DHAKA MIXED HASH – RUN NO 1356			25^thAugust 2007
Location: ISD Bashundhara			FLOOD AID 2007
The Hash with a social conscience
Hares: WebFart, Warm&Fluffy, Penís, Challenger		Hashers: 52
Virgins: Bina, Reg, Neale		Leavers: Syphie, Five-year-old-shit, Janin
Returnees: PussyCat, Gorf, Pain-in-the-arse, Carol L.		Distance: 7.3km; Duration: 65mins
Hares pay attention	The Run The ongoing curfew and travel restrictions had raised some fears of the hash making it outside of Gulshan, but with restrictions almost all lifted it was ISD Bashundhara as planned. A special run in aid of this year’s flood victims; Tk500 registration, all of which was destined for the Chief Adviser’s Flood Relief fund. Unfortunately the curfew had prevented the special commemorative t-shirts from making it to the hash but all hashers were promised theirs at next week’s hash. Thankfully the flood-waters had subsided and Bashundhara was no longer a big pond (as experienced by the Dhaka Hash a couple of week’s earlier!), so hashers made to the RV with dry feet - particularly GooseBumpy who’s chosen to walk there. The run is ‘A RUN’ warned the hares, in a vain attempt to warn the chain-smoking, overweight, beer-swilling slow running bastards (SRBs) that the walk might be an attractive option. Ignoring the warning the usual crowd of runners headed off in the direction indicated and whilst it took a few minutes to find the first of the paper, which headed left at the first junction back towards Gulshan, they were soon on on. The trail led runners in a wide loop which first led them north of the A-point; with mass following of the false trails - much to the hares’ delight – but then after a few minutes turned south and headed back in the direction of ISD. Was this to be the shortest and most boring trail of the year?! Somewhere along the way the fastest FRBs of all, PussyPickUp and PickledPussy joined the pack (why were they so late eh?). Having completed the loop and narrowly avoided the A-point, the trail then led away past the Apollo hospital, over a row of sandbags and away into the backstreets of what used to be Dhaka’s flood-plain. The trail weaved its way along the main drag, with a photo-stop beside the community centre emblazoned with ‘Draugs Free’ messages (see main picture). Runners eventually found themselves at the main junction at the top of Baridhara and held the check beside the Thai Embassy corner (sadly the food-festival in aid of flood victims was over); it was a long wait for the SRB’s, particularly 5-year-old-shit and Laura who were struggling to avoid being run over by rickshaws along the last stretch. As runners wound their way back into Gulshan a rumour abounded that we were headed for WebFart’s place. Whilst a few over-cocky hashers headed off in that direction, those who stuck to paper eventually found themselves on Warm&Fluffy’s roof. All credit due to the skill of the hares who managed to bring walkers and runners together at the B-point at the same time!
False-trail confusion
Full steam ahead
Not in a hurry then?
Twilight hares	The Circle Hashers enjoyed the view and the cool breeze on the roof overlooking Gulshan 2, but before the light faded the GM called us all to order. Hares up first for a DD which proved almost too much for a slow-drinking Penís (out of practice??). Onto the virgins from Nepal, Australia and UK but before we could sing them a welcome the call to prayer started up. Filling time the returnees were welcomed back, including GooseBumpy and Eager4Beaver who were not in fact returnees at all – hash stats f**k up!! Bye bye to our leavers, then onto RA number one WebFart. A thank you for everyone turning out and providing their contribution to ‘Flood Aid’. No t-shirt but a thank you to Sucker anyway for trying to get them there on time: DD to lookalike BlowJob in Sucker’s absence. Slow walking bastard (SWB) Emil, not only wearing a men’s hash shirt, was also guilty of accusing FartEcho of being a stray goat (or something like that). DD to the ‘chauvinist and the malignee’ and a good opportunity to find a name for Emil - ‘ChauvinistGoat’ being the vote-winner. Permanent leaver Janin had turned up in an InterHash 2006 t-shirt, borrowed from a good friend: Can’tPull! DD for the ‘generous hasher and the attempted pull’. RA Foreskin for the runners. All those running with black socks earned a DD – obviously a hash rule that had failed to find its way into the Dhaka Hash rule-book: ‘black socks’ to TunelessCow, ChauvinistGoat, ChickenF**ker and CamelJockey. Gorf took a quick turn in the circle to show off his new tattoo (how drunk had he been when he got that done?). Foreskin then proceeded to rant at all the teachers who taught teenagers: to tell them that when there is a curfew it means they are GROUNDED – Foreskin’s brood had obviously not got the message! ‘Curfewers’. 5-year-old-shit and Ming Low, earned a DD each for having an association with mobile phone companies: who’s idea was it to turn the bloody network off during the curfew?! Obviously after a day off work: a bunch of ‘mobile phone lazy bastards’. PubicHare has been working night and day on the hash web, working out the number of hits we’ve received from different countries – but why Greenland??? PubicHare should ‘get a life’. Back to the GM and the announcement for next week’s hash: Tongi Bata shoe 4pm. A final DD: for Foreskin who obviously ‘wishes he was with teenagers’. An announcement of the Full Moon Hash by WebFart and another for the charity run at 8am on Friday 31^st from the BAGHA Club, again all proceeds to FloodAid. Party on for Flood Aid: lots of free booze and a party on the roof.
Chauvinist Goat
t-shirt buddies
No black socks!
Tatooed hasher