Hashing with the Boys – Friday 20 April 2007

This morning we went to breakfast and while we were eating Wesley keep asking Aidan and Colin questions. He was asking things like how old, ever been married, any kids blah blah blah. It was mostly just ‘small talk’ questions.

Then we walked back to our place and got ready to go to the Hash. Normally we pick up Mary Fran and maybe one other person coz we have Bogey in the truck too. Wesley forgot to arrange alternative transport for Mary Fran so we had Aidan, Colin and Mary Fran in the back and Bogey laying on top of a box in the cargo area. Luckily it wasn’t too far to go.

We got to the hash and it was a gorgeous day. It was more hiking than walking but it was great. It was funny to see Aidan and Colin seeing the desert for the first time. I’d forgotten what it was like to walk into that nothingness and have sand and beige rocks as far as the eye could see.

So the walks all fun and we make it back to the circle and Wesley is introducing the newbies. There must have been about 15 brand new hashers including Aidan and Colin. Some were from other Hashes but most were brand newbies. Aidan and Colin were in the middle of the semi circle and as Wesley went around he skipped them and went to the next people. I thought he might say more about them but wasn’t sure what he was going to say.

Turns out all his ‘innocent’ small talk questions this morning were really pumping them for material for the introduction. He started out with this is a friend of the song frau – he’s 34, has a 13 year old son, is single and travelling the world for the next 12 months. He also made some crack about him being a computer dork and must have more money than sense if he can afford to go round the world.

Then he moved to Aidan. He was introduced as the 32 year old brother of the song frau. He’s single, also a computer dork and a 4th level wizard. Or something stupid like that. It was hilarious. I took loads of photos but not many good ones because I had mine and Aidan’s drinks in my hands and his camera etc. The boys were laughing and they said Wesley has too good a memory :)

After the circle we went back to our place and got cleaned up and went to the On-On. It took us a fair while to get organised coz we were fiddling around so we didn’t get to the Dragon House until nearly 8pm. We had some food then went with the others to Rugby Club for a drink. We should have just gone home. We knew we wouldn’t end up staying long and there was a 30le per person cover charge coz there was a jazz band playing. We didn’t even make it through one drink each. The boys were asleep on their feet and Wesley and I were quite tired coz we’d had broken sleep last night getting up when Colin arrived. We were home by 11pm and asleep by 11:05pm I think.

However, despite being tired I think the boys had a really nice time at the hash. We were lucky because it was a good trail and a nice day so it went well.