Rehash Run No. 1023 – AGM 28 October 02
Hares: Sebastian & Minus 10
Location – Noriega’s
The new OnSex has made herself immediately felt by instituting a new rule that the person who is setting the run in the following week, does the write-up in the previous one. I must admit this solution has a sort of elegant simplicity to it, as Ms. OnSex points out: “Usually a hare will come to the run a week before to drum up support for his upcoming run. We’ll make him do the write-up then.” Given that we had a total of about 5 write-ups this last year, any attempt to get more people to write is welcome.
It means however that I have the enviable job of reporting on my own AGM.
The pack assembled in Soi Gay in front of Noriega’s with the anticipation that change was in the air. A 15-minute-hold request was called in by the hares via mobile, so yours truly duly called “On-on” at 5:30. While most of the pack headed down the soi in search of colored chalk upon the urban landscape, the outgoing GM headed left into Noriega’s to see if the trail could be found there. After ordering a beer and hunkering down next to Sunnee, I looked forward to spending a pleasant hour or so contemplating the successes of the past year.
Unfortunately, I could only fill about 10 minutes of time doing that.
Fortunately, that’s all that was necessary because the pack promptly returned (I had not even got half-way through the beer!) with cries of “Hash Shit”, “Typical Lavoie” (but true to his promise at Run #1000, Don wasn’t there), and “What a FU.” Nonetheless, few seemed to mind the opportunity to dive into the beer, samosas, and other munchies. No sign yet of the hares, who had apparently got lost on their trail, looking for chalk.
As the circle was forming, the Hares—closely followed by TQ and Lick Dearly—returned amid jeers and heckles. Their defense—it must have been a good run since TQ finished it—fell on deaf ears.
The usual circle festivities and then up to the trough for some excellent Franco-Mediterranean cooking from Marie. (No wonder Bruce has the shit-eating grin all the time!)
Soon, the hour was upon us for the curtain to fall on another year of Hashing in BMH3. Or was it year? In all of the excitement of the reading of the new committee, the outgoing GM forget to explain the rationale about ending his reign 2 weeks early. Some will remember the reason from a few weeks back when the AGM was first announced, but Goozman for one kept bugging me for the answer. It’s quite simple: Ian and I spend much of our time in a simple game of one-up-manship. One of the Ajarn’s favorite claims is his supposedly never-been-matched reign of 53 weeks as GM. By ending my own tenure 2 weeks early, I have given the incoming GM the opportunity to take this favorite accolade away. Whether he does or not is another matter—at least I have guaranteed some piece and quiet on that particular point…for awhile.
As the new committee took over, the blues wafted through Noriega’s as the party began.
Good luck to the new committee. ON ON
On Monday 28 October AGM run 32 Harriers, 21 Harriettes, 0 new boots and 17 visitors, total = 70. Returners included Donya, Marie "Pussy Galore" Blond, Jumpstart, Piya, May, Charlotta "Plastered" Parks, Margarita "Cha Cha", Mike "Mr. Happy" Belew, Graeme "Mini" Bristol, Kieran "S&M Man" McCauliffe, Hans Schonbaumsfeld, Teerachai "Pink Panther" Reinsubdee, Vchai "Bug's Bum Boy" Pechardko, "George of the Jungle" Morgan, Marc "Sebastian" Lavoie, and Dick "Lick Dearly" Leary .
