PRINCETON HHH HASH #883.4 


Date:    June 2, 2002
Weather: matrimonial
Venue:   87 Prospect to Princeton Golf Club
Time:    1 hour 5 minutes
Hare:    Weepee
Hounds: Weatherman, Hand Solo, Juicy, Rojo, Minor minor minor Tom the Army Guy, 
Excremental Earnings, SCHWA!, Hey YO! Paully, I'm Too Desperate 
Seen at the start: Throat Deep 
Seen at the on-in: Discomfort, Neil Shenvi (aka Fight Club), Christine Shenvi nee Brown 
Not seen at the Beer Check: Hey YO! Paully

Two Weddings and a Beer Check

Well and truly, it was a most peculiar hash, that started with a toast and down-down at 
Hershey's Chocolate World  the night before for Natural Born Lesbian and his speechless 
bride Cathy, which was probably just as well.  It continued with the hare burning out 
Wacko's aquabachelor '93 Saturn SC2 going 80 mph on the PA Turnpike in a vain attempt 
to avoid setting live, and continuing in a rented purple Neon (Weepee's fourth car in 
as many weeks) to Ellsworth's, the Beer Check by the Institute Woods chainlink fence 
gate, and 87 Prospect, where auld acquaintance were remembered and as quickly forgot.

The hash itself was the best reunion hash of 2002, for no one followed the entire trail, 
though some climbed up and then down the 1-in-10 or maybe -11 ladders on both sides of 
the foundation wall by the University's new Human Cloning Research Facility and only 
Hand, Weatherman, a fit-looking Minor Tom, and Paully made it to the on-in without 
assistance, where they enjoyed the teetotalling hospitality of the Brown family at the 
picnic area by the golf course.  Paully was put out by the exclusive presence of fruit 
juice blends, odd sodas, and water, largely because he had seen the check at the 
Institute gate and headed for the towpath, thereby missing the Fosters and Homer-ale that 
Weepee had stashed not 20 yards beyond the gate.  Indeed, so put out was he that Paully 
borrowed the keys to the Neon and headed back to the start in search of leftovers.

The lone arrivals chatted with the mother of the bride, the father of the bride, the 
grandmother of the bride, the hamster of the bride, yes, they chatted a great deal, ate 
all the Italian components of the extensive hoagie array, and still no sign of HYP much 
less the rest of the pack.  On home, they reluctantly concluded, and started jogging 
down Canal Pointe, only to encounter Juicy, Rojo, I'm Too Desperate '[19]97 and Paully 
careening toward them in a coincidental convoy.  Juicy insisted that she and Rojo had 
reached the finish before the hare, 'though that hardly explained their absence from the 
festivities and close cross-examination revealed that the marks they followed were goose 
poop and nowhere close to the true trail through the Golf Club pro shop.  The whereabouts 
of last year's alums were vague--EE and Schwa! had last been seen crossing the hanging 
bridge and following true trail along the Brook where they were apparently beset upon by 
snapping turtles and leeches.

Nonetheless, everyone else had a grand time at the second on-in, thanks to Paully's 
recovery of the beer, Rojo approved the bridegroom's hashname, the happy couple did a 
down-down, and everyone lived happily ever after.

Next hashes:

#884.4  WEDNESDAY June 5. 6pm Prospect.  Hand Solo sets
#885.4  WEDNESDAY June 12. 6pm Prospect. Discomfort sets
#886.4  WEDNESDAY June 19. 6pm Prospect. ???? sets