PRINCETON HHH HASH #445.4

Date: Feb 20,1994
Weather: Tri-phase
Set By: Safe Sweats
Hashers: Rojo, LFBB, Delay Lllama, Wrong Way, Some Nerd, In Up to His Waist, Milkman, Dan 
Vogl, Guy
New Boots: Molly Graves
Venue: Boring Cranbury and East Windsor
First to Cooler: Joe Burns
Description, polemics, comments, and lies:

Will We Ever Learn?

With experience comes not only senility and random behavior, but also some wisdom and foresight.  
And so, the Geezer, Wacko, and the LRF were conspicuously absent from this week's hash.  The LRF 
had vanished to the South some time ago, Wacko gave some lame excuse and sneaked away to some 
obscure part of Pennsylvania to hide, while the Geezer had a much more complex, but equally 
transparent plan.  He went to great lengths to stage an ankle injury on a non-hash "run."  It was reported 
that he even limped around the lecture hall semi-convincingly for an entire day.  All of this simply to 
miss Walt's latest attempt to "set."

We should all have snapped an ankle (preferably Walt's).

We all knew we were doomed when Walt strolled into the parking lot behind Stevenson toting a bucket 
containing about two pounds of tinted flour.  "I used nearly six pounds this time" he announced proudly.  
"Yeah? What about that stuff in the bucket?" we asked.  "Okay, maybe not quite six pounds...".

Walt's hash preamble in the parking lot of Midlantic Bank in beautiful downtown Cranbury was equally 
confidence-inspiring.  "There's one back check and it's marked with a regular check mark.  Look for it a 
third of the way through the hash."  "Oh, and be careful, some parts of the trail were probably more solid 
when I set them."  Well, the trail launched predictably toward Cranbury lake and on out to Rt. 130.  It 
was here that we first observed Safe Sweats' trail marking technique, a new variant of the Weinstein 
Microdot:  Microfilm marks.  Walt must have used some new flour-sputtering device to lay marks and 
checkmarks only a few atoms thick.  On melting snow and wet pavement, this technique is not such a 
good idea.

We began with the requisite sojourn to Cranbury lake, where a path around, rather than across, was 
chosen by all save Some Nerd.  All arrived at Rt. 130, where we flailed for a long time, searching for a 
few of those four atoms that hadn't washed away, finally stumbling across a few mark remnants purely 
by chance.  The trail then led, predictably, back into Cranbury and right down Main St.  Confusion 
reigned as the only clearly marked trail of the day turned out to be the back check.  The only reason we 
knew this was due to the appearance of the Sweatsmobile and Walt gesturing madly to turn back.  So, 
onto the vast EFM's behind Cranbury we trudged.  The trail vanished completely next to an open stream 
when the spring thaw carried away the last bits of flour and chalk.  Guy eventually spied a mark across a 
semi-frozen pond.  Walt appeared on the other side to shortcut us around some chest-deep sludge.  We 
followed Cranbury Neck Road for a half mile or so until once again the mobile gestures of Safe Sweats 
diverted us onto a vast EFM.  There may have been marks, but at this point RCA/GE/Martin Marietta 
Astro loomed on the horizon; the obvious end.  Just short of Ansil Davison Road, Walt had given up on 
his plans to end in the Astro Vacuum Chamber and had spread out the On-In behind a small swimming 
club.

The salsa was mild, the beer was warm.

Next Hashes: [Notice that MARCH is C.D.I. Month!!!]

  SATURDAY Feb 26	2PM	Pushnermaybe sets in Summit (anyone wanna roadtrip?)
  SUNDAY Feb 27	2PM	Mr. Fluffy sets in Marlton, NJ (Dinner afterward)
  SATURDAY March 5	2PM	Wrong Way sets [Dr. No will be visiting for this gala affair]
  SUNDAY March 13	2PM	Toxic Waste sets
  SUNDAY March 20	2PM	Throat Warbler  sets
  SUNDAY March 27	2PM	Wacko sets
  SUNDAY April 3	2PM	Solo sets
  SUNDAY April 10	2PM	Geezer sets
  SUNDAY April 17	2PM	LRF sets