Well, SH3 can no longer claim never to have left a hasher out in the jungle overnight. (I don't even know if this was technically true, but I've heard it said to new runners . . . you know, back when we still had new runners.)The lost member of our flock was Cat the Dog, who at the hash styles herself as Paak Maa. She failed to return from yesterday's run and even a dusk rescue mission by her owner, Stick Insect, turned up no sign of her. So in the darkness after the circle . . . we abandoned her.
Nonetheless Stick and I agreed to meet this morning for one more search attempt. I was actually looking forward to a dawn walk around Egghead's excellent run but it turned out otherwise . . . there was Cat, waiting patiently at the runsite. Now it only remains to be seen if she'll try harder to keep up with us, or will really start getting lazy, now that she knows she has a next-day pickup service.
On a sadder note, The Online Scum has been informed of the demise of Daeng a.k.a. Chickenkiller, the original and greatest of Songkhla hashing dogs. We hadn't seen much of her lately but despite her advancing years she still seemed to love the chance to come run with us. Happy trails, Daeng, as you romp through that giant chicken coop in the sky . . . .
