BFM 380. Circle of Squares in the Triangle
Initially, I was overjoyed. Finally, I could show up, semi on time for the hash and NOT drive around for three hours looking for a parking spot. I had been trying to get my cousin (A Sergeant in the 3rd District) to join us for a while, and this time he had no excuse. That is until he said, “You know that’s a Pagan hangout, right?” Um, no, I didn’t and having been outside the country for a flippin year I could have cared less. I had more pressing concerns, like where I could get good internet porn and bootleg copies of movies that didn’t have a shadow of a theatre go-er standing up and the subtitles were NOT in Cyrillic. No matter, this place had a parking spot, and since I wasn’t going to make Prom (I had to wash my hair), this might be my last hurrah for a bit. So, I cruised up Passyunk and pulled right in, happy as a clam.
Imagine my surprise at the large number of hashers from the Philly Hash who showed up. Probably because the Triangle has been the host to many a Philly Hash (and BFM). And the bar has been renovated, it almost looks respectable. Although I miss the safety rails they used to have there to separate the 1-foot high deck. Sigh, life changes. One thing didn’t, and that was the clientele inside. I walked in and was greeted by a woman who sounded like one of Marge Simpson’s sisters. She’s been smoking for years, and caution be damned, but her lung is great. She had been hacking, er I mean talking up Just Randy who had shown up for the Hash at 6:30 PM. Yes, you read right. Hmm, Cums Early sounds like a good hash name for him.
SHAPELY HASHERS: Hold The Sausage, Just Meg, Short Distance Rimmer, Working Girl, Sleeps Around The Cock, Just Randy, Sternum And Rectum, Flipper Over, Just Lauren, Dry Hump, Teflon, 3 Balls, Son Of A Goatfucker, Hoo High, Just Sue, Just Victor, Just Dayna, Twinkle Toe Ho, Soft Core Analyst, Tits of Steel, Where’s My Vagina, Just Dave, Can You Hear Me Now, He’s A Lesbian, Grab My Handlebars, Penis In My Ear, Just Stacy, and Two Clump Chump
Sausage handed out straws and 3 Balls proudly snatched the shorty. A groan filled the room of those knowing hashers because…
TRAIL:
A 3 Balls trail has a lot of traditions, First, it is usually just shy of a Bataan Death March, and Second, you really need to try to find it. This one was no exception. Off we ran, West on Reed, even taking the side Reed, and straight across Broad St into the Point Breeze section. Now for those uninitiated to the city, Point Breeze is a area where you play Good Block Bad Block, and Bad Block usually wins. At a certain point, trail just stopped, we all assumed that 3 Balls realized exactly how far he strayed into Bad Block, and since he lives on a farm, the “inner city” landscape made his white ass forget to put in an X.
After about 20 minutes of looking, (Which is about 19 minutes and 30 seconds longer than the attention span of our group), someone found trail and we ran South down Broad. Near Dickinson, we found an F facing the wrong direction, and ran down Carlisle and discovered a huge explosion of Flour had taken place 15th & Tasker. At first we thought that one of the wildly careening cars driven by nonlicensed drivers had smacked poor 3 Balls, but there were no blood stains, only a HUGE pile of flour, so we CSIed that 3 Balls must have dropped the bag. Turns out that Sausage STILL has not fixed her damn hole and we were right. Someone suggested they taste it to make sure it was flour, (The powder, not her hole, you sick bastard) but since it could have been coke, we didn’t. The last person to do something like that turned bald and fat and thought he was funny.
We ran back down Broad again, and lost Trail at Broad and Passyunk. For some reason Can You Hear Me Now ran NORTH on Broad, screaming “On On” only to be briefed that we had already found that trail and had in fact run down it no more than 5 min before. In a fit of exasperation, Hoo High ran further down Broad and couldn’t find anything except a subway, and even though she had a suspicion the trail MIGHT go down there, being the good Government Worker that she is, kept that tidbit to herself, much like an INS agent stamping Mohammed Atta’s VISA request so he can attend flight school.
