motorbike to find her and returned minutes later with the smiling Quinn.

CIRCLE
In the circle, the walk scored a -2 and the run a -3, four virgins were present, three visitors and returnees - Jim Eccles, Happy Hour, Pussy Repellent, Mighty Quinn and Wet Rag. Mighty Quinn was iced for sitting in the circle, all Americans were charged because the Binh Chanh police
through hares Jack Off and Stray Pussy were an advance force of the 2nd American invasion.
Milestones were 50th run shirts presented to Pissmeister and Pillowbyte and 100 runs to Mighty Quinn. The chorus of "Take It off, Put it On" was silenced when Quinn started to take off her T shirt, but groans greeted the fact that she had another shirt underneath! Among the chargees were
Friendly Bank for carpet burns on her knee, all Vietnamese for the behaviour of the Binh Chanh police, all Canadians for having the Winter Olympics organised by an Irishman. Backwash from Guam presented a shirt to Paddy Fag and Satan sang a song to get the second Guam shirt.

F*CKING OFF
It was the last run with Sai Gon Hash for Pissmeister (returning to Deutsch), Pillowbyte (moving to Singabore) Mighty Quinn (going to Florence for a year on a scholarship). Stray Pussy did her last hare set - an action-packed one - as she’s heading back to Australia in two weeks, and Big Mac and Happy Hour are off to Australia for a few months.

Back on the bus to end a very eventful run at the On On at Mumtaz Indian
restaurant.
On On,
Basil Thrush E&OA