PRINCETON HHH Hash #432.4 DATE: Sunday November 7, 1993 SET BY: Ro Jo and Rodney "Dead Barney in the Sewer" HASHERS: LRF, Geezer, Ned Dybvig, Father Dybvig, Wrong Way, Throatwarbler, Wacko, Art Taylor, Hand Solo, Josh ROOKIES: Dave McDuff, Ron Heller, Sam Dellachamp, Ann-Marie Hebbs With_an_eee, Judd Brewer, Bob Taub VISITORS: Pinnochio from Phillie WEATHER: Clear and chilly VENUE: 5 Mile Run off Big Oak Rd off Oxford Valley Exit off Rte. 1, Pennsylvania OXFORD VALLEY MAUL Thirteen hashers stumbled into the parking lot behind Stevenson Hall, eagerly anticipating the resumption of the Princeton Hash after the bye week. Several new boots were identified: Sam, Ron, Ann-Marie and Judd, all orgo students who had heretofore only seen the "tea-sipping" Professor Jones and never the blood-dripping Geezer. Another rookie was Stevenson Hall alum, Bob Taub, coerced by Father Dybvig to join today's slog. We promptly descended into Oxford Valley where we were joined by Wrong Way and some other guy who turned out to be a balding quick man with three Princeton degrees , (reminiscent of that stalwart hasher of years gone by, Throatwarbler Mangrove).. Also joining us was one of Wyeth-Ayerst's finest, Dave Mc Duff, no doubt forced to run by co-worker Ro Jo who caught him performing personal experiments on the chimpanzees in the lab after hours. Unfortunately, Pinnochio from Phillie managed to find his way to the start, despite getting lost in Neshaminy Mall. At the first check, he began whining about the fact that we were all just wandering around aimlessly. What "Pinhead" does not realize is that after fourteen years and over four hundred hashes we don't merely wander around aimlessly, we are masters at it. On good days we can wander around aimlessly for hours within twenty feet of the next mark. Sadly, Wrong Way has become a bit rusty, and he stumbled onto flour after mere minutes. Hardly time to trip into a swamp or become impaled on a tree. Disappointed, we pursued Wrong Way's clarion call. Everyone except Ned "The Boy", who inexplicably decided to follow Wacko. Any misconceptions that Ned "The Boy" had about Wacko possibly being on flour vanished as swiftly as the packs' cries of "On On". "Have you seen any marks?" was Ned's oft repeated query, as if that would be a good thing as opposed to getting hopelessly lost in a hellish, pricker-filled swamp. In deference to Ned, they decided to descend from Heartbreak Ridge and rejoin the pack, who were now busily ricocheting back and forth off trees like 18 balls stuck in a pinball machine. Dead Barney's favorite moment in the hash, a deer skull in a culvert under Rte. 1, was missed by the pack, as everyone opted to run down the shoulder of the highway instead of bumbling over roots and through brambles in the overgrown woods below. Pinnochio, suffering a flashback to Neshaminy Mall, began to flag down cars to ask directions. No one hit him though one guy got close with his car door. Back into the woods we dove and then up that same old ridge to a check mark. The whole pack fanned out in a fruitless, Geezer-led flour hunt in the "obvious" direction as the veterans immediately checked every other possible way. Desperation loomed until we heard the distant, lonely cry of "On On" echoing back from the Throatwarbler somewhere in the deepest, foulest-smelling, corner of the slough. Forget fatherhood, Throatwarbler, we obviously need you. The next bit must have been the part RoJo was referring to when she said we would all have wet feet at the end. However, she didn't mention anything about the stench which was strong enough to kill a Barney. Ron went in for a good whiff, executing an impressive nose dive that would have made a veteran hasher proud. The pack actually slowed for a step until certain that he was in too deep to be used as a stepping stone. The far end of the trail emerged at one of those vile, toxic ponds you find only in New Jersey. This one was surrounded by some prehistoric sludge that somehow managed to avoid the last several thousand years of evolution. This delight kept the FRB's entertained for a