Run #1387 - Come Outside Baby

March 24, 2008

Hares: Auntie Frank, Baby
Where: Cha Cha's Pizza & Pub, 390 Northmount Drive NW
Big Rock: in coolers!
Attendance: 41

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Somehow it's totally appropriate that Baby, who could teach winter hibernation techniques to bears in Banff National Park, would co-hair, er, co-hare the first spring hash with his fellow Hair Club for Men devotee, Auntie Frank.

At first, the Fabio Larvae Wannabes were a little worried that the spring weather might not be much better than winter.

The initial warning sign happened on Easter Sunday, when the Big Guy rose from the dead, rolled away the rock, walked outside into the sunshine, saw his shadow and went back inside for another six weeks of winter.

Sure enough, hash morning dawned with a spring snow blanketing Calgary — which was enough to send Baby scurrying for cover.

"I don't want to come outside in this," Baby's English translator said, as Baby shivered underneath blankets on his couch. "I hate anything below +5C, eveybody knows that. I prefer 20C, but it is still late March, so I'll take anything I can get."

Baby briefly toyed with the idea of backing out of his co-haring duties, and instead staying inside listening to his 80s hair band idols — Quiet Riot, Whitesnake and AC/DC.

In fact, rumour has it that Baby and Frank actually auditioned for those bands, attracted by the big hair, tight pants and the chance to score sleazy women, free booze and mass quantities of drugs.

But their dreams died, and instead they ended up living the good but quiet life in Calgary, where they can hash to their heart's content. They left the hedonistic lifestyle to U.S. politicians.

Luckily, the snow melted and the weather cleared enough for Baby to come outside and join A. Frank in setting a trail from Cha Cha's on Northmount Drive in northwest Calgary. A gaggle of hashers wandered somewhat aimlessly through nearby hoods, even trudging past the Smirk-Wet Dome, which will soon have a new (human) addition.

Hashers eventually returned to the bar where RA Dr. Fill, who only wishes he could be part of the co-hares' Hair Club, conducted business in rather cramped quarters, and down-downs galore ensued.


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