So I was supposed to go to my firm’s holiday party. As I sat at my desk, already feeling the holiday work slowdown, I thought, “Do I really want to go and make small talk with a bunch of people I don’t know, or do I want to head out with my hash friends for a night in which I’m guaranteed a good time?” Um, yea, that’s a no-brainer. I called our secretary and told her “something came up” and I wouldn’t be able to make the party. Game on.
Jingle Ballzzz and I approached Johnny Bears. There, hanging on the exterior wall, was a huge banner announcing the “Dart champions 2005, 2006.” Jingle and I looked at each other. "Huh." We walked inside, got ourselves settled, and were greeted by several linebacker-sized men who were a part of said dart team responsible for the banner. Apparently, they had been talking to the bartender and were very curious about the “running club” that was coming in to share their bar. I chatted with one of the men and gave him our motto, our mantra of sorts, and he replied in a rather confused manner, “So you drink beer and run?” "Why else would we run?" I said. I guess he was impressed because he turned to his friend and announced, “Hey, these guys drink and run!” He and his dart friends then broke into song. With that, Major Piece of Ass handed me a beer and said, “Happy Holidays!” See, guaranteed good time.
Who came:
Company Cock, E = My Cock2, Europee’n on Me, Fruit of the Clue, Hold the Sausage, Holy Fuck, Horse Whacker, Mulva, Jingle Ballzzz, Likes the Hard One, Skin Fiddle, Sly Fox, Stacks, Cherry Poppins, Just Joel, Up Her Ali, Just Stephanie, Just Kim, Yack in the Box, Principle Fuck-up, Tight Lips, Big Tackle, Major Piece of Ass, Mr. Snuffleupamuff, Rear Engineer, Scooby Snatch, Sloppy Ho, Strap-on, Virgin Pimp, Just Jessica, Just Mike, Just Marcel, Just Roy
Jingle and I had dropped our gear in a corner next to a highly illuminated snack machine that seemed to be beckoning incoming hashers like moths to a porch light. It was very Darwinian. One “starving” hasher would insert their money for an over-priced, tasty snack and the crinkling of the snack bag seemed to represent Darvin’s bell because another hasher would then line up to pay out for a snack.
By this time it was 20:12 (8:12pm for those of you not down with international time) and the bar was now full of hashers and dart throwers alike, but no hare. Mismanagement looked at one another. Had our hare gotten lost in the land of holiday lights? Was she drunk on holiday spirit, laying in a gutter somewhere, unable to crawl back? :: Dramatic pause :: No. Hold the Sausage informed us that the hare was a block and a half away. Guess LIttle Red Riding Wood was just having too much fun laying trail.
We ventured outside and our RA, Sloppy Ho, circled us up. She announced our 200th trail would be the Festival of Lights and questioned, “What more could you want?” to which someone in the mob replied, “a blow job!” Maybe it was that comment or maybe they had better things to do but when Sloppy called the virgins into circle, the virgin I met at the beginning, Just Jessica, was nowhere to be seen. So, with formalities behind us, the mob was finally off…or were we? I’m not quite sure what happened next. It could have been snack food coma, lack of motivation or visions of blowjobs dancing through a few heads, but the check hanging and standing around lasted 8 minutes (yea, I timed it, bitches)! Finally an On-on! was heard and we were, at last, off!
We r*n, saw holiday lights, r*n some more, I tripped and Fruit of the Clue broke my fall, we saw more holiday lights, Fruit of the Clue tripped and wiped out (I was behind him so i couldn’t break his fall, only watch him go down), and we r*n some more.
As we passed, what I can only make out in my sloppy notes as, the “Strichitizd” church, we came across a familiar face- Big Tackle, hands in his pockets, casually strolling along checking out the lights. We shouted our hello’s and continued along, through a pedestrian tunnel, under 76 and into suburbia in the middle of Philly. Seriously, crossing under the expressway was like crossing into the Twilight Zone. As we r*n along, Mulva remarked that the reason she wanted to move back into the city was to get out of the suburbs and yet, here we were- in the middle of a housing development full of brick colonial townhouses, two car garages, cul-de-sacs and well-manicured yards with light-up reindeer. If someone would have blindfolded me, tossed me in a car, drove me around and then dropped me off here, I would have swore I was in the middle of Bucks County.
