Jakarta Hash House Harriers
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Sheet Run 1713
RUN NO. 1713
- RANCAMAYA – 3 SEPTEMBER 2001
Regulars: 19 New
Members: 4 Total: 23
Hares: Herpes and Bolt-1-On (Herb & Herb)
Location: Half way to Pelabuhan Ratu
Last time the hares arranged a run at this site they failed to anticipate the travel conditions on a weekend and had about three turn up for the run. This time a hold-up on the Jagorawi almost caused a repetition. While the number finally reached 21 that was half the number that showed up two weeks previously so there must be a message there somewhere. Was the journey worth it? Read on….
THE RUN
Starting
off a couple of minutes late was no problem as it firstly afforded me the
luxury of overhearing the hares tell Vatican Rag it was a lefty. I then assumed
it was a righty because hares usually try to mislead Vatican Rag so he ends up
with nobody passing him and a zero VD rating which pisses him off. As it
happened it really was a lefty. Secondly, the first check screwed everyone up
sufficiently for me to get up front with Mudguard. Unfortunately this gave me
checking responsibilities at the next checkaround at which point Mudguard
selected right (and everyone followed him) and I went left. I didn’t find paper
until I doubled back, neither did I find anyone else again for about 50 minutes
at which point I had the pleasure of seeing Supabrat running towards me from a
long checkback with the combined FRB’s and pack (merged into one this week) in
tow. I have to say that the perpetual squeaking of Tarzan’s horn was very
helpful in finding the right direction at a number of subsequent checks. What I
couldn’t understand was why I wasn’t getting any nearer to it. The reason was
it was in Supabrat’s hands, not Tarzan’s!
With darkness falling, most of us were concerned about falling too after
Leeky’s mishap so we treated the slippery conditions with respect. Not so
Supabrat, who raced off to the finish, terrified that someone might follow the
old hash tradition and start the circle at 6.30 without him. The rest of us
continued at a careful pace while admiring the magnificent mountain scenery,
which was spoilt only by the fact we couldn’t see it in the pitch darkness.
THE CIRCLE
Actually there were insufficient
survivors to form a full circle. It was a kind of half circle with the odd
individual (no names, the Hash is full of odd individuals) dotted here and
there.
Considering the length of the run the most of the comments were surprisingly
complimentary. Angie was most vociferous, as he always is, when describing his
jaunt through the huge graveyard, which he said should make it an automatic
Hashit. He forgot to mention he was not on paper. I guess there was no need as
he is never on paper.
Magic Dragon got disorientated and found himself in front of his mountain
retreat on Salak. Seeing that his gardener and a local wench occupied the
master bedroom he decided not to stay for the night and promptly commandeered
an ojek to bring him back.
Witless came in from the direction of Bogor, so I don’t know whom he was
visiting. Yoshi didn’t hang round for the circle so we may never know what he
thought of the run.
Tom Jones praised the run to the heavens despite falling once on his rear end.
Maybe he was just grateful he didn’t fall on his front end.
Supabrat’s final decision: excellent run (just because he came in first and
didn’t fall).
The Hares attempted to entertain us with one of B-I-On’s favourites (which he
can only sing with considerable assistance), The Girl from Baltimore, while
Herpes related a long story about a (sperm) bank robbery in which B-1-On’s unmentionable
gets bottle fed. I thought this was in poor taste. So did the unmentionable,
probably.
Stand-in RA Angie rubbed in England’s 5-1 win over the Germans. Unfortunately
there were no Germans in the circle to be rubbed. Noticeably, there were also
few Australians around. Rumour has it they are all waiting at ports for boats
to take them to Afghanistan.
The small circle permitted Tarzan to make a longer dissertation than usual. I
am not sure what it was all about but it definitely ended in ‘you fucking
trouble’.
Then it was pots on the floor and Swing Low.
On-on was at Oskars where the hares promised they would pay for the food, beer
and the women. If anyone believed that then more than two would have shown up. [ed:
there were 4, including hares]
Mismanagement Meeting: Tuesday 25 September. Venue will be announced later, but it will probably be in the restaurant of a five-star hotel as we have a lot of surplus funds to use up.
Next week’s run:
No.1714, Monday 10 September. Pondok Cabe. Hares: Witless Wanker and Mudguard.
Go past the airfield, turn left at the end, do not enter Bukit Modern but go
straight on for about 100m and the site should be on your left. This will be a point
to point. If it’s anything like the one they set a few years back then hashers
of a sensitive disposition should stay away.
Have you noticed in hash sheets how the instructions for a point to point
always add ‘bring a driver.’? Isn’t that stupid? If people have a driver they
always bring him to the Hash. If they don’t have a driver they can’t bring him.
I will not be bringing a driver and I hope to end up in the same place as my
car somewhere near Sawangan.
The end will be near a golf course because Mudguard never starts or finishes
his runs more than 200 metres from one.
On on.
Col.B.
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