"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Running . . . for adults
Like many hashers, I’m interested in our origins and history. I read everything I can get my hands on. When I go to interhashes, I seek out experienced hashers and ask them for their take on things. I’ve swilled beer and talked trash with old-timers around the world, including Ian Cumming, Bill Panton, and Magic […]
I’ve long held that hashing didn’t start 1938 with Gispert and the Kuala Lumpur Hash House Harriers. It’s been around, in various forms, for much longer. This is taken from the home page of Cairns, Australia hasher Gil Jennex: Hashing: a History The hunting of deer, hares & foxes using hounds or beagles goes far back into […]
Ask hashers about the history of the Hash House Harriers, and most of them will tell you it started in Kuala Lumpur in 1938. Hashers with a deeper understanding of hash history will tell you that “harrier clubs” had been around in Malaysia since the early 1930s, and some will mention the British school tradition […]
I know a lot about hashing . . . enough to know I don’t really know anything about hashing. I grew up thinking once you’ve seen three or more marks after the last check, you’re on. That a false trail could be only three marks long before the BT. That if you can’t see the […]
The trouble with writing rants is that normally you’re bitching about things you don’t like. Just for the hell of it, I’d like to mention a few things I like about hashing and hashers. It’ll probably put you to sleep, but it’ll make me feel better! Challenging trails. They don’t have to be real short or real […]
Apologies & credit to Chris Onstad, creator of the Achewood web comics.
Apologies & credit to Dan “Tom Tomorrow” Perkins, creator of the original strip.
Hashing . . . it’s a mixture of athleticism and sociability, hedonism and hard work; a refreshing break from the nine-to-five routine. Hashing is an exhilaratingly fun combination of running, orienteering, and partying, where bands of harriers and harriettes chase hares on eight-to-ten kilometer-long trails through town, country, jungle, and desert, all in search of […]