World Hash Events: December 2015
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Hazukashii
Nov 5, 2015, 2:37:51 AM11/5/15
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Hello hashers,
Greetings from the lovely island nation of Taiwan. I am here on assignment from GoToTheHash.net to see what all this chatter is about an annual event called "Down Island" that is scheduled to take this weekend (guess I'll have to tell you about it next month). So why not spend a whole week here and catch up on the local hash activity and see some sights, I have already had the pleasure of running with the Taipei HHH, the China HHH, and the Metro HHH. All three trails were amazing, and the hashers here are super friendly and inviting. If you are looking for a hashcation getaway of your own, I happen to know where many hash events are listed on the good old world wide web, and it is not Facebook. In typical hash fashion, there are not too many events happening in December:
Dec 4-6
SHOT #22
Hosted by the Solstice Hash On Tour H3 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
http://www.solsticehash.com/NextShot
Dec 4-6
Tampa Nekkid
Hosted by the Tampa Bay H3 in Land O'Lakes, FL, USA.
http://hashrego.com/events/tbh3-tampacampout2015-2015
Dec 18-20
Japan/Korea Interhash
This event will take place in Busan, South Korea.
http://goo.gl/forms/JfZmZom8NZ
See the whole two year calendar of events at http://gotothehash.net/hashevents.html
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In the Spotlight - Taipei
Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan (Republic of China), and sits at the northern tip just below the amazing Yangmingshan National Park. With a population of 2.5 to 3 Million people, Taipei makes up about 10% of the population of Taiwan. The high mountains of the Yangmingshan National Park offer splendid views and scenic vistas of Northern Taiwan . . . and amazing trails begging to be marked with hash trails. The Hash House Harriers first arrived on Taiwan in February of 1973 when Don 'Organ' Hammond established the Taiwan (Men's) HHH, having been transplanted from Singapore. Setting trails on Saturday afternoon, the Taiwan HHH is roughly the 30th oldest hash in the world, and has spawned dozens of new hash clubs all over the world to include the Okinawa HHH (1980), the Agana HHH (1981) on Guam, and the Silicon Valley HHH (1982) in the USA. Quickly establishing itself as a mainstay in the hashing world, it did not take long for the Taipei hash to spread out on Taiwan when in September of the same year (1973), Mike McFarland gathered up a bunch of his mates and founded the Kaohsiung HHH in the southern most city of the island some 350KMs south of Taipei. Not satisfied with just a men's hash, Don 'Organ' Hammond also founded the first mixed hash club in Taipei when he organized the China HHH in November of 1975. Other hash clubs currently running in and around Taipei are the Taiwan Bear HHH on Saturday afternoons, and the Metro HHH on Wednesday evenings. It Taipei is not enough, there are also four other hash clubs currently active on Taiwan, and details can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/hashchina/Home/taiwan
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All the reports coming out of India were that PAN ASIA 2015 was a resounding success, which should put to rest the disappointing results of the 2013 event in Pattaya, Thailand. The results of the bidding are in, and PAN ASIA 2017 will be held in South Korea. Get your rego now at http://gotothehash.net/rego/PAH_Korea_2017_Rego.jpg . . . More details on the website at https://www.facebook.com/panasiakorea
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And now for something completely different . . .
Quiz for "Know-It-Alls"
These are not trick questions... They are straight questions with straight answers:
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends?
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to Produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them?
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh?
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S" ?
Answers To Quiz:
1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends:
Boxing
2. North American landmark constantly moving backward:
Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)
3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons:
Asparagus and rhubarb.
4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside:
Strawberry.
5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle?
It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)
6. Three English words beginning with "dw"?
Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.
7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar:
Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh:
Lettuce.
9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S" :
Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
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Here is the small print . . . A Taiwan Classic beer IS being consumed during the production of this hash rag.
