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 HASHSPEAK Hashers speak a different language to normal people, and usually involves using the word 'On' a lot. If you consider yourself 'normal', here's a guide to what hashers are saying (mind you, any 'normal' person probably wouldn't be interested anyway!). AGM - Annual General Meeting. Sometimes described as an excuse for a booze up. It is also when the new committee is elected. With Drake H3 being a dictatorship, the old committee decide who the new committee should be. For instance, in the year 2000 the old committee decided they should also be the new committee and so they continued for another year. Hash Awards are normally given out for acts above and beyond the call of duty for services to muck-ups, confusion and chaos. Are You? - Called out to ask if someone has found the trail. The normal response is "On one, On two" etc depending on the number of piles of sawdust the hound has found. However, if you ask a front runner the silence is often deafening. It's the only time they're quiet! Back Check - Indicated by a cross in a circle. It means that the correct trail has gone off somewhere to the left or right of the one you are on. You therefore need to turn around and go back the way you came. The correct trail can have turned off anywhere between the back check and the last check point. For hares the use of back checks is a good way of catching out the front runners and is a most satisfying way of getting your own back. Bucket - Apres run refreshments. Many hashes have a bucket full of beer or shandy which everyone shares. Funnily enough, Drake H3's Cream Soda got his hashname by creating an interesting shandy by inadvertantly mixing beer with..... you guessed it, cream soda. Check - A point at which the trail stops and has to be searched for. On Drake H3 runs this is indicated by a circle of sawdust or flour. Check Back - A false trail, usually indicated by an 'X'. Front runners finding this should call out "Check Back" to let those behind them know they are on a false trail. But not surprisingly many forget to do this. Bastards! Checking - Called out by a runner who has found the check circle and has gone to look for the trail. Circle - A sociable gathering of hashers after a run. Is there any other sort? Down Down - Popular with many hashes (although rare for Drake H3) a Down Down is a forfeit for some misdemeanour on the hash run. Involves drinking dry a glass of an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beveridge all to the accompaniment of a stupid song sung by the rest of the hash. Elections - Something Drake H3 never has. False Trail - Laid in the area around a check point with the aim of slowing down the run to keep the hash together. Full Moon Hash - A hash that runs once a month on a night of the full moon. They used to be werewolves but they're alright NOWOOOOOOOOOO! GM - Grand Master or Mistress. The chief incompetent otherwise known as the Chairman (or woman). In the case of Drake H3, GM usually stands for Gone Missing, as once someone is nominated to this post you never see them again. H3 - Hash House Harriers. To whoever thought of this abbreviation much thanks. Not only is it easier to write, it's easier to say, especially after liquid refreshment. Hare - A hasher responsible for laying the trail and taking the blame for it. Hare Raiser - The committee member responsible for getting club members to lay trails. Must possess the right combination of charm and menace. Normally also combines the role of On Sec. Harriet - Female hasher. Hash - Used to refer to a hash club, or the hash run. Many people think hashers have something to do with drug running, but less excitingly, the term comes from the slang expression for a cheap meal. See Hash House. Hash Cash - Club Treasurer (or should that be Sub Commander?). See Subs. Hasher - Someone who goes on a hash run and is never the same again. Hash Flash - A photographer on the hash - or a good way of attracting attention on the run. Hash Haberdash - The provider of hash kit and clothing. Hash Handle - See Hash Name. Hash Horn - A hasher who keeps the pack together by blowing a hunting horn or something similar. Could also be a very virile hasher, if such a thing existed. Hash House - Slang for a cheap eating house. The original Hash House is the Sengalor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. See Mother Hash. Hash House Harriers - A term originally coined by A S Gispert in 1937/8 for a group of friends who would go on a paper chase run together and then return to the Sengalor Club in Kuala Lumpur for a meal and a drink afterwards. The idea caught on and the Hash House Harriers are now the biggest club in the world with local chapters in virtually every country. Hash Hound - An honoury title, the highest the hash can award. Given to a dog. Hash Mag - A written account of the previous week's run. To borrow a phrase, there's lies, damned lies and hash mags. Fulfils the useful function of letting the hash know the location of the following week's hash. Hash Name - (also known as Hash Handle) According to tradition a hasher is given a nickname by the rest of the hash and from that moment onwards they are branded for life. Drake H3 usually names new members in the hash mag, but some hashes have special naming ceremonies (usually connected with beer drinking). Naturally, it is much better if the person hates their hash name. One one occasion a Drake hasher complained that she didn't like the name 'Vinegar' and as a result ended up being called Toxic Waste instead. Well, she asked for it! Hound - The name for a runner who sets out to follow a hash trail. By this definition most of Drake H3 runners are SCB's. See SCB. InterHash - An international hashing event held every two years. Attendances in excess of 5,000 are now common. Keenie - A hasher who likes to think that they're a runner. Sometimes known as FRB's (Front Running Bastards). Hares take great delight in punishing keenies with gratuitous use of back checks, false trails and loops. Serves them right too! Kennel - An alternative name for a hash club. It is sometimes used for a hash club's 'home' Hash House. Drake H3's kennel is the Plume of Feathers Hotel at Princetown. Long/Short Split - A place where there are two separate trails: a long trail for stupid keenies and a short trail for sensible hashers ie those who think they're sensible but are so daft they don't know any better. Loops - A doubling back of the trail to allow for shortcutting. Hashers are sometimes referred to as loopy, but this has nothing to do with the loops in the trail. Mismanagement - A very apt name for a hash committee. Mother Hash - Kuala Lumper Hash House Harriers, the first hash in the world, was formed in 1938. For this reason it is known as the Mother Hash. The Sengalor Club was the original Hash House. Nash Hash - National Hash event which in the UK is held every two years. On Back - Called out when a false trail has been found or if the hounds are heading off in the wrong direction. Frequently heard. On Down - The pub the hash is going to go to after the run. On Home - Indicated by the letters 'OH' laid in sawdust accompanied by an arrow. It means the finish of the run is relatively near. On On - Shouted by hounds when they have found the correct trail or whilst they are following it. Hounds should keep shouting "On On"as it helps to keep the pack together and assists hashers who may have missed the trail to find it again. However, inevitably, it doesn't always work (which is probably why "On On" is also used as a farewell greeting amongst hashers). On Sec - Club Honorary Secretary. Deals with the paper work and charms or scares the membership into laying trails. Religious Adviser - The committee member who is responsible for promoting the 'hash spirit' of the club by arranging and leading hash events, entertainment, parties, barbecues etc. and acting as a sort of Master Of Ceremonies. Is usually in charge of 'awarding' Down Downs after the run. See Down Down. SCB - Short Cutting Bastard. A statement of fact when used to refer to another hasher, but entirely incorrect and slanderous when applied to oneself. Scribe - The hasher whose job it is to invent the hash mag. See Hash Mag. Shiggy - Mud, muck, slime, sludge etc. Any disgusting, smelly gunge. A prime target for hares when setting their runs. Subs - Subscription fees. At Drake H3 these are collected weekly and go towards the costs of running the hash and to enable the committee to have expensive foreign holidays.
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