Run # 353 Tribal Route

Saturday, 13/12/2008

The Bombay Hash House Harriers go ‘Hi Tech’ at Tribal Route…

A Saturday evening that could not get any better… After a long afternoon of walking the roads; Wash Basin, Jose ‘Paris Plaster’ (guys so fair) and I were relieved knowing that the marking was finally over. Oh! Bombay Hash went hi-tech because a part of the trial was derived from Google Earth satellite images… guess I am too lazy to even hare now… Thank God for the Internet…

*Clears throat* … so anyways… Wash Basin decided to head back home after the marking and come back at 6.30… that left me and Jose looking at each others face. It was only 5pm. I could not go back home cos it would take me 1 hour to go and another hour to come back. Jose was not willing to go either. “Coffee?” said Jose… to which I replied, “Sure!!!”

We had a coffee while we discussed POLITICS, PARIS, MUMBAI, FAMILY, ICE (this was the time when Butki called me asking me to check if the ice has come) and Beer.

Anyways, hashers started pouring in around 6.30… to be frank with you... I was expecting only a crowd of 30-35 hashers… 65 was too good… WOW… Bombay Hash is becoming more famous.

Registrations started at6.30pm and got over at around 6.50pm… At around 7.15pm we could hear a few hashers chant, “WHY ARE WE WAITING?”

So the run was announced and people started hunting for the moon… OH! This was an ALMOST full moon run…

The run led them from streets to slums to a church to a school into the lanes onto a busy road back to ‘Tribal Route’

Let me take a moment here to talk about the venue. TRIBAL ROUTE… you should visit this place. It’s divided into 3 parts and they sell amazing stuff… mostly handicrafts, carpets, sandooks, almirahs etc… it’s a must visit… very colorful, very lively. If you want to impress a girl and take her out shopping… make sure that you bring her here.

Coming back, the run lasted a good 1.5 hours and looking at the expression of the runners… they were content… we introduced the FISH-HOOK concept. The FRB’s were asked to run back to a certain point and then start the run again so that they get that extra bit. Shreyas and Mrs. gave an excuse that it took them 3 hours to come from Chembur to Yari Road…and so they could not do the run. Of course… if u keep taking romance breaks every few kilometers, it would take u 3 hrs… heehaw… however, Harsh proved how true a hasher he was. Inspite of reaching late, Harsh went on the hunt alone though he did not know where the run started from. Good job done buddy.

The scene was set at ‘TRIBAL ROUTE. It was as if the party had come onto the streets. Hashers were sipping on the ever bubbly chilled Kingfisher beer coming straight from the tins. This was followed by the usual starters…they become more and more mouth watering every time… things were just upbeat when the SHINING FULL MOON made its appearance…  I am talking about Shailesh ‘Shining’. Now we were drunk and we had a reason to celebrate… WE HAD 2 FULL MOONS…

The circle was a noisy affair and this is one region where we Hashers need to improvise… It’s high time we start to ‘RESPECT THE CIRCLE’ or we shouldn’t have one at all… Anyways… cheerful bunch that we are… we somehow went ahead with the following:-

1. Hares: Jose ‘Paris Plaster’, Naresh ‘Wash Basin’ and I ‘Chewing Bum’ were iced for the most well marked and beautiful run in recent times… :-P
2. Virgins: - Elizabeth, Rohit, Meenakshi, Greva and Charu were iced… We sung to them and they downed the piss pot contents.
3. Rajeev was iced for visiting us from Delhi. He did not mind doing it every run. We do not mind it either Sir…
4. We initially did not plan to get ice for the circle but Deepika insisted that we do. So she had to sit on the ice for wanting it.
5. Nihar was thanked and applauded for providing us with such a wonderful venue for the run.
6. Shining was ice… obviously for carrying the full moon on his head.
7. Christened: - Hormus was named INTER-COSS(coss meaning pussy in some language)… apna cute boy Shahrukh was named BOBBY DARLING (Bachi gayoo Shahrukh…  I would have given you a worse name)

All respect was given to the Hash Anthem and the circle finally winded.

There was a small surprise in place though. Instead of the Biryani, we had a full buffet dinner for this run. Things couldn’t get any better. Though I did not get enuf time to grab a bite… I am sure the Rasgullahs were YUUUUMMMMMMY!!!!