THE JEW HASH
The Secession hashers assembled in a parking lot on Decker Blvd. at 3pm this holy hash day. In addition to the True-Blue regular attendees, several virgins made their first hash appearance. Beaver Got Dam, Delivery Boy, Drama Queen Bitch, Okie Smokie No Pokie, No Name Springs, Nantucket Sleighride, Smooth Groove, No Name Bonnie, No Name Mark, and No Name Kelsey. Cocky (live trail).
After the ubiquitously-late Nantucket Sleighride and Smooth Groove arrived, SHHH festivities commenced. Opening circle highlights included our Grand Mistress Drama introducing the virgin hare, Cocky, and Cocky giving a short n’ sweet chalk-talk in which he explained that the squiggly lines were Hebrew translations of standard hash marks (this was, after all, the Jew Hash). Next the virgins were introduced: Okie Smokie No Pokie brought a friend from the Tree of Life synagogue, No Name Kelsey, and Drama Queen Bitch brought No Name Mark. Drama also shared responsibility for making No Name Bonnie come with No Name Springs: they apparently got her to come together! Our new Religious Advisor, Nantucket Sleighride, blessed the hare and sent him trotting off into the distance covered in flour. After the customary “12 and 3″, in which everyone snacked on Delivery Boy’s boiled peanuts, the pack was off!
Trail was lost before it had ever been found. Shitty trail indeed! Determined to find the path Cocky had laid, Beaver Got Dam and Nantucket Sleighride dove into the forest, where the pack was cut by thorns and branches. Flour markings remained elusive until HARK! the lucky pack happened upon the first beverage stop! In honor of the Jewish high holidays, one and a half bottles of kosher wine awaited the pack in lieu of beer, as well as a poem that the hare had composed entitled “Chasing the Jew (Part I)”. Smoothie worried that the Tree of Life members might take offense, but they giggled nervously and quickly turned their attention to the wine. And then there was the wine fiasco: Smoothie forgot to bring a bottle opener, but Beaver aka MacGyver saved the day by fashioning a spear out of a branch and then using said spear to drive the cork into the bottle. Wine was drunk and we were on our way…
Upon leaving the first beverage stop, the pack was quickly lost again. This time, however, markings were found and whistles and “On-On” calls sounded through the shiggy. Hopefully our noise didn’t disturb the homeless man camping in the woods (complete with tent and pants hanging on trees) and the people camped out under the interstate overpass. Sorry…our bad! Delivery Boy and Beaver led the pack over the river and through the woods… until everyone emerged in a suburban neighborhood where hills awaited us. Smooth Groove and Okie Smokie No Pokie, ultimately the day’s proud DFLs, whined the entire way. That is, until they happened upon the second beverage stop a few miles on! The bevies at this stop were the same as at the last, but this time Cocky left us Matzah to fuel the last leg of the trail. He also left “Chasing the Jew (Part Deux)”, which had hashers practically rolling in its politically-incorrect hilarity. Woozy and full of Matzah, the group eventually moved on, quickly finding the trail that brought them onto Decker Blvd and the start location. Hooray!
Closing circle was led by SHHH’s new Religious Advisor, Nantucket Sleighride – who was a natural and who amused us all. Violations went out to the hare for his shitty trail, to all the Jews in attendance, to Okie for backsliding, to the virgins for deciding to join a drinking group with a running problem, to Drama for announcing her own birthday, to Smoothie for making her boyfriend do yoga despite recent shoulder surgery, to No Name Mark for technology on trail (and during circle when he was being violated his cellphone went off again!) and for headgear, and to the hare again for good measure. Our next trail was announced (October 10th, check www.secessionh3.com for details) and a reminder was given that we’ll name No Name Springs that day!
We lost several hashers between closing circle and the On After: Beaver had a hot dinner date with the other gay air force boys; No Name Bonnie and No Name Mark left suspiciously; and Nantucket Sleighride and Delivery Boy slipped out in order to make the long drive up to Lake Wateree for another hash event. The rest of us went to eat, drink, sing karaoke, and pretend-fellate microphones at Tsubaki. Some hashers have clearly been missing the behavioral-adjustment lectures at Sex Addicts Anonymous! Beer, sake, wine, cocktails, and fried food were consumed, laughs were had, Smooth Groove’s coworkers were spotted, and all was good.
The Chasing of the Jew (Part 1)
He doesn’t like sports
And especially hates hockey,
He says fuck USC
He’s the goddamn real Cocky.
Cheap wine, good wine
Either way, don’t shed a tear,
Just don’t bitch to me
About preferring beer.
Drink up, drink up
Nothing else will do,
You need your strength
For chasing that Jew.
You have a long journey
So have a long rest,
All you wankers run faster
Than the guy who thinks he’s best
The Chasing of the Jew (Part Deux)
“Hello again”
Said the Jew to the wanker,
“Sorry for the small cups,
We’re all out of tankards”
You know those Jews
They are oh so tricky,
Kind of makes you wish
You had slipped him a mickey.
You’ve run a good long way
So have a little snack
A big piece of Matzo
Will get you back on track.
That fucking hare
Really thinks he’s witty
But we all know
His trail’s really shitty.
So let it be said, so let it be written.
- Smooth Groove -