Run 1673 | 1st July 2015 | E&B @Pizza & Pasta, Richmond

E&B has a habit of having her Richmond run trails gazumped/plagiarised/nicked/purloined. Last year it was Shit Off A Shovel who used her trail 2 weeks before she set it. This time it was Two Bottoms who stole E&B’s thunder by having most of last week’s Collingwood run in Richmond. E&B could have got mad, she could have got even. But instead she got creative. We had a trail, we had arrows and we had a 28 question quiz, mostly involving the MCG, statues, cricket and footy with a bit of history thrown in. GG was actually useful for once, because he could answer all the footy questions, even those not involving Collingwood.

The run took us towards Jolimont, around the western edge of the MCG, across the railways past the Tennis Centre, over the Yarra and into the Botanic Gardens. Cooch talked to a Government House security guard hoping to get some help with the history quiz questions. He was redirected to the first Government House, the tiny La Trobe Cottage. Then we took off up to Walsh Street, down across Anderson Street Bridge, along the side of Gosh’s Paddock, all the while gagging for the promised drink stop. Finally, on the east side of the MCG, there was E&B with mini birthday cakes, sparklers and port to celebrate Cheesecake’s birthday. A young family visiting from Perth stood and gazed in wonderment at the ways of Easterners.

On-Home was following the PP signs ie. Pizza Place – where the food was pretty good. I’d recommend the chips doused in peppercorn sauce. Excellent.

The circle commenced with a few words about the death of Heavy from Ballarat Hash last week. Barbie’s Box delivered a eulogy and Deeper sang “He’s Not Heavy He’s My Brother”.

Saddle Sores provided the run report – it was a great run for tourists taking us past the MCG, Tennis Centre, Botanic Gardens, the Soccer Centre plus frequent glimpses of the city skyline. Great scenery and the trail was well marked. Score 9/10.

Blood Sucker described the walk – her delivery was sort of a stream of consciousness format so your scribe lost consciousness. I only heard the bits involving – got lost – Rod Laver – quiz. Score 1600/1673.

At this point Cooch lost control of the circle. He’s only new to the job and he doesn’t have the domineering brute force of Cut Loose.

Returnees

Pointy, Scoop a virgin.

Charges

• E&B charged for being the hare.
• Sweaty Box for not being there during the run.
• Lotsa Fun for accusing Deeper for bad parking.
• Barbie’s Box for being a box.
• Prickly Bush for not understanding that the trail marking ’PP’ stands for Pizza Place.
• SOAS for whinging that he couldn’t just follow last week’s run.
• MothBall for spitting the dummy.
• E&B for stealing Two Bottoms’ run from last week.
• Kokup and Racey Tracey for using the loos in the Botanic Gardens.
• Cheesecake for having a birthday, again.
• Mothball for looking like David AStttenborough.
• E&B for setting a great run for a dog.
• Klingon for letting his dog off the leash just near the “Keep your dog on a leash” sign.
• E&B for serving alcohol in a public place.
• NickelBy for not telling a joke.