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Hashing is fun! See you on trail some day . . . :O)
On-On,
Hazukashii
http://GoToTheHash.net
-----------------------------------------------------
GoToTheHash page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GoToTheHash
If you have any hasher friends that would like to subscribe to this rag, let them know they can sign up by sending an email to gotothehas...@googlegroups.com
Greetings from the lovely island nation of Taiwan. I am here on assignment from GoToTheHash.net to see what all this chatter is about an annual event called "Down Island" that is scheduled to take this weekend (guess I'll have to tell you about it next month). So why not spend a whole week here and catch up on the local hash activity and see some sights, I have already had the pleasure of running with the Taipei HHH, the China HHH, and the Metro HHH. All three trails were amazing, and the hashers here are super friendly and inviting. If you are looking for a hashcation getaway of your own, I happen to know where many hash events are listed on the good old world wide web, and it is not Facebook. In typical hash fashion, there are not too many events happening in December:
Dec 4-6
SHOT #22
Hosted by the Solstice Hash On Tour H3 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
http://www.solsticehash.com/NextShot
Dec 4-6
Tampa Nekkid
Hosted by the Tampa Bay H3 in Land O'Lakes, FL, USA.
http://hashrego.com/events/tbh3-tampacampout2015-2015
Dec 18-20
Japan/Korea Interhash
This event will take place in Busan, South Korea.
http://goo.gl/forms/JfZmZom8NZ
See the whole two year calendar of events at http://gotothehash.net/hashevents.html
-----------------------------------------------------
In the Spotlight - Taipei
Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan (Republic of China), and sits at the northern tip just below the amazing Yangmingshan National Park. With a population of 2.5 to 3 Million people, Taipei makes up about 10% of the population of Taiwan. The high mountains of the Yangmingshan National Park offer splendid views and scenic vistas of Northern Taiwan . . . and amazing trails begging to be marked with hash trails. The Hash House Harriers first arrived on Taiwan in February of 1973 when Don 'Organ' Hammond established the Taiwan (Men's) HHH, having been transplanted from Singapore. Setting trails on Saturday afternoon, the Taiwan HHH is roughly the 30th oldest hash in the world, and has spawned dozens of new hash clubs all over the world to include the Okinawa HHH (1980), the Agana HHH (1981) on Guam, and the Silicon Valley HHH (1982) in the USA. Quickly establishing itself as a mainstay in the hashing world, it did not take long for the Taipei hash to spread out on Taiwan when in September of the same year (1973), Mike McFarland gathered up a bunch of his mates and founded the Kaohsiung HHH in the southern most city of the island some 350KMs south of Taipei. Not satisfied with just a men's hash, Don 'Organ' Hammond also founded the first mixed hash club in Taipei when he organized the China HHH in November of 1975. Other hash clubs currently running in and around Taipei are the Taiwan Bear HHH on Saturday afternoons, and the Metro HHH on Wednesday evenings. It Taipei is not enough, there are also four other hash clubs currently active on Taiwan, and details can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/hashchina/Home/taiwan
-----------------------------------------------------
All the reports coming out of India were that PAN ASIA 2015 was a resounding success, which should put to rest the disappointing results of the 2013 event in Pattaya, Thailand. The results of the bidding are in, and PAN ASIA 2017 will be held in South Korea. Get your rego now at http://gotothehash.net/rego/PAH_Korea_2017_Rego.jpg . . . More details on the website at https://www.facebook.com/panasiakorea
-----------------------------------------------------
And now for something completely different . . .
Quiz for "Know-It-Alls"
These are not trick questions... They are straight questions with straight answers:
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends?
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to Produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?
6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw' and they are all common words. Name two of them?
7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?
8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh?
9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S" ?
Answers To Quiz:
1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends:
Boxing
2. North American landmark constantly moving backward:
Niagara Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)
3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons:
Asparagus and rhubarb.
4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside:
Strawberry.
5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle?
It grew inside the bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.)
6. Three English words beginning with "dw"?
Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.
7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar:
Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.
8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh:
Lettuce.
9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter "S" :
Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts.
-----------------------------------------------------
Here is the small print . . . A Taiwan Classic beer IS being consumed during the production of this hash rag.
-----------------------------------------------------
Hashing is fun! See you on trail some day . . . :O)
On-On,
Hazukashii
http://GoToTheHash.net
-----------------------------------------------------
GoToTheHash page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GoToTheHash
If you have any hasher friends that would like to subscribe to this rag, let them know they can sign up by sending an email to gotothehas...@googlegroups.com
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