Date: 14-Jan-15
Hare: Cooch
Venue: Satay Inn Denmark St Kew
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
Seeing 12th Night at the weekend went to Udder’s head – he attempted the above quote to let the world know that Lakeside has a new GM, but he got it horribly mangled.
Yes, Cheesecake is now the new Lakeside GM. In a bloodless palace coup, Cheesecake ousted the previous GM, Cut Loose and took over the LSH Committee. There haven’t been any sightings of Cut Loose in the last week, her phone and bank accounts remain untouched, and alarmingly, her Thermie is idle.
Cooch set a long but beautiful run through every park and bike track in Kew. It was allegedly 10km with 43 on backs and 76 checks. Fortunately we had Woodstock and Tina from Denmark who are serious runners and were easily able to sniff out trail. Cooch even sent the Danes off on an on back to Frankston, but they quickly recovered to lead the pack home. Cooch was a helicopter hare following us on his bike to make sure we all got home. Home was the Satay Inn in Denmark St which served plenty of yummy curry. Cooch knows how to pick excellent Asian eating spots.
Matthias with Swamp Rat described the run – Matthias, visiting from Germany, is twenty-ish and build like a tall string –bean. He thought we hashers were too athletic for him, so he went bird-watching instead. He saw plenty of lorikeets and Kokup the cockatoo, but as he went Deeper into the Prickly Bush, out popped a Buff Breasted Button Quail chased by a Clamorous Reed Warbler. Towards the back of the pack Matthias thought he could see a Eurasian Coot and a Spangled Drongo but it was only Lotsa Fun and Cheesecake trailing everyone else as usual. He kept spotting a Hoary Headed Grebe – always ahead of the pack thanks to its Udderly remarkable short cutting skills. The Spotted Catbird, normally habituated in England, was flying along trail with a profusely sweaty Wandering Tattler. Matthias easily identified the Bar-Tailed Godwit thanks to the dog lead attached to its under-carriage. The Purple Swamp Hen was supposed to be looking after young Matthias but she nicked off home for an early beer.
Behind Bars described the walk – hash walks are usually pretty damn thrilling, but this one reached the next level. As the walkers meandered past a bunch of upmarket apartments at 4 Willsmere Cres Kew, they heard a plaintive female cry “Help, Help”. They formed a walker sub-committee, prepared a white paper and pursuant to its recommendations, they decided to stop and help. Talking through a closed garage door, a lady told them she was house sitting and had accidently locked herself in the high security garage without a key to get out. The walkers door knocked neighbouring apartments which were mostly empty, although there was one neighbour who could have helped, but wouldn’t because he preferred to cook his dinner. The walkers offered to contact emergency services but the trapped woman said NO! – wow, who wouldn’t want to meet an emergency serviceman in a confined space? The walkers walked on, and the lady is still in the garage.
So, following a coup, Cut Loose disappears off the face of the earth in the middle of making a batch of mango chutney, and coincidentally the walkers encounter a desperate woman locked in an underground garage with no food, no water, no phone, no keys and no way of ever escaping. Seriously! Can the walkers not join the dots??? Run/walk awarded 130/131.
Visitors
Matthias from Germany, Woodstock and Tina from Denmark
Returnees
Racey Tracey, Shaved Pussy, Behind Bars, 2 Bottoms, Peanuts.
Special Runs
Racey Tracey x 33, Swingers x 13, Pippin x 13, Aristokat x 19
Charges
- Cooch for having Danes on his Denmark St run
- Woodstock for complaining about the run after only one run.
- Cheesecake for staging a palace coup.
- 2 Bottoms for running 13.1 kms, doing 43 on backs and breaking 64 checks.
- Flora for forgetting names.
- New GM for losing the book.
- Sergeant for being caught walking on the run.
- Woodstock for complaining about Melbourne weather.
- Deeper for demonstrating Prickly’s new T shirt in a hands on sort of way.
- Sweaty Box who wasn’t seen on the run but who still got very sweaty.
- Mother Trucker for not feeling fronts
- Sergeant for mangling Shakespeare.
- Tipi, the Satay Inn proprietor for providing such delicious food.
We had a naming, Tina our visitor was renamed Great Dane in recognition of her ability to sniff out trail.
Nickle B told a joke.
Scribe: Cheesecake