Run #1288 - H.H.H.

July 3, 2006

Hares: Hyena, Humidor and Hooiser
Where: 160 Coral Springs Landing NE
Food & Booze: Beach Party, Big Rock and BBQ at the Beach
Attendance: 35

The sun-kissed late afternoon at the Coral Springs Fake Lake was a perfect way to celebrate Canada's 139th birthday, which means the country's only six years older than Whale Wanker's shorts. Numerous hashers swore part of the trail ran into Saskatchewan. Others were adamant they saw road signs that said it was 40 kilometers to Saskatoon, or maybe it was Moose Jaw. Few knew that life even existed east of Calgary International Airport.

But it did.

Welcome to the Canada Day long weekend hash hared by ex-Atlanta, ex- Ontario and ex-who-knows-where-else hashers Hyena, Humidor and Hoosier, which also happens to be a nickname for people who live in godforsaken Indiana.

Indiana, Saskatchewan, far northeast Calgary, it's all the same -- out-of-the-way places where you have to work to get there. They're all best handled under the influence of alcohol, which perhaps one reason so many hashers flocked to Coral Springs.

Brazen and macho, Hyena decided he wanted to lay a live trail with only a five-minute head start -- knowing full well that Krusty, aka Mr. 2:50-Something Marathoner, was lurking over his shoulder. At one point, Krusty got Hyena in his sight, but then the hare scooted into one of the interminable cul-de-sacs or crescents or something in CookieCutterVille and disappeared.

Hyena wins game, set, match. Well done, lad.

The trail and its surrounding ambiance, shall we say, wasn't the most scenic ever created, unless you consider rolling mosquito-infested farmland -- oh, look, there's suburban Regina, ouch, slap -- your cup of tea. It was also a rumour they were going to film Stepford Wives III in one of Coral Springs' cul-de-sacs.

But everyone managed to make it back safely -- although Tarzan was a question mark for quite awhile -- to Hyena's and Humidor's beachfront estate for smokies, hamburgers and a liberal dose of Skewbic, who was acting RA. Among those who were there:

It's nice to know the country will be around for its 140th, as best as anyone can tell.

On On!
Duke of Hurl


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