Royal Milan & Bordighera H³ Newsletter December 19, 1997

From:    Duff Robin < rmd@msoft.it >
Date:    Fri 19 Dec 1997 13:44:48 +0000
Subject: #757 & #758

#757 Mon 22 Dec'97 Meeting 7:30 pm in MacDuff's pub, Via A. Volta 13, (MI) (tel
     02-29002574) for last run this year and / or pre-Xmas drinkies.

#758 Mon 12 Jan'98 Meeting 7:30 pm in the Lucky 7 Club, Via Pasinetti (right
     hand side off Ripamonti going out of town and before the tram terminus)
     for first run in the New Year and / or drinkies. This venue is provisional
     so look out for an e-mail from Safe SoX   sbrickle@poboxes.com   in the
     New Year in case of changes.

Our Xmas hash last week was pretty good by any standard (at least the Hares think so). Two years ago just after the hares set the trail at Zelo buon Persico they were "advised" to refrain from running the xmas hash trail by a very nice gentleman with a double barrelled shotgun, at the other "risk of being nominated for a Lit 300,000 fine", as it was "on private land" and "in case we scared the birds before they were shot" by his paying guest hunters (gesticulating with his telfonino at the back of a pick-up truck full of dead birds as a way of reinforcing this argument). On enquiring confirmation of the fine value (hash cash will pay?) our land owner host (not) explained that that sum was for each hasher! The live run after nearby was just as good anyway.

This year when we changed to another location further along the road from that fateful hash Tonedeaf (who had been a co-hare then) had deja vu about another disaster looming despite the fact Iron-Bum had confirmed all was on public land and no-one was seen at all when she, White Fang, Paint Stripper, Stevie Blunder, Freddie and Tonedeaf sussed out the trail the week before. During the week to follow, the bits Tonedeaf thought he recognised from somewhere were in fact infringing on the same land of two years past. However not to panic as we saw no-one on the Saturday (around lunch-time) and could expand the beginning in another safer direction if necessary.

Hash morning (not a Saturday and not during lunch time) the hares Stevie Blunder, Tonedeaf and Freddie set out to mark the trail observing the noise of gun-fire all around. The first source of potential trouble lay with 40 well camouflaged Commandos firing Soft Air plastic machine gun pellets at each other as the hares raced through the middle of an ambush. It seemed slightly ludicrous discussing whether to do a check or false trail with all that dross flying around and showering down through the trees. Deciding to restrict this area and enlarge on the other where no hunters had been seen earlier was the sensible option. This area was now full of them of course so discretion being the better part of valour it was unspokenly decided not to stop and explain, like two years previously, so Tonedeaf's 1, 2 and 3 disappeared into the bush without proffering any explanations.

Back at the restaurant the pack of fifty were encouraged to keep knocking back the vin brule and other alcoholic concoctions, to give them Dutch courage should they need it and to give the hares time to find a white flag and an excuse to delay the start so the second half would coincide with the ptarmigan-pie brigade going for lunch. A prayer was thought if not said and the hares hoped for the best. They got away with it apart from the Down-Downs of course (but that's someone elses' story RK?).

Hare today gone tomorrow

Tonedeaf, Stevie Blunder and Freddie.

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