"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Dear Doctor Down-Down, Help! I’m currently hashing with Tulsa HHH. I thought maybe you would be able to help my hash with the biggest problem ever they are facing on the face of the earth. Their biggest concern is how to be politically correct, discreet and how to do down-downs (I mean what size vessels […]
Dear Dr. Down Down, I’m fairly new to hashing but really enjoying myself. I’ve read in your column and elsewhere that one of the few rules/traditions of hashing is “no poofters.” But my hash has a number of split hamster bean flickers and a few manly men if you know what I mean. Is the […]
Dear Doctor Down-Down, Visitors often compare our hash to theirs in unfavorable ways. Why do visiting hashers behave this way? On On, Offended Host Dear Host, You’ve touched on one of my pet peeves. If it makes you feel any better, just tell yourself that some visitors simply have no manners and let it go […]
Dear Doctor Down-Down, What can you do about a long-time hasher who’s managed to piss off about half of the kennel with a variety of money-related shenanigans, including shorting the pack tab at the On-In and taking extra from the sub-hash cash for supplies at a trail. The hasher has also driven off a few […]
Dear Doctor Down-Down, To your knowledge, has there ever been a top ten list of reasons to hash? Or, has there ever been a top ten list of reasons to come up with a top ten list of reasons to hash? If not, do you think we should make one up? Or better yet, do […]
Politically I’m a leftist through and through, so I’m always surprised when my inner conservative rears its pointy head. I’m reading a blog entry by Phoenix Woman about right-wingers refusing to call domestic terrorism by its name, nodding along, completely in agreement, when I come upon this sentence: Republican Senator Scott Brown — who was […]
I have a long history with a hasher named Larry “Stray Dog” McDowell. I’d just as soon bury it and move on, but this old Dr. Down-Down column captures the spirit of our relationship, and remains one of my favorites. — Flying Booger, 22 Feb 2020 Dear Hashers, I don’t know what these messages are about, […]
Dear Doctor Down-Down, I am 8 years old. Some of my little Hashing friends say there is no Gispert. My Grand Master says, “If you see it in the Half-Mind Catalog, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Gispert? On On, Virginia O’Hanlon Dear Virginia, Your little Hashing friends are wrong. They […]