Red Dress hasH 2009
The Winchester Hash House Harriers held their annual Red Dress run at the
ungodly time of 1130 on 1st January 2009.
About 40+ Hashers, in various states of hangover and I can reliably report that the RA was probably feeling the worst, arrived in the centre of Winchester to start the run. As ever we were surrounded by vintage buses so you can picture the scene as all the people who had come out to ride on vintage buses, photograph vintage buses and video vintage buses looked at the hashers in their Red dresses thinking those people are a bit strange. Never has the phrase pot this is kettle ... had so much meaning.
Not to be left out we had a quick trail through the park before being
pleasantly surprised by being invited to board a rather old bus (much like we do
every year) and were taken for a ride.
The conductor even had the cheek to
take out photo because we were a bit strange. After a while the bus
stopped in the countryside and we all got off to breath some fresh air (sans
alcohol fumes) only to find the bus driving off without us - why do we fall for
this every year ?
Hashers searching for bus
So off we trotted over hill and dale and hill and hill
and
golf course, where despite the lack of golfers we all kept to the paths so we
could do our bit to keep the countryside open and thwart the powers of the Whack
F*$k brigade. Eventually we came to the top of St Catherines hill where we
met loads of families out for a bracing recovery walk who seemed to think that
we were a BIT STRANGE - by this time I was starting to see their point of view
as the last bottle of wine of the previous evening was defiantly on the move.
Hampshireman, of course, has to try scrounge some champagne of some revellers,
one of whom is a well known brain box off the telly so Hants quickly realised he
was out of his depth and departed the scene.
Eventually we returned to The Alphie which was opened just for us and provided a splendid fare of sandwiches and chips. All of this was sppilt by the RA getting up on his hind legs to form the circle. Firstly the Joint Master, Crunchie announced a message from our leader Harold Lloyd which was met with some dismay as we expected the annual bollocking and some new year resolution. The actual announcement was met with even more dismay - we gave her three cheers and all our best wishes - Nill iligitimi carborendum Harold.
Down Downs were awarded:
The Hares - TK, Delia and Warbler were duly castigated for letting the bus get away etc.
Our many visitors were represented by a random selection from each group. AUCH SHIT, BUNNY and TOM
Hampshireman - For falling over in front of the RA and blaming it on his new shoes (now beer flavoured).
Princess Albert- for cadging a packet of Hula Hoops from the celebrity on
the hill was awarded as half glass of crushed crisps.
Princess Albert (previously known as Bashful) and Isaac were awarded for the most daring dresses.
Ram duly returned with his 3 Virgins who had to share a half to their great disgust especially when the RA joined un but his straw was selected to blow instead of suck.
Come and Park Yer Rolls for the quote "The problem with
this dress his
that I just cant get the legs far enough apart". Who hasn't had that
thought in the past?
Dirty Wee G String seen exchanging email addresses with Hants - "He
has some great photos of my tits and I want a copy"
- The RA admits he may have
misheard it could have been "He has some photos of my great tits ...".
He
claims he was distracted at the time and wasn't really listening
And finally Regie Perrin revealed that her dress came with a basque which she didn't wear - she promised that next year she would skip the dress and just come in the basque. Now that should boost attendance!
The photographic evidence:
Itchy bum -
Wee loaf - well lost (he thought it was Chinese dress
Hants and Florette make an early bid for the fashioanista Award 2009
