Run #1342 - The Last Hash of Spring

June 18, 2007

Hare: Blue Balls
Where: Strathos, 5555 Strathcona Hill SW
On-In: Pete's Peanut Pub, #30 - 7337 Sierra Morena Blvd SW
Big Rock: Pete's Peanut Pub charges a fair price
Attendance: 42

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The Last Hash of Spring started outside a bar that didn't want anything to do with hashers, and eventually ended in a place where free flying peanuts were plentiful but the cheap bleeps still charged for a glass of water.

It was a rather curious choice of locations by Blue Balls and his co-hares — wait, Mr. Balls had no other hares — but at least the run provided panoramic views of downtown Calgary and a distant rainstorm, as well as the snow-capped Rockies.

As a bonus, the post-hash bar ambiance — there were peanut shells flying everywhere — was somewhat akin to an elementary school lunchroom, only with lotsa beer.

The burning question du jour: Would Princess Pumper of Lithuania and Snow Job end their Farewell Tour 2007 and actually leave for the Eastern European hot spot? Or would they milk their farewell in Lakey-like fashion, begging for all sorts of down-downs on their way out the door?

It appears as though they're headed to Shangri-La by the Baltic Sea, but only after a brief pit stop in Idaho, of all places. But they drank their beers and were on their way anyway.

Back at the bar, RA Skewbic conducted business as peanuts flew around him. It took remarkable concentration, but Skoob managed to soldier on, so to speak.

The peanut posse was too numerous to mention, but Hottie and Tiny Bubbles stood out in that they both threw like girls. Hottie, of course, would be the only one who could legitimately use that excuse. In other action: