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ABC Run
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An "Anything but clothes" run is like an
anything but cloths party, but more care should
be taken to ensure you can run in items being
worn as cloths, but which are not cloths.
E.G. Paper plates, duck tape, playing
cards, pizza boxes etc.
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AGPU
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Annual General Piss-up
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This is the Hash's annual general meeting, and primarily
where the next year's
Mismanagement are elected, and important decision
are made. With the VH3 it traditionally occurs
late in the year, to co-inside with a hash run on the
same day which is the second hash of November, or the
first hash in December. It can be held at a pub or a member's home.
Anyone can set the trail, but often the outgoing
GM volunteer's to set the
trail, especially if they did not set the Red Dress
Run trail.
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are you!?
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Question shouted by the pack to FRBs, meaning "Are you on the trail?"
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arrow
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A-to-A
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A trail that ends where it starts.
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A-to-B
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A point-to-point trail - ends in a different location than it started.
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BC
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BEAB
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Bloody Early Arriving Bastard - first person to arrive to the run,
or way to early (even before the hares have
completed setting the trail). See also BLAB.
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beer check
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Beverage stop or trail mark indicating a beverage stop. See the trail mark BC.
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Beer Prayer, The
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The Beer Prayer is a parodic versions of the Lord's Prayer sometime recited at Dark Side of the Moon H3 religion where it is read off their version
of the Wanker's Bedpan. It starts with 'Our lager, which art in barrels ...'.
See the Beer Prayer page for
more on the prayer.
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bhash
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A hash using bikes. The Victoria bike hash is the CRRAP
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bhashing
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The act of cycling a hash trail. |
BLAB
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Bloody Late Arriving Bastard - last person to arrive to the run. See also BEAB.
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boke
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To fall on trail; doing a 'boke', or 'boking', or
he or she 'boked'. The tradition was
brought along to Victoria by our Founder (Longest
Member). Victoria HHH’s mother hash is Kuwait-1 H3
(1984). There once was a fellow named Boke, oh
where did he go... oh he fell down again.. so
often that the Kuwait-1 H3 honoured him with an
award so that any hasher who fell down on the
trail would have been known as "they boked", and
deserved a down-down.
A boke can be described by the witness in the circle in any means - verbally,
or acting out the transgression. You could have a
boke with full frontal face plant, or maybe you
witnessed the rare boke with full windmill effect
- this would be when the hasher is falling they
have flailing arms. The more descriptive the
witness can be may even be enough to get a
down-down for excellence in boke description.
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Brew Master / Beermeister
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Mismanagement member; the official brewer of the VH3s beer.
The role is also our quartermaster, and hold the
coolers, cider, water, flour, chalk, share four
bottles, down-down cups, and basically anything
the RA isn't holding onto. Thing purchase by
hares, and not used up, end up with the
Beermeister.
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check
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Trail mark 'O' indicating the true trail must be sought out from the false trails.
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checking
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check-it-out
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Invitation given to the hounds by the hare or RA to find the true trail.
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circle
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Assembly of hashers at trail's beginning and end. At the end of the run this is also
referred to as ' Religion'.
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CRRAP
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Dark Side of the Moon, The
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The DSotM; a new moon evening run set the Friday of the month closest to the day of a new moon.
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DFL
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Dead F!@#$%^ Last
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DOT
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Dead on Trail ... hopelessly lost.
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down-down
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The ceremony of quaffing a beverage (a punishment or honour) that
occurs at religion.
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eagle trail
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An optional section of trail, longer or more
difficult than the standard trail.
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Eurohash
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International hashing event held in Europe.
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false trail
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A short trail terminating in the X sign.
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falsie
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FRB
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Front running bastard - person(s) running out at the front of the pack.
Also see Triple FRB.
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Gisbert Prayer, The
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Grand Mattress
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The VH3s Grand Master/Mistress (GM) : Mismanagement member,
mostly ceremonial leader of the hash, until
things go wrong. He/she is
generally responsible for resolving any disputes, initiating large events such as the
Annual Red Dress Run
(or just an Annual GMs run in the VH3), and setting a trail on the day of the
AGPU.
This position is probably the least important role, and either an honour or a punishment
depending on your point of view. Often a senior member of the kennel, but not
always. It is one of the most political positions in Mismanagement. Even though we
have such low expectation in the GM role, it
should be rare but not impossible for a GM to be
elected to any of the other roles as well - the
role of GM as arbiter, the GM has to be able to
be adequate impartial to his other role.
For this reason only a very fair and wise
candidate should be elected as GM and any other
positions.
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Hare Raiser
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Mismanagement member; in charge of lining up hares for future trails.
This is one of our most visible roles, and must be able
to convince and coordinate hare, and provide advice on
where to go to get supplies, approval on extra expenses,
get reimbursed for such expenses, advice to new hares on
trail setting, and to line up co-hair where necessary,
and where to drop of left over supplies at the end of a
trail. He/she is the primary contact for hares.
He she approves the posting of hares to the website.
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hash
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Depending on contents this could be an abbreviation
or pronoun for the Hash House Harriers, or for a
specific chapter of the Hash House Harriers. E.G.
'I ran with the Hash in Barbados.' rather than,
'I had eggs, bacon, and hash.'
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Hash Cash
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Mismanagement
member; the treasurer. This is among the most important, least casual, most invisible, unsung heroes of our kennel.
The person in this role must have demonstrated
accountability. He/she writes checks, makes deposits, and provides financial reports to
Mismanagement, primarily to
determine if hash cash collection are meeting expenses and projected expenses.
This hasher doesn't set run cost, but provide the
most important advice to help the kennel keep in
the green.
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Hash Flash
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Mismanagement member; the official photographer.
Provides photos to the Webmeister for processing, and publication.
He/she may also coordinate photos from other hashers
to be delivered to the Webmeister, especially
assisting in establish timing shots when there
are more than one photographer - photos being
taken at the same time of the same thing.
Typically once the Hash Flash hands off photos to
the Webmeister a gallery can be created and
posted, and no other photo must go up. Hash
Flash should know how to take photos, and know
how to share them - know how to provide full
resolution rather then thumbnail photos.
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Hash Haberdasher
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Mismanagement member in
charge of T-shirts, shorts, hats, mementos, etc.
This person is responsible for keeping all decal
designs, and artwork used in hash trash.
They will pass-on these to whomever is next
elected to the position. Funding and
pricing strategy for trash is negotiated with the GM
and Hash Cash with the
primary goals that the Haberdasher is never left
out of pocket, and hash finances do not go into
the red. At the end of their term the
Haberdasher will hand over remaining stock to the
next Haberdasher, and settle all financial
matters with Hash Cash. The Haberdasher
need not come up with art for trash, but can
recruit other who have more skill at doing such,
and the at the very least they will coordinate
efforts. The Haberdasher will provide the Webmeister
material for the Hash Trash web page, and the
Webmeister endeavor to give new trash high
visibility on the web site during related events.
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hash halt
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A trail mark indicating an intersection where true trail may take another direction, but requires hashers to wait until ordered by the hare. This is not unlike a re-group. See the trail
mark 'HH'.
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Hash House
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The Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, meeting place of the Mother Hash.
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hash name
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A nickname, usually bestowed after a number of runs or in honour of a notable incident; not used by all hashes.
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Hash Scribe
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Mismanagement member; the official writer and documenter of hash activities.
Has the final word on the spelling of hash names.
Has editorial oversight for all textual material
on the VH3 web site.
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hare,
Hare (The)
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harriette
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A female hasher (a female Hare in called The Hare).
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hasher
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Any Hash House Harrier.
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hashing
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The act of running/walking a hash trail.
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HH
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horrors
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Hashers' children; a.k.a. ankle biters, or puppies.
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hounds
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Hashers on trail.
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ice seat
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An Ice Seat is used as extra punishment during circle. Instead of merely having to drink their beer in front of the rest of the hash,
the accused are required to sit bare-assed on a block of ice (bag of ice, in a snow bank, or some variation) while they are being accused and through
the completion of the down-down song. If the hasher has done something truly despicable (or truly disrespectful), they can
be forced to sit on the block of ice through a nice long song or for more than one accusation. In these instances it is in your best interest to just grin
and bear it and hope that your butt goes numb quickly.
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interhash
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Regional, national, or world hash gathering.
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Junta, The
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An unelected version of Mismanagement lead by a Tyrant. The Dark Side of the Moon has
kind this of Mismanagement, but with only 4 members with the roles of On Sec, Hare Raiser,
and Religious Advisor. Those roles that the Junta does have they get filled through clever doubling up on
the roles , or 'borrowing' people from the better organized local Victoria Hash House Harries - E.G. The Dark Side of the Moon's Tyrant was
elected VH3 Beermeister from 2013 through to the present day (2024).
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live hare
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looking
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Answer shouted by FRB to pack when asked "Are you?", indicating that FRB has lost the true trail.
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Mismanagement
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Hash officials; mostly elected at the AGPU, sometimes appointed." The current VH3 Mismanagement are listed here. Mismanagement
generally consists of the Grand Mattress, Religious Advisor,
Hare Raiser, Hash Cash, Hash Flash,
Beermeister / Brew Master, Hash Haberdashers,
Webmeister/Web Mister, Hash Scribe, On Sec,
Special Events / Hashy-hour Coordinator / Hash Cheerleader,
and Virus Vetter. The positions are elected at the AGPU.
An unelected version of Mismanagement is The Junta.
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muggle name
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A Harry Potter version of nerd name.
BTW There is nothing magical about hashers.
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naming (hash name)
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By tradition a hash name is an attempt to protect our hashing politicians, lawyers, doctors, public
servants and other people that may have a position in life that would frown upon hashing, the Harriers have
aliases, usually of debaucherous or humorous nature. A naming comes about at an undetermined amount of time,
because a hasher has run a certain number of trails, because a hasher does something particularly stupid at a
hash, or because certain damning information about a hasher comes to light - non-hashing information is
rarely used at the VH3 (the 'kinder gentler hash'), and done so with discretion and some agreement with the hound being named. The VH3 also tend not to
name virgins (even if there may be cause for it), unless they seem to have the temperament for it - we don't want
to scare them away. The naming happens at religion after a run. It may not be for an event that
happened on the run (a tail from the trail), but it could be for something that had happened on another run.
The RA calls the hound to be named into the circle. At the VH3 this
tends to happen after hares, virgins, and visitors have all been down-downed, and often at the end of normal
charges, before announcements or wanker of the week (See The Wanker's Shirt). A name is proposed by the
RA (or acting RA), or anyone at the circle can propose a name, and naming options are weighed. The RA (only overrode by
the GM) picks the name. The RA at the VH3 tends to let the rabble chose, and then the RA settles on one based on
rabble consensus. The hasher is told to knee, and remove items of clothing they do not want covered in flour. The
RA will mix or be given a gooey mixture of beer and flour, and while making the sign of an H on the hashers
forehead, the RA announces 'In the name of Gispert,
henceforth and forever more your hash name shall be _______. For now on, and wherever you hash in the world,
your mother hash will be the Victoria Hash House Harriers." The new hasher is then given a beer (a
down-down), the RA calls for a song, and hound sings
'Here’s to _________, He’s/She's true blue,
She's/He’s a hasher through and through,
He’s/She's a piss-pot, So they say,
Tried to go to heaven, But she/he went the other way.'
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nash hash
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A national interhash.
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nerd name
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The name your mother gave you, which she picked out when she was in labour and which bears little resemblance to your true personality, which,
of course, is reflected in your hash name. Some times muggle name is also used for the same term.
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newbies
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First time hashers who traditionally get a free beer, and are told that their mother hash is now the hash they first hashed on.
Typically these are called virgin hashers.
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on-in
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Trail's end; trail mark indicating proximity to end.
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on on
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Shouted by FRBs or hounds to indicate they're on trail, sometimes used only to indicate true trail
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OnSec
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Mismanagement member; the secretary to the hash normally in charge of public relations, hash rosters,
on-line run records, event registration,
moderation of social media, etc. More than
one member can be elected to this position based
on the workload, interest. and skills. This role can be
highly technical, and often works closely with the Webmeister
and the GM during
special events.
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pick up hash
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Hashes that follow traditional hashing guidelines minus the pre-selection of a hare. At a pick up hash, the hare is decided randomly at the beginning of the event.
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puppies
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RA
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RDR
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Receding Hareline
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Red Dress Run and what has become of it in the VH3
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The RDR is a hashing tradition where hashers dress in red dresses, and run a hash in an urban/semi-urban area.
It is a traditional event with most kennels, except for the VH3. The first VH3 Red Dress Run was set by
Premature Evacuation on run 98, May 16th, 1998.
Often the VH3 raises money for a charity, decided by the Grand Mattress, but not always.
After After the red dresses became symbolic of the crisis of missing an murdered women in Canada and the US, by 2021 the
VH3 Grand Mattress had decided it was better not to collide with
the Red Dress Day (held in May 5 th).
This had been inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black’s 2010 REDress Project.
Since that decision following GMs have initiated a different run each year, with an Annual Black Dress Run, an Annual Tutu, an Annual Kilted Runs...
the only tradition remaining is the GM's involvement. The Hash House Harriers tradition remains elsewhere, so
for more information about the Red Dress
Run follow this link. Click here for an updated list of VH3 Annual Red Dress
runs.
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Religious Advisor
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Mismanagement member; the member normally in charge of tradition and
primarily in running the circle and down-downed ceremonies.
Every circle needs an RA, so if the RA is not present
another hasher (typically a Mismanagement member) has to
fill the role.
The RA and On Sec jointly manage the recording and
tracking run participation and namings. The RA is
responsible for relics of the VH3 such as the The Wanker's Shirt.
As the member in charge of 'tradition' she/he are
expected to be the member most familiar with the VH3
glossary of terms. To better ensure there is an RA
at each event, there may be more than one RA elected.
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Religion
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Sometime called the Shout Up, or just in the circle this is a ceremonies at the end of the
run where the Hares are honoured, visitors and virgin
are down-downed, and charges are made with hashers punished or honoured (such as drinking from brand new runner).
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respect
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RU
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Scare-a-thon BC coordinators
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Mismanagement member; responsible for
coordinating a the beer for the annual Victoria Marathon BC.
This is a historic position now, since the VH3 last
marathon BC was in 2016.
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SCB
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Short-Cutting Bastard. A hasher
who tries to guess where the trail will go to
bypass some rough terrain, or just shorten the
trail to the beer check.
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Shiggy
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Thick vegetation, streams, etc.; especially mud.
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Special Events & Hashy-hour Coordinator / Hash Cheerleader
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Mismanagement member; responsible for coordinating Hashy Hours and any special events.
Special events would not include normal events like the Annual GMs run. During COVID-19 the hash ended
hashy-hours, but came back in 2020 with 2 that year, none in 2021, 2 in 2022, and a record 10 in 2023. This position can be busy.
While organizing special events this position can get help from the On Sec especially if advertising is needed. The
Webmeister has regular hash hour and special event scheduling automated on the website, and the
Hash Haberdashers can be asked to come up with some hash trash for funded events.
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Shout Up
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This is an alternative term for Religion. You might here this term at the Yukon HHH..
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sweep
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The act of following behind the pack to ensure no hasher is lost, marking out checks, and marking the true trail. Also called the Sweep, and in most cases is one of the Hares, but can be recruited by a Hare.
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tradition
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A euphemism for a guideline that borders on being a "rule".
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triple FRB
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A polite
Canadian way of saying 'f!@#$ing fast FRB'
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true trail
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Tyrant
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A roll in a few hashes which is universally unelected, and can vary from hash to hash in what the role does, or is for.
The VH3 does not have this position. In some hashes, rather than having an elected GM hold
the position for a year ore more, some hashes believe in the Divine Right of Tyrancy, where the title is held for as long as
the person wants the position, and is effectively the Grand Master for that hash. The Dark Side of the Moon (DSotMH3) has a Tyrant position following this definition, as does the
Agana Hash House Harriers, Guam (AH3). In the case of the Dark
Side of the Moon H3 their Junta even though power was never taken by force, but rather acquiescence. The second definition
is also an unelected position but is purely an honourary role earned by a hasher who has held a Mismanagement position for many
years. The Dayton Hash House Harriers (DH3) define the role as a
permanent honorary title given to past Grand Masters who have made significant contributions to the group and served a minimum
of 6 years as GM. They don’t have to do anything but can be counted on to stick their nose in and do whatever is needed
on pretty much a moment’s notice.' The Victoria H3 has a tradition of electing a new GM every year, and not repeating GM's,
probably so as the role never goes to anyone's head. Once a hasher has left Mismanagement, regardless of years of selfless service
to the hash, left with no honourary title. In the VH3 GMs get to write their name on
a sash, which they could do anyway as they are the GM.
