After the initial satellite picture of the whole of SW France with a little arrow "On-On" it could get worse? And, when the misdirections arrived by mail you knew for certain something was wrong. The heading was: "Toulouse Hash #5 (or#7) on 21 April @18/30" RIGHT, this had to be a Queen Munchkin run for sure. Fortunately the website gave clear instructions and probably solely due to that the turnout was not bad for a vacation period run. Twelve hashers and two hares. According to Q.M. the short run was 6 KM and the long run 8 KM, but we had also heard that before. Reluctantly the pack set off, trying to remember something like the number of arched windows facing the Garonne (?). A new invention by Q.M. to check on short cutters (as if….!)

I was good to see a few new runners in addition to some two and four legged walkers. One young lady had been told lies by her parents and was looking forward to a nice run through the countryside (??), having subsequently passed the water treatment plant of Blagnac twice, her father (of Esbjerg HHH 'Stink-Run' fame) might have felt at home, but that,and the assorted temporary living accommodations along the way, might have given his daughter a HHH reality check.

A good run but in typical Q.M. fashion some of the marking were new inventions and left the pack guessing what was meant. Maybe a study of the hash markings page on the www is in order! Wandering Two Lips was the FRB for just about the whole run and CoffeeBean was passed by the runners while she was way ahead of the walkers, which made her the FWB. Unfortunately, the stand-in GM did not take the opportunity to Down-Down the FRB and FWB afterwards but started to have a go at the hare for misjudging the distance (again) and using strange markings/directions. Although not officially registered as co-hare, Shirt Lifter was obliged to explain why Q.M. still had not been given a GPS for his Christmas and she proceeded to drop Q.M. right in it, by explaining how he had set the trail BY BIKE!, for which an additional Down-Down was given.

Newcomers were the son and daughter of the Esbjerg runners, the daughter wants to come back (?!) and the son will 'maybe' come back (!?) A bit of edumecation required there!

Returners included the sons of LapDancer and CoffeeBean, of which Adrian claimed that he 'could not remember' his hash name and Julian wanted a full can of Coca-Cola as a Down-Down. The Esbjerg couple were included in the returners D-D as they were returning from another hash (or something) but it was not the 'Stinking Esbjerg IN ADDITION………they had brought a Hash Hound! So far our only Hash Hound has been Nutmeg who stands about 30 cm off the ground. Oscar, however, stands a good 60 cm off the ground! He reluctantly took a D-D for using his size to bully his way into the Hash Hound position. (Please note that Nutmeg never has a problem with D-D's!) The proceedings closed with Q.M. in his position as Song Meister performing an eye's-shut 'Swing Low' with some type of movements (Scrubber, please come back soon!)

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