Run #1397 - The Gods must be Soggy

May 26, 2008

Hare: Mydol
Where: Rusty's Bar & Grill
Big Rock: Cheap & Wet
Attendance: 29

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And after 146 straight days of rain, or maybe it only seemed that bad, the Weather Gods finally relented — at least a little.

Maybe they got their lifetime supply of giggles watching hashers slide around Moose Mountain on the 25th anniversary run, and just couldn't take it anymore. Perhaps they felt sorry for those who still hadn't been able to clean all the mud from between their toes.

Or they wanted to focus their energy on turning Dastardly's Redwood Meadows McMansion into a giant water slide.

Whatever the reason, the Gods smiled and turned off the spigots, allowing hashers to gather on a cool, blustery late May evening to follow a trail set by Mydol in the shadow of West Hills and the Sarcee Trail Motorway.

The sun, whatever that is, even shone briefly, or else it was simply a giant tease, one or the other.

The trail meandered around Randy Bastard's old hood, and followed his former newspaper route from back in horse and buggy days, which allowed him to wax nostalgic about his ex-neighbours and customers.

"They're all dead now," Randy said sadly.

Luckily, the mood was a bit cheerier inside Rusty's bar, where RA Dr. Fill, whose appearances had been a little hit and miss lately, something about working on his old plumbing, was there to dispense wisdom and beer to the assembled masses. For instance:

On-On!

Duke of Hurl


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