PHHH #1191.9

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Venue: Frank Moody Memorial Park
corner of buttonwood and parkside, ewing

Weather: Azzurri

Time: 66.6 minutes

Hare: Hare In My Zipper

Hounds: Count Von Count, Hey Yo! Paully, Three Balls, Delicate Psyche, 
        PyroMan, SpeedBumps, Max the Worried Dog, EuroTrash, Hand Solo

Seen at onin: Zoe, The Greyhounds, Kelly


Description, Polemics, and Lies

Fabrizio left the old country in the Summer of '69. What he missed the most was 
watching Lazio playing in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.  To take his mind off
his loss he ploughed himself into his work as an auto mechanic and after a few
years had scraped enough together to open his own shop, just off the Princeton 
Pike in Ewing, NJ.  The whole family got together to celebrate the grand opening
- the spaghetti was al dente and the Chianta was abondanzza.  The sign outside
the shop proudly proclaimed "BRAKE SPECIALS, LUBE JOBS".

Life was good at first but the next years were not been kind to Fabrizio. He was 
never the same after the '94 FIFA World Cup final.  Watching Roberto Baggio flub
the penalty attempt and seeing Brazil hoist the trophy was the last straw. 

He tried to carry on working in the auto shop but his heart just wasn't in it. 
After a while the paint was peeling and the customers stopped coming in.  The sign 
outside became the worse for wear and the letters starting to sag and threaten to 
come loose.  Finally a couple of the letters actually fell down.  Yes, the K and 
the E fell off and lay out of sight, covered by beer cans and trash. Fabrizio never 
understood why, but the letters falling down triggered a sudden rush of women 
flocking to the shop demanding service. This is just like the old days thought 
Fabrizio as he eyed the scene outside the shop, the women elbowing each other
out of the way.

It was into this chaotic scene that the hounds wandered, searching for marks left
earlier in the day by HIMZ.  Afraid that they would lose their places in the queue 
the women became enraged, spitting and yelling "scopata fuori!!" at the half-minds 
passing by.  And pass by we did, almost catching the hare who forget about DST and 
started an hour late. Happily at that point it was just a hop and a skip and a 
jump over the fence into HIMZ' backyard where Zoe came out to entertain the crowd.  

Next Up:
#1192.9 Sun, March 16, 2008 2pm Prospect Delicate Psyche sets the Ides of March Hash
#1193.9 Sun, March 23, 2008 2pm Prospect Hey Yo! welcomes Spring