So we stood around trying to figure out what to do for about what seemed like hours (it was 5 min), and we headed up Passyunk back to the Triangle. S&M Man led a bunch into the Adobe to either check for green cards or an impromptu beer check, I don’t know. We arrived back at the Triangle in what is almost tied for the SHORTEST TRAIL EVER (1.64 mi), to find 3 Balls. When he found out we didn’t finish his trail, a sad look crossed his face, like a kid who opens a Christmas present to find clothes, and he ran back to find lost hashers, assuming that we were too stupid to remember how to get back. (actually this decision of his could be based on sound judgment, but I digress). Interestingly enough, the trail we did run turned out to BE the shape of a Triangle, woohoo. http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1121506
The bartender at the Triangle was REALLY happy to see us and actually set up a spread of food, which looked like almost like a Trailer Park Wedding Buffet….Hot dogs, baby carrots, hoagies, oh my. We chowed down on health food, and since Where’s My Vagina was looking for herself, I used my combat tested command presence to tell Hoo High to collect hash cash for no other reason than she was closest and made the mistake of making eye contact with me. When I told her to get hash Cash, she gave me that loving look a woman gives, when you throw them in your basement freezer.
Finally, 3 Balls came wandering back, accompanied by the remainder of the hashers, including Soft Core Analyst who swore he was on trail, even though his heartbeat was surprisingly calm, despite me feeling him up. Perv. Two Clump also snuck in, wearing a shirt and tie and quickly left when one of the Bikers said he looked like a Fed. Flipper Over then got nauseous because Marge’s Sister breathed on her and gave her secondhand lung cancer and had to leave, with Just Lauren escorting her out, saying they were going to watch “Vampires Kiss “ and “A League of Their Own” together. (Yep, time to start THAT rumor) The beers were poured a quarter way into the 8 oz sized cups (yet another sign of the pussification of the BFM) and we started a rather shapeless…
CIRCLE:
HARES: 3 Balls
VIRGINS: Just Dayna (Twinkle Toe Ho made her come)
VISITOR: Teflon (Since he moved to Albuquerque )
FIRST IN/LAST IN: Just Matt / Working Girl (Happens when he doesn’t wear pumps)
CUMS LATELYS: Dry Hump, Twinkle Toe Ho, Son Of A Goatfucker, Working Girl, and 3 Balls
AUTO HASHERS: Just Meghan, Two Clump (who snuck out) Where’s My Vagina (Who really looked forlorn that she couldn’t do Hash Cash due to her tardiness) and just Sue
BIRTHDAY SIDE SIDE: Just Meghan and Son of A Goatfucker
VIOLATIONS:
Tits of Steel and Just Meghan: For something unreadable
Just Meg: For falling down stairs (“alone or in pairs”) in a strange house trying to do the walk of shame (At least that’s my assumption, and I could be wrong, and frequently am)
3 Balls: For Biffing and leaving a chalk outline of himself
Penis In My Ear: For beer poaching (I’m sorry, but isn’t this acceptable?
Just Randy: For coming an hour early
Son Of A Goatfucker: For bumping into a 7-foot high ceiling fan.
Soft Core Analyst: For showering at S&M Man’s house (and not inviting him and Cleavage to join in)
Dry Hump and Grab My Handlebars: Just because.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
June 9th: PROM PROM PROM PROM
May 2012: Bay To Breakers
THIS SUMMER: The everyone EXCEPT Cousin It‘s Tailgate Party
PHILLY HASH has moved to Tuesdays
With that, the circle closed and I got a text message from my cousin asking how many members of the __ were in the bar. I then noticed the red diamond on a the chests of a few members (1 %ers) and since I had to be up at 0400 anyway, I decided it would be a good time to leave. I got in my truck and my cousin scared the shit out of me by smacking on the driver side window, “You stupid fuck! I told you the bar’s under surveillance!” I replied that no, he had merely said it was a Pagan hangout and I didn’t see any Pagans, only __. I was then given an impromptu lecture on the motorcycle gang hyarchy in the Philadelphia area. Now these guys aren’t very violent compared to a North Philly gang, I’m sure there’s no problem there, but here’s a word of advice. When the cop member of your hash, who is notorious for staying till the last second at a hash trying to put the moves on any female hasher who smiles at him, gets a text message and suddenly is one of the first to leave, you might want to look around. It was OK, however, no one was hurt, but if anyone has seen Two-Clump….
OVERHEARD AT THE HASH:
“Random Woman, Walking Teddy Bear in Stroller.” – Just Lauren, reacting to South Philly
“Lesbian did something wrong, so keep it in your bra.” – Hold the Sausage to Where’s My Vagina
“I’ve been smoking for 30 years and my lung feels great. Hey, where ya’s goin, honey? Commere” Marge’s Sister to Flipper Over