DBH3 Hash #664

September 11, 2002

Hares: Sir Flatulot & Salad Shooter

Hounds: About 30!!! (Wow!)

Patriotic hounds gathered at McK's on Beach Street wearing their finest red, white and blue. Gilligan was all decked out in a sexy little toga with sparkly stuff on his head. Shooter made sure everyone had a flag of some sort on -- sticker, tattoo or ribbon. The Shooter-Flatulots gave chalk talk explaining that hash marks would be "9-11" written in red, white and blue chalk and checks would be flags. No whistles, everybody walk and stay together.

Okay, so most of us stayed together. A few skipped the first part of trail because they saw the hares across the street and decided to save a few steps. Trail took us on-across the bridge. It was starting to get dark and the chalk was getting harder to see. Spent way too much time on one particular check. Some thought we should just go straight to the House of Fat, others wanted to go towards the beach. Finally found marks heading north. We walked and walked and checked and checked. The hares had drawn some special marks along the way "WTC" next to twin light poles, "Flight 93-Let's roll!" and everybody's favorite, the six-sided Pentagon!

Eventually headed east towards the beach and found the BN at Gilligan's bar at the Mayan Inn. Hung out and waited for the stragglers to arrive, then we were on-on to J's Island Patio. The waitress/bartender said, "nobody told me you were coming." Sorry, didn't know we needed reservations! Especially when there are only about 6 other people in the place. She was obviously upset because she would have to actually move from behind the bar to wait on us. It's hard to find good help these days.

All the usual down-downs, including virgins. Just Dane's wife made him come (how boring!) and Virgin Mary said God made her come. (Is that wrong?) Hope she comes back, because we can have fun with her naming! Speaking of namings Just Scott has hashed with us several times over the last couple of years, but this was apparently the first time he actually completed a trail from start to finish so we decided to go ahead and name him while we had the chance. A reference was made to Scott Tissue and right away we went with the toilet paper theme. Say hello to "Asswipe" the next time you see him, which will probably be next year! Just Randy's wife was present so we could finally name him. She informed us that he was a "Floor Mechanic," which means he installs floors. Someone said "Paid To Lay" and that was that. Two namings in 5 minutes-damn, we're good! Sir F announced a new tradition--if you have a 50-hash mug and don't bring said mug to circle, be prepared to drink. I guess most of us will be drinking at every circle.

We sang a couple verses of Swing Low, then had a moment of silence to remember the victims and families of 9-11 and to honor the rescue workers and everyone who is now fighting for this great country of ours. Never forget.

On-On 'til next time,

-Cockpit

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