The Runday Shag
Issue 2565
Date: 16 March 2025
Hares: Hornblower& Birthing Blanket
Venue: Chinthurst Hill, Wonersh
On On: The Queen Vic
ONE SOUL DID THE WHOLE WITH TWO SOLES
It was sunny and bitterly cold at the start but the pre-run circle didn’t inspire confidence when hares couldn’t agree whether they had laid a shortcut or not, or where, if it existed, it was. But never mind, the flour from the start took us to the On In within 20 yards of the of the start so the hare had to point us the opposite way down the muddiest path in 
Surrey, which could have been avoided by simply going down the car park approach road. Then followed a series of straight-on checks, with no flour or minuscule amounts between them (back at the circle the hares said they had used 6 bags, the stand-in GM rightly queried the size of these bags). Then the trail dissolved into a dose of checkitis with checks every 100 yards, still straight-on of course. Remarkably the pack kept together as we took in Black Heath from a new direction. I found a clearly marked SC, but it turned out to have been marked after the pack had gone through.
Arriving at Wonersh cricket club, the FRBs encountered mysterious blue flour, which hadn’t been mentioned at the circle. This was/wasn’t a short cut, either way as we had already done 1 1/2hrs and it was going in the direction of home, the FRBs decided this was an adequate sufficiency and used it as a suitable excuse to head home. Atty decided this wasn’t good enough and headed off a solo trip on the last loop up Chinthurst Hill, and was the only person to do the entire trail, taking an extra half hour. Overall a good run, at the end saved by the Schrödinger short cut (a short cut that may or may not exist).
The beer master was one of the last to arrive back at the circle, thus delaying the circle. The [stand-in] GM then remembered she had a spare set of keys to access the beer … you can’t get the staff these days. The circle was dominated by discussion of 50th T shirts: sizing, synthetic, neck style, font colour…
The bossy ‘Arf a Pint acted as stand-in RA, and gave your scribe a down down for calling her bossy. ‘Isknees got a down down for bossing Ms Bossy. Amongst the others was the hare for her phone ringing in the circle , and the beer master for his birthday.
On On, DTT
Editorial
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Message from Sister Anna about our supported charity
(You know – all those books, jigsaws etc. All goes to a great cause.)
Update to advise the distribution of our ‘latest’ fundraising amount of £440.
£240 has been used to finance 6 cataract operations in Gambia; this will change the lives of these people.
£200 has been sent to the school we support in Uganda. Together with fundraising done by North Hants, they have purchased 3 computers which have been desperately needed.
The latest report from the school is as follows:- ‘The school’s exam result this year was a 100% pass at Grade A. This is quite some achievement (the big Catholic school only achieved one A & not all passed!)’ Unless this exam is passed the children cannot go forward to further education.
Thanks for all your support, you have made this fundraising possible (apologies for keeping pestering you to buy books!!)
Sister Anna
And here is a newsletter on the cataract operation direct from the front-line.
Pictures – Click for larger copies of these & many many more in this week’s album
Trivia
Gosh! Last time I saw this it had only 10 lines!
IDEOLOGY AND RELIGION – A COMPARATIVE GUIDE
Taoism: Shit happens.
Calvinism: Shit happens because you don’t work hard enough.
Buddhism: If shit happens, it isn’t really shit.
Zen Buddhism: Shit is, and is not.
Zen Buddhism #2: What is the sound of shit happening?
Altruism: Want some shit?
Confucianism: Confucius say – ‘Shit happens.’
Hinduism: This shit has happened before.
Darwinism: We came from shit.
Darwinism #2: This shit was once food.
Islam: If shit happens, it is the will of Allah.
Islam #2: If shit happens, kill the person responsible.
Islam #3: If shit happens, blame Israel.
Islam #4: If shit happens, take a hostage.
Catholicism: If shit happens, you deserve it. It’s your fault.
Protestantism: Let shit happen to someone else.
Presbyterian: This shit was bound to happen.
Episcopalian: It’s not so bad if shit happens, as long as you serve the right wine with it.
Methodist: It’s not so bad if shit happens, as long as you serve grape juice with it.
Congregationalist: Shit that happens to one person is just as good as shit that happens to another.
Unitarian: Shit that happens to one person is just as bad as shit that happens to another.
Lutheran: If shit happens, don’t talk about it.
Fundamentalism: If shit happens, you will go to hell, unless you are born again. (Amen!)
Fundamentalism #2: If shit happens to a televangelist, it’s okay.
Fundamentalism #3: Shit must be born again.
TV Evangelism: Send us money and shit won’t happen.
Judaism: Why does this shit always happen to us?
Seventh Day Adventism: No shit shall happen on Saturday.
Creationism: God made all shit.
Secular Humanism: Shit evolves.
Christian Science: When shit happens, don’t go to a doctor – pray!
Christian Science #2: Shit happening is all in your mind.
Unitarianism: Come, let us reason together about this shit.
Quakerism: Let us not fight over this shit.
Utopianism: This shit does not stink.
Capitalism: That’s MY shit.
Communism: It’s everybody’s shit.
Feminism: Men are shit.
Feminism #2: That’s not funny!
Chauvinism: We may be shit, but you can’t live without us.
Commercialism: Let’s (TM) package this shit.
Impressionism: From a distance, shit looks like a garden.
Idolism: Let’s bronze this shit.
Existentialism: Shit doesn’t happen; shit IS.
Existentialism #2: What is shit, anyway?
Stoicism: This shit is good for me.
Hedonism: There is nothing like a good shit!
Mormonism: God sent us this shit.
Mormonism #2: This shit is going to happen again.
Wiccan: And it harm none, let shit happen.
Scientology: If shit happens, see Dianetics, p.157.
Jehovah’s Witnesses: Knock, knock: Shit happens.
Jehovah’s Witnesses #2: May we have a moment of your time to show you some of our shit?
Jehovah’s Witnesses #3: Shit has been prophesied and is imminent; only the righteous shall survive its happening.
Moonies: Only really happy shit happens.
Hare Krishna: Shit happens, rama rama, ding ding.
Rastafarianism: Let’s smoke this shit!
Agnostic: Shit might have happened; then again, maybe not.
Agnostic #2: Did someone shit?
Agnostic #3: What is this shit?
Satanism: SNEPPAH TIHS.
Atheism: What shit?
Atheism #2: I can’t believe this shit!
Nihilism: No shit.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Shit happens – one day at a time.
Environmentalism: You produce shit, so you have to eat it.
Socialism: Sorry, we are out of shit today.
Yoga: There’s a full lotus shit happening.
Transcendental Meditation: Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit .
Vandalism: I’m going to break this shit!
Surealism: Shit is shiny and shaped like a watch.
The Force: Do not be swayed by the Dark Side of the shit.
Shinto: Shit is everywhere. So as long as you’re stepping in it, show it some respect.
Dominicanism: Believe in shit, or we’ll boil you in it.
Solipsism: All this shit is a creation of my imagination.
Spoonerism: Hit shappens.
Stalinism: The state treats you like shit.
Robinism: Holy shit, Batman!