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virgins
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See newbies. In the circle
at the beginning of a run virgins are asked who
made them come; are told that instead of calling
out 'on on' when they see a trail mark, to call
'hard on' (so we know we haven't lost them); and
are given the task to come up with a short joke
(appropriately dirty if no puppies
are present), or they can show a body part during
religion at the end of the run.
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Virus Vetter
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VP or view point
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Normally a optional place to stop, and only mandatory if the hares state such when they explain their trail mark. See the trail
mark 'VP'.
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wanker, or wanker of the week
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A pejorative term of English origin common in Britain and other parts of the English-speaking world (mainly Commonwealth nations), and
adoped by the hash to award a hasher at religion who did the most agrevious thing during the current hash.
If availible the wanker of the week may be awarded to wear an item such as the Wanker's Shirt,
or drink from a bed pan, The Wanker's Kidney Disk, or Wanker's Cup.
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The Wanker's Cup
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'Whoremoan's naming, and the Wanker's Cup
(New Year's Day 1994).
'Shrink, Deflowered, Digger and Testicular
calling the Wanker' is the caption to this photo taken at religion for run 244, February 5, 2000.An old rather dilapidated silver plated
cup used to down-down hashers who have distinguished themselfs on
a run, usually in a bad way. It is also the
oldest relic of the VH3. It has a history of being augmented, abused,
replaced for years, kidnaped and ransomed, lose
and found.
'Bight My Nuts is awarded the
Wankers Cup for being absent for so long.' is the caption to this photo taken at religion for run 486, June 13, 2009. In the summer of 2005 Cinderella and
Stoolie Andrews had dropped and accidentally ran it over. Banged Up Between
restored the cup, and it was resurrected at the 400th - Return
to Snowy Mountain Hash'The latest incarnation of the VH3 Wanker's Cup.
Found AGAIN!' is the caption to this photo taken at religion for run 651, August 1, 2015.
. It had legs and runners added to it. It was at this time that the cup was kidnaped with a
ransome note that turning up at the
403rd - Daffodil Hash.
The ransom asked for 14 good micro-brewery beers
along with a bottle of malt liquor 'for the
mother-in-law' in return for 'your tawdry idol'.
The Hash refused to pay - doing so would only
encourage copy-cats. For many years after that
the cup was replaced with a plastic male urinal with legs and runners attached.
Nothing was know as to what happend to the cup, then at
t he "Civilized
Fairfield" Run - August 1, 2015 the orginal wanker cup was returned to the hash. It had been found by Premature Evacuation.
To this day you can use it to punish a wanker with a
down-down drunk from a clean - food safe - cup
inserted into the Wanker's Cup as it has long
since been deemed unsafe to drink directly from
it. It is now rarely used.
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The Wanker's Kidney Disk
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At religion of
run 677, Blue Ball's 2016 Bowker Creek Subterranean Graffiti Hash, where
Gary Glitter with the Wanker's Kidney Dish while also wearing the Wankers Shirt.
At religion of
Gary Glitter is the first recorded users of the Wanker's Kidney Dish.
The Wanker's Kidney dish is a more portable
alternative to the Wanker's Bedpan and from about 2016 has replaced the venerable Wankers Cup.
VH3 Wanker's Bedpan (unlike the Dark Side of the
Moon Bedpan) has been so infrequently used that it has yet to get a mention in the glossary.
As with the Wanker's Cup the nature of the offense
or honour determins its use. Unlike the
Wanker's Bedpan there is no prayer on it to
read out to the rabble, and for that reason
hounds get to the pub just a little bit sooner.
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Webmeister
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Mismanagement member; the Web Master.
Highly technical role. Publishes all textual
and photographic media. Supports the
technical needs of the OnSec(s), including providing
support for mailing lists, registrations,
participation information, and event calendar
details. Holds administrative access to the
website and associate applications, manages domain, and web site hosting
fees, keeping Hash Cash informed of expected
contract renewals.
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YBF
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