Run 1419  2nd Father & Son Run, with a daughter-in-law to be

 

Date: 28th August 2009

Hares: Handbag and Son & Bride to be

Run-Site: Edge Water Condo, End of Jalan Loyang Besar

 

On On: On Site, Mr. Hoe’s fish & chips & free beer

 

Numbers: Members: 51

                 Returnees: 2

                 Visitors: 11 (incl. 2 virgin)

                 Total 64

 

 

The Run by our Mystery Run Reporter: Not Tonight

Who says that Pasir Ris is a boring run? Handbag and son and “Little Purse” set a very eventful and interesting trail.

 

Ah! we nodded sagely they are no longer virgin hares and not making the mistake of bringing us back through the jungle in the dark this time!

 

So in we eagerly ran into the rough and scratchy bush – oh dear says Chicken Shit I’m wearing my beach shorts for a run in the park and along the water’s edge. Other ladies stopped to uproot curry bushes only to be left behind by 8 able-seamen heading in the opposite direction - following the call of the sea. 

 

We were momentarily on a lovely, sandy beach but soon headed into mangrove swamp where several hashers tried to keep their feet dry by taking a floating polystyrene ferry only to be tipped fully clothed into the polluted ‘mud’. I was on the bank carefully assessing my options as I wanted to keep my new ‘blow dry’ dry when Boo helpfully splashed my new hairdo with salt water. You’ll be hearing from my lawyer!

 

I followed gentleman Ripper who showed me the way to cross so that I only got my socks wet up. On along the drain and into more impenetrable forest, however with the sound of condo construction ever present. Out in the open we thought at last we are headed to the seaside park but no I met the intrepid Chicken Shit looking as if she had been plucked with her legs bleeding – “I’m not going back in that 3rd forest” she said – so we took a short cut to Costa Sands Concentration Camp arriving ahead of Shut the ---- up.

 

Some went left at the beach (fools) they thought they were getting an MRT train home! Those with experience went right, “We want to be in time for Mr Ho’s Fish ‘n’ Chips.”

 

Unanimous “Good Run” was the verdict given by ‘regular’ and ‘long’ hashers. THANKS to the Handbag family

 

 

The Circle by Half Cut

Circle began at 08.00 pm.

 

What did we think of the Run Although the bride-to-be did not think it was a very romantic run overall it was considered to be ‘a surprisingly good run 

Tell us about your On On: Fish n Chips, Apple Pie & Ice Cream $12 & free beer

                   (this announcement prompted the comment ‘ f***g  good run’)

 

Next Week’s Run: Machine and G-String, Jalan Lam Sam

 

Virgins: Leslie - with new shoes, and Adam

 

Returnees: Chastity Belt, Wanky Poo

 

Visitors: Edward, Dean, Greg, Jeff, GI Jane, Flesh, Rod, Don and John

‘what should we do with a drunken sailor’ Seemed like the appropriate song for the bunch to sing.

 

New Members: None

 

Do we have a Hare Whip? Handbag

 

Milestones: Congratulations all

 

Mystery Whip: Ditch

 

Mystery Mystery Whip: Wonton

 

The Prick:  Bagless Too came into the circle with the prick and named three candidates for the unenviable task of receiving the prick.  There was never any doubt once Cock Radio was named as one of the candidates - it was a foregone conclusion that he was going to walk away with it.  Our Grand Mistress, as always looking out for our best efforts was heard to say sternly to Cock Radio ‘make sure you bring it back next week’.

 

A.O.B.

 

GM Business:

 

Circle closed at 09.02 pm.

 

Half Cuts Plagiarism: For Cricket Fans

The Straits Times August 27th 2009 Neil Humphreys:

 Cole Restores balance after Ashes Victory

 

England victories are a cause for confusion.  There is no protocol regarding the celebrations because major wins are as rare as a date with Beyonce.  When England took the Ashes back from Australia, I wandered around the living room and fidgeted more times than Michael Jackson’s doctorIn any tournament other than the Annual Sunburnt Contest, England do not fare well against the Aussies.

England fans go into cricket series with the kind of misguided optimism shared by a deranged Beyonce fan asking for that date.  He keeps asking hopefully, but he never seriously expects her to say ‘yes’.  And then, unexpectedly, the beautiful singer finally rewards him for all those disturbing e-mails and restraining orders by saying, ‘yes’.

He doesn’t know what to do because he has never been on a date with Beyonce before.  He has never been on a date with a woman before. He’s used to rejection.  He cannot handle jubilation.

That (really strained analogy) has often been the life of the England cricket fan.

Australian cricketers turn up in their Baggy Greens, pick up the Ashes and a few blonde ladies and take them Down Under to experience a winter that does not involve thermal gloves and ski masks. That was the natural order of cricket – until Australia turned up this year without Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer.  Where’s Shane Warne the blonde ladies asked.  Still, there was no need for Englishmen to dare to dream.

And yet, somehow, the Poms prevailed and the victory is proving difficult to compute; like an illegal error threatening to make the entire sporting system crash.

England usually do hearbreaking defeats; that’s their role on the sporting landscape.

Give them a football, five penalties and a German goalkeeper to face and they will do heartbreak better than Dionne Warwick and the Bee Gees.  Could the England cricket team prevail against their oldest enemies.  Of course not.

It’s just not cricket.

 

On On On On!  

 

Scribed by Half Cut

 

 

Confucius Says Phil-osophy:  If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably well worth it.

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