Run #1353 - Annual Beer & Chili Fartorama
August 20, 2007
Hares: Jaws
Where: Fish Creek park - Glenfield
On-In: Dreary & Mum's
Big Rock plus Dreary's raspberry home-brew
Attendance: 27
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Dreary and Mum's 432nd Annual Chili Belch-A-Rama and Raspberry Swill
Fest possesses a long and colourful history, and has served as a key
factor in Canadian life. For example:
- After an especially grueling night worshipping at the altar of the
Porcelain Gods, a youthful Stephen Harper swore he'd dedicate his life
to public service if he was just allowed to survive the five-alarm
chili. The rest, as they say, is Canadian history.
- A teen-age Wayne Gretzky's budding hockey career was nearly de-railed
by an incredibly spicy pre-game Mum's chili meal before the World Junior
Championships in the 1970s. Luckily, the Great One persevered and went
on to become a hockey god and husband of an alleged gambler.
- Well-known politicos Ralph Klein and Mayor Bronco Dave said they'd
rather take 27 pies in the face than try to eat even one more bowl of
Mum's vegetarian chili. Splat, and it was done.
- History says the chili and home brew were even behind the
disagreements between Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company
when they set up rival fur trading posts in Rocky Mountain House oh so
long ago. Hudson's Bay preferred mild while North West personnel wanted
spicy, and the brouhaha ensued.
And the history continues today, as hashers gathered on a lovely August
evening in Fish Creek Provincial Park to navigate a trail set by co-hare
spawns Jaws and Tarzan before heading to the Burp Emporium for more
punishment. For instance:
Buuurrrppp.
ON ON!
Duke of Hurl
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