Muddy Puddles, Here We Come

Last Sunday, Hot to Trot, Whizzbanger & Co set a great refreshingly wet run, and gave us some Mexican style finger licking exercise at their sheltered Creekside Hut.

All to our liking. On On



Next Run - Sunday 28th June at 1600Hrs, Iron Bark Gully, Samford Road. UBD 117 F/17 Hares: Haughty & Culture

Next Run 21st June 09 1600 Hours

The forecast is for snow, so Jack The Ripper is on SES Standby:

The run: Sunset Grove, off Mt Glorious Rd, Samford. UBD 106 - J/15

Hash Run 14th June 09

Our hare for next Sunday is Topless and our meeting point is the Moreton Bay Boat Club carpark, Bird o' Passage Parade at Scarborough/Redcliffe Peninsula (USD map page 81/Q9).

On On

Here we go

loop de loop...

Charcoal and Strine added an enjoyable looping mountain bike trail to some obligatory Clear Mountain inclines and declines. Thanks, hares - a really good run!

As far as jokes go, there's only time for a short one this week:

A blonde walks into the bar and asks the barman for a Double Entendre. So he gives her one.

Good luck to Loverboy on the Doomben half marathon this Sunday morning. We still hope to see him at the run on Sunday afternoon....

Next run details
When: Sunday 7 June, 4 pm
Where: John Scott Park, the village
Hare: Haughty and Payback may set a trail (depending). Potluck will look after the meal!

On, on!

The shades of night were falling fast*

by the time the last walkers made it back to base camp after the ascent of Mt Coot-tha.

The threat of avalanches (following the wild weather of the previous week) didn't deter us as we scaled the winding north-western arete and pushed on to achieve a direct descent via the spectacular western face.

We returned to the alpine village of The Gap to replenish our precious bodily fluids and top up our carbs. Shockjock was looking for volunteers to judge the beer competition at the local show, and after some arm-twisting Loverboy reluctantly agreed to sacrifice some of his remaining brain cells for the sake of the local brewing community. As he said, he'll have to put in some practice first, just to get an idea of what the different styles are all about....

Vegemite returned from Japan with some samples of "Breath Palette" toothpaste (pictured)

The flavours are very authentic. However, I don't think my workplace is yet ready for me to turn up after brushing my teeth with Indo Curry flavoured toothpaste....

Clear Mountain beckons next Sunday!

Next run details
When: Sunday 31st May, 4 pm
Where: Corner Clear Mountain Road and Buranda Road, Clear Mountain
Hares: Charcoal and Strine

*Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Excelsior" (1841)
(Here's an image of the youth bearing his banner with the strange device; Mt Coot-tha can be seen in the background)


On, on!

Mad dogs and mud baths

Stockgirl and Loverboy's mad hound led the pack this Sunday. It's an understatement to say that she's an excitable pooch!

Those other runners and walkers who got excited on hearing there was a drink stop at the first hold check were disappointed to find that someone had got there before them...a long time before, it seemed....

But the mud was still there for the runners. There was more than enough to go around, and it was nicely seasoned with horse manure.

Here's a little cautionary tale for husbands and wives:

A man and his wife are lying in bed, just comfortably chatting.
"If I died," she asks, "would you marry again?"
"No," he says. "I wouldn't want to marry again. I love you."
"But you know you can't look after yourself," she says. "You'd need someone to look after you."
"I wouldn't want to get married again."
"But I'd want you to. I'd hate to think of you being lonely and uncared for. Please say you'd marry again."
"Well, OK," he says. "Hypothetically, if you died - but that's not going to happen - then I'd think about getting married again."

After a pause, she says, "If I died and you got married again, would you go on living in this house?"
"Please," he says, "It's not going to happen. Why are you talking about this?"
"Just hypothetically...would you go on living in this house with your new wife?"
"Well," he says eventually, "We've been very happy here. It's a nice house. I'd remember all the happy times we've had, so I'd go on living here. But I'm not saying I'd get married again."

After another pause, she asks, "If I died, and you got married again, would you let your new wife drive my car?"
"No," he says. "It's your car, and we got it for you."
"But it's a lovely car, and I'd like to think of you still looking after it like you do. Please say you'd keep it. I'd like to think of your new wife driving it."
"Oh, OK. I'd keep the car. But I'm not saying I'd get married again."

After another pause she asks, "If I died, and you got married again, would you let your new wife use my golf clubs?"
"No," he says.
"But why not?"
"Because she's left-handed."

Next Sunday B&W (assisted by Trudi-Frudi?) is promising a gallivant around the Gap. Watch this space for details.

Next run details
When: Sunday 24th May, 4 pm
Where: Meet at the corner of Highwood and Dillon Roads, The Gap UBD 157 J8
Hares: B&W (and T/F?)

On, on!

Silver stars

At the Brisbane Corporate Games (16th May, St Lucia) both Culture and Hardcore won Silver medals in their divisions of the 5km run! Well done!

Another Samford lady - who has occasionally joined us on the Tuesday run - won a Gold.

Golly - we mix it with the best, don't we?

On, on!