I am happy to report that everyone survived yesterday’s Hash. No one was injured or irretrievably lost. That’s always been my goal as a Hare. As expected, the feedback from many of the Hashers was they were surprised the trail was so difficult with a couple of notorious shortcutters serving as Hares. Mission accomplished in that regard as well!
Having marked the trail on Sunday, all that was left for us to do yesterday was to give the last-minute instructions to the Hashers and send them on their way, then wait for their return. Pubic Head (Scott) and I hung out at the Hideaway bar for a couple of beers to kill the time. The place was almost full on an early Monday afternoon. Griff, the new owner, even bought us a beer, which was nice. Scott (a Navy vet) told me a little of the history of the bar and I was surprised to learn it existed back in the old days when the Navy was here, albeit with several different names/owners over the years. Anyway, it was a nice way to spend an hour. I’ll factor this recent experience into my bar rankings next time I update.
Our On-Home was at Blue Butterfly. When we arrived some Hashers were already there, although none of them had done the whole trail. Leech My Nuggets was the first runner to complete the entire course, which is not unusual. It wasn’t a long trail (just under 6K) but those two big climbs took some time. The last person back was in at around the two-hour mark.
I also had a fine time at Blue Butterfly. The gals were all looking good, and I latched on to Joean (her spelling, not mine) who was friendly and sweet and who kept my beer bottles full. I’m going to maybe have to start visiting BB more often.
Here are some more pictures from the trail and On-Home:
Anyway, it was a good Hash day. Started drinking early though and after the Hash had a couple of more at It Doesn’