Jakarta Hash House Harriers
Scribe
Sheet Run 1722
RUN NO. 1722 – 5 NOVEMBER 2001
Regulars:
26 New Members: 4 Visitor: 1 Total: 31
Hares: MGM and Benny
Location:
Cibubur, Dog & Monkey site
First of all,
an important announcement to future hares:
KORAMIL, the Security
and Intelligence Service of the Military, have requested that in view of the
current situation an application be submitted to them in future for all runs
planned in the CIMANGGIS area, including of course Ikan Bakar, which they have
threatened to close down if used again without permission from them.
Applications
(no money is required or should be paid) should be submitted to:
DAN RAMIL 06 /
CIMANGGIS Jl.Raya Bogor No.2 KM33,
CIMANGGIS, DEPOK Tel.: 874 2972
In case of any
queries, you can contact Jim Greer, who has already gone through these
procedures. His contact numbers are: 524 1929 (office) or 081 995490 (mobile).
If you think
this is over the top then you haven’t heard the news from Bravefart about the
US consulate and the local police getting freaked out in Edinburgh when the
hares on the local hash were seen laying trails with a white powder…!
And now back to
the real world:
THE RUN
At the start of the run MGM advised us it would be a long one. We were not
disappointed. Some good checks kept the FRB’s with the pack well into the run.
Until Supabrat decided to make off on his own, as he has been known to do in
the past only to get hopelessly lost in his desperation to get back first. He
took a leftie – shortcutting we thought as we were all on paper, which went to
the right. As it happened, it appears we had hit the adjacent out-trail, which
took us on a great detour. We still managed to pass the whorehouse by the
bamboo bridge, albeit well after dark.
(Hares please note: if the trail passes the whorehouse let us know in
advance so we are not embarrassed when we can only produce a wet Rp10,000 note
– which got refused anyway.)
At least we all
got back before the announcements started, except for Elephant Man and Nick
Leeson, who don’t understand them anyway. Verdict: excellent run. Might have
been different had it rained. Distant lightning replaced the fireworks we used
to get treated to by Beebe on this day.
THE CIRCLE
Being appointed RA has changed Elephant Man’s life considerably. Before his
promotion he had very few friends. Now he hasn’t any. He has joined the ranks
of the sadistic RA’s of the past who were responsible for the loss of so many of
our members. He has now devised ways of stopping the rapid exodus of people
from the circle when he swings into action. For two weeks now he has been tying
hashers to each other and to the sacred Hash umbrella. Last week he tormented
long-absent Bluebottle, whose spare underwear was muddied and then hung up to
dry on the piece of string securing Fanny to the umbrella. Needless to say,
neither Bluebottle nor Fanny showed up this week.
I tried to take
advantage of the line securing Maandi and Mudguard to the umbrella by hanging
my wet Rp10,000 note (referred to previously) on the line but I was accused of
money laundering.
Then Elephant
Man pushed the envelope of Hash tolerance even further when he secured pairs of
hashers together with heavy-duty moving company tape. Two of his victims were
Yoshi and Postponed, two nicer chaps you could never expect to meet. He then
completely forgot to release them, resulting in their having to go home stuck
together to Yoshi’s place.
Needless to
say, Mrs. Yoshi was not very pleased to see Yoshi coming home as one of a pair.
I understand things got even more embarrassing in the bedroom that night as she
tried to separate them.
Our suffering
was relieved from time to time by Sheepskin’s ditties, this time read from the
song book as opposed to a scrappy bit of paper hidden in the song book. Bemo
Bob tried to entertain us with one of our own jokes.
Achievers were
honoured, Tarzan – 800 runs, Supabrat – 450 runs and Stretch –350 runs.
Best singer by
far among the achievers was Tarzan, with a repeat of his original song,
‘Imagine There’s No Bin Laden’. Best
line: ‘You may say Tarzan’s Handsome’ (correct response: ‘If you do, you're the
only one’).
Jungle Fucker
announced that the next jungle run would be held in West Sumatra in real jungle
from May 9 – 13 next year. Stretch, who doesn't normally get a late pass to
stay for the circle, asked if there was interest in a trip to Christmas Island,
which is actually much closer than Bali. The Hash there would welcome us. I had
a similar invitation a few years ago just before the casino closed and the
flights stopped. The guy who runs the local bar (the only bar), the Bosun's
Tavern, said that his father remembered Jonesy who worked in the phosphate
mines there about forty years ago. Stretch says that flights have now resumed
to the island. There are also quite a number of boats (economy class only)
leaving Java for the island, although the return trip is not guaranteed. For precise schedules contact the Australian
navy.
Next week's
run: No.1723
Hares: Tarzan,
Jungle Fucker
Location: Asri
Restaurant. Jagorawi, Cibubur exit,
Jl.Alternatif, over second iron bridge, U-turn, over the bridge again and it's
the second restaurant on your left (just after Saga).
On-on Col.B
Pictures
supplied courtesy of Pretty Boy, using an Irish-invented solar powered flash
bulb, which only works in bright sunlight. Not sure who the guy on the bottom
right is. It could be Maandi.
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