while before we U-turned back into the woods toward the vehicles. At the hour mark we emerged on Big Oak Road 200 yards from the start. Fifteen minutes of asphalt running in a housing development and we were on Big Oak Road, now 100 yards from the start. Here's where the veterans really showed their perspicacity, as Throatwarbler, Wrong Way, the Geezer and Wacko all guessed loop, heading to the cars and leaving the rookies to follow Hand Solo right to the beer... and beyond. Seems they figured those large black plastic garbage bags in the middle of the woods with the flour arrow pointing at them were filled with leaves - no doubt by someone out raking up the forest. Eventually Wacko returned and checked inside the bags to see if there might be some dead bodies or something, but only found beer. The après was enjoyable though a bit cold. We made a dent in the beer ball that RoJo had lugged into the woods (before vanishing off the face of the earth ) and entertained ourselves by watching the LRF , try to push trees down. The LRF did manage to coax the Dybvig family and Wacko to join his efforts (nearly losing the elder Dybvig upon success), but his particular devotion to the task brought back memories of his past post-hash feats of derring-do like trying to smash rocks through ice puddles or simply smash rocks period. If there are better things to be doing on a Sunday afternoon, I don't know what they are. NEXT HASHES: SUNDAY NOV 14 2:00 PM 433.4 Hand Solo sets SATURDAY NOV 20 NOON SUMMIT INTERHASH (talk to Wacko) SUNDAY NOV 21 2:00 PM 434.4 LRF sets SUNDAY NOV 28 2:00 PM 434.4 Geezer sets THANKSGIVING HASH SUNDAY DEC 5 2:00 PM 435.4 Wacko sets SUNDAY DEC 12 2:00 PM 436.4 Any volunteers?? SUNDAY DEC 19 2:00 PM 437.4 Any volunteers?? SUNDAY DEC 26 2:00 PM CHRISTMAS BREAK? All Hashes begin with a general gathering at 87 Prospect St. in Princeton NJ (the computer center parking lot behind 91 Prospect St) and a subsequent (and usually immediate) departure by caravan to the start. Call Wacko at (609)-426-0893 (H), (609)-734-9282 (W) for details. HASH SETTERS OF PREVIOUS WEEKS Sat Jan 2 3PM 392.4 Village Idiot set Sun Jan 10 2PM 393.4 Eight Balls set Sun Jan 17 2PM 394.4 Pushnermaybe and Diane set Sun Jan 24 2PM 395.4 Solo set Sun Jan 31 2PM 396.4 LRF set Sun Feb 7 2PM 397.4 Throat Warbler set Sun Feb 14 2PM 398.7 Wacko set Sun Feb 21 2PM 399.7 RoJo set and Burton set Sun Feb 28 2PM 401.7 Safe Sweats set Sun Mar 7 2PM 400.7 Geezer set Sun Mar 14 2PM 402.4 Throat Warbler set Sun Mar 21 2PM 403.4 LFBB set Sun Mar 28 2PM 404.4 Hand Solo set Sun Apr 4 2PM 405.4 Steaming set Sun Apr 11 2PM 406.4 LRF set Sun Apr 18 2PM 407.4 Wacko set Sun Apr 25 2PM 408.4 Ro Jo set Sun May 2 2PM 409.4 Wrong Way set Sun May 9 2PM 410.4 Throat Warbler set Sun May 16 2PM 411.4 Geezer set Sun May 23 2PM 412.4 Hashrat set Sun May 30 2PM 413.4 Wacko set Sun June 6 2PM 414.4 Solo set Wed June 30 6PM 415.4 LRF set Wed July 7 6PM 416.4 LFBB set Wed July 14 6PM 417.4 Geezer set Wed July 21 6PM 418.4 Wacko set Mon July 26 6PM 419.4 TWARBLER set Wed Aug 4 6PM 420.4 RoJo set Mon Aug 9 6PM 421.4 Hashrat set Sun Aug 22 2PM 422.4 LFBB set Wed Aug 25 6PM 423.4 Solo set Mon Aug 30 7PM 424.4 Pushnermaybe set Sun Sep 12 2PM 425.4 LRF set Sun Sep 19 2PM 426.4 Geezer set Sun Sep 26 2PM 427.4 Wacko set Sun Oct 3 2PM 428.4 Josh & Rodney set Sun Oct 10 2PM 429.4 LFBB set Sun Oct 17 2PM 430.4 Hashraat set Sun Oct 24 2PM 431.4 Sleeper set SAT Oct 30 3PM 432.4 PHILLIE HALLOWEEN HASH Sun Nov 7 2PM 433.4 Ro Jo sets Allan "Spew" Drummond, "Blood, Sweat and Flour," Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 13, 1993 Allan "Spew" Drummond, "Blood, Sweat and Flour," Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 13, 1993 Allan "Spew" Drummond, "Blood, Sweat and Flour," Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 13, 1993 a lanky, nearsighted, associated professor Allan "Spew" Drummond, "Blood, Sweat and Flour," Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 13, 1993 Allan "Spew" Drummond, "Blood, Sweat and Flour," Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 13, 1993