This morning I decided to sign up for one of the '
pre-lewd' hash runs with the local
Hammersley Hash House Harriers that is a male-only (save for visitors) hash and is pretty well know in the world hash community. This is such a large hash that they have not only their own beer trailer, but also a
habdasher trailer and even a shuttle bus for use in transporting runner.
The trail was great (for a
pre-lay) as it went through a lot of the major areas of downtown Perth including the lovely
Swan Bell Tower, waterfront, and parks. I hadn't
pre-signed up for the run, so I didn't get any of the
gimmies as they had run out, but still had a good time. The trail ended across the river from the main venue and at least one
hasher decided to swim the entire thing (brave considering boat traffic) but was exhausted enough that he passed out in circle, poor bloke. The end circle was fun in the park as there was plenty of beer and food except for one thing. The hash seemed to know one, and only one song. Every down-down had the same exact song, no variation at all. I can understand in some cases where you have such a large circle (typically several dozen on their normals runs) and need to keep control and not have everyone shout out a song, but at least switch it up sometimes. The
RAs did a great job and kept things moving with a lot of humor. I have also learned that the Brits, Aussie, Americans, and Kiwis are merely
separated by a common language.
On the way back to the hotel I passed another hash circle, this time done by a bunch of Irish and they definitely had the singing going on! As I wandered around I talked to various
hashers and learned how much of a small world it can be at time.
I met Some Dumb chick that knew several of my friends in La and San Diego, Up chuck from
Las Vegas that knew Multiple
Horsegasm, and even ran into Rub Her Buns and Ganja Man whom I had known from previous hash cruises and events and meat crash Test Dildo and Hummer from Jacksonville (now stationed in Sydney).
Back at the venue there were the first skits of the weekends along with the bid presenters for 2010s
Interhash events. This was where all those trying to get votes for the next
IWH would make a presentation. There was even a presentation from the Baghdad Hash as they offered such unique aspects of a daily fireworks show, Kevlar
goodie bag, and top 10 reasons why it should be there. They did end getting seven votes, however they had more members than that on heir bid committee! Others to make a bid were Malaysia, Bali, and Kenya (who I really wanted to win), however
Borneo (who had a good presentation video) was finally voted in by Sunday afternoon as the winner. Brussels also put in a
pre-bid for
IWH 2014 as well. Through the event there were plenty of street performers to entertain the crowd before the evening festivities started.
The skits involved all kinds of different shows and 'talent's displayed with requisite appearances by the like of Crocodile Dundee and other Aussie characters. Perth
hashers did a hash rendition of the 'land down under' song ("
Interhash in Perth down under, down-down-down under, can you hear the
aussie thunder?") The MC was some
aussie character named
Dame Edna whom was somewhat entertaining, but the skits were in all pretty good.
Skite: Rocky city H3 did 'thank god for the
interhash' song/dance skit, Perth
Hariettes "dildos are a girls best friend", Guam "pussy control", etc
For whatever reason, the organizers had scheduled the event to fall on Good Friday, which by Australian law mean all alcohol dispensing had to cease by 10 o'clock, not the best if plans when
hashers are involved. While walking out later, we noticed the party still going quite strong in one of the dance areas. Apparently the bar staff at the venue simply closed the cages to the bottles and went home since we had the venue until midnight. When they left, however, they failed to turn off the taps and it didn't take long for the
hashers to figure it out. In classic hash fashion, drinks were being passed out my new volunteer hash staff until the kegs ran dry. after the venue closed the rest of us went to various party rooms until the wee hours of the morning.
This morning I decided to sign up for one of the 'pre-lewd' hash runs with the local Hammersley Hash House Harriers that is a male-only (save for visitors) hash and is pretty well know in the world hash community. This is such a large hash that they have not only their own beer trailer, but also a habdasher trailer and even a shuttle bus for use in transporting runner. 
The trail was great (for a pre-lay) as it went through a lot of the major areas of downtown Perth including the lovely Swan Bell Tower, waterfront, and parks. I hadn't pre-signed up for the run, so I didn't get any of the gimmies as they had run out, but still had a good time. The trail ended across the river from the main venue and at least one hasher decided to swim the entire thing (brave considering boat traffic) but was exhausted enough that he passed out in circle, poor bloke. The end circle was fun in the park as there was plenty of beer and food except for one thing. The hash seemed to know one, and only one song. Every down-down had the same exact song, no variation at all. I can understand in some cases where you have such a large circle (typically several dozen on their normals runs) and need to keep control and not have everyone shout out a song, but at least switch it up sometimes. The RAs did a great job and kept things moving with a lot of humor. I have also learned that the Brits, Aussie, Americans, and Kiwis are merely separated by a common language.
On the way back to the hotel I passed another hash circle, this time done by a bunch of Irish and they definitely had the singing going on! As I wandered around I talked to various hashers and learned how much of a small world it can be at time.
I met Some Dumb chick that knew several of my friends in La and San Diego, Up chuck from Las Vegas that knew Multiple Horsegasm, and even ran into Rub Her Buns and Ganja Man whom I had known from previous hash cruises and events and meat crash Test Dildo and Hummer from Jacksonville (now stationed in Sydney).
Back at the venue there were the first skits of the weekends along with the bid presenters for 2010s Interhash events. This was where all those trying to get votes for the next IWH would make a presentation. There was even a presentation from the Baghdad Hash as they offered such unique aspects of a daily fireworks show, Kevlar goodie bag, and top 10 reasons why it should be there. They did end getting seven votes, however they had more members than that on heir bid committee! Others to make a bid were Malaysia, Bali, and Kenya (who I really wanted to win), however Borneo (who had a good presentation video) was finally voted in by Sunday afternoon as the winner. Brussels also put in a pre-bid for IWH 2014 as well. Through the event there were plenty of street performers to entertain the crowd before the evening festivities started. 
The skits involved all kinds of different shows and 'talent's displayed with requisite appearances by the like of Crocodile Dundee and other Aussie characters. Perth hashers did a hash rendition of the 'land down under' song ("Interhash in Perth down under, down-down-down under, can you hear the aussie thunder?") The MC was some aussie character named Dame Edna whom was somewhat entertaining, but the skits were in all pretty good. Skite: Rocky city H3 did 'thank god for the interhash' song/dance skit, Perth Hariettes "dildos are a girls best friend", Guam "pussy control", etc
For whatever reason, the organizers had scheduled the event to fall on Good Friday, which by Australian law mean all alcohol dispensing had to cease by 10 o'clock, not the best if plans when hashers are involved. While walking out later, we noticed the party still going quite strong in one of the dance areas. Apparently the bar staff at the venue simply closed the cages to the bottles and went home since we had the venue until midnight. When they left, however, they failed to turn off the taps and it didn't take long for the hashers to figure it out. In classic hash fashion, drinks were being passed out my new volunteer hash staff until the kegs ran dry. after the venue closed the rest of us went to various party rooms until the wee hours of the morning.
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