At the back-end of this development was our beer check where the mob happily sipped Dinkle Acker and Prima Pils beers while I watched Horse Whacker tie Mr. Snuffleupamuff’s hoodie in double knots so only his eyes and nose were visible. Huh, I guess he was cold; I know I was. We tossed our empty bottles into the construction dumpster and the mob was off.
We rounded a corner and a big boxer came bouncing across the street and began running with us. Hearing someone calling for the dog, Horse Whacker and I stopped and tried to get the dog to come to us. He wouldn’t. We did notice that while he wouldn’t come up to us, he wouldn’t leave us either so we began walking towards the voice. After a good 5 or so minutes of the dog’s owner calling and the dog ignoring him entirely, the puppy finally grew tired and ran into the house.
As we headed off, Virgin Pimp in tow, Horse Whacker remembered that she was supposed to untie Mr. Snuff’s hoodie. “Oh well” she said, “someone else will have to untie it for him.” As we turned another corner, no holiday lights in sight, we were looking at the Wachovia center in front of us. A quick turn down an alley and we were running along side Chickie and Pete’s. We headed back under 76 and back into the real world of typical South Philly neighborhoods. At some point, Horse Whacker and I managed to misplace Virgin Pimp and we r*n up and then over on Broad Street back to Shunk (who names a street Shunk anyway?). Hell, we figured we’d probably have to drink for being DFL. Oh well, Jingle drove me so I wasn’t too concerned.
Back at Johnny’s the mob mingled outside. I’m not sure why because it was damn cold out. However, someone opened the door, and there in the doorway, was Mr. Snuffleupamuff dancing like he was on an audition to be a Solid Gold dancer. I guess he was the reason everyone was outside? But then I heard people say, “It’s too hot in there.” and “There are too many people in there.” Standing there, I noticed Major Piece of Ass rejoin the mob. Phew, we weren’t going to be DFL. As we continued to mingle in temperatures that only Emperor Penguins prefer, the owner of Johnny Bear’s began to haul tables and chairs into the cold, night air. One of those big linebackers stood behind me and remarked how accommodating Johnny was and that he’d allow for us to drink outside. What? Is he kidding? Does he realize how cold it was? With that a penguin walked by.
We stood around chatting, allowing Sloppy and Hold the Sausage to prepare for circle, and all at once we looked at each other and said, “Do you smell pot?” Clearly, Johnny was VERY accommodating.
We circled up.
Sloppy addressed the mob, “Would someone please make out with Mr. Snuffleupamuff. He was seen on-trail dry humping an inflatable animal in someone’s yard.”
Rear Engineer announced that his balls were inside his chest.
Trail: Not enough Jesus, holiday lights, tripping and falling, urban shiggy,
inflatable stuffed animals.
Hare(s): Little Red Riding Wood
Visitor(s): Company Cock from Arizona who’s option was torturing us with the
longest joke ever!
Just Roy from Philly who told us a joke about a bear while Major Piece of Ass
acted out the part of the bear
First In: Company Cock
Last In: Major Piece of Ass
Just Marcel, affectionately known as The Albanian
Virgins:
- Just Katie (Little Red Riding Wood made her cum)
- Just Christina (Little Red Riding Wood made her cum)
Auto-hashers:
- Just Marcel
- Jingle Ballzzz
- Holy Fuck
- Skin Fiddle
- Principle Fuck-up
Long Time No-seers:
- Sly Fox
- Principle Fuck-up
- Big Tackle
- Just Kim
Accusations:
- Sloppy Ho – Mr. Snuffleupamuff for humping a snowman (who seemed very proud since he entered the circle dancing)
- Scooby Snatch – Sloppy Ho for conducting circle wearing a hat.
- Scooby Snatch – Sly Fox and Principle Fuck-up for getting engaged (isn’t this an announcement tho?)
Announcements:
- The Philly/BFM/Hockessin New Year’s Day hash will be at 11am at Johnny Bears
- Scooby Snatch for Cousin It: The annual Phillies tailgate will be in August 2008. Details to follow.
- Rear Engineer announced that his balls are no longer inside his chest.
- Random hasher announced that they are a card-carrying foreskin…???
We hung for a while in the cold, our fingers and toes going numb, while drinking beer, eating clementines and cheddar whale crackers, and getting a secondary high from the pot (those cheddar whales were coming in handy). Finally, Little Red suggested heading to the Pub on Passyunk and so several of us went there, where The Albanian entertained us with bottle tricks and Mr. Snuff treated us to beer and tasty deep-fat-fried treats…into the wee hours.
On-on, bitches!
Europee’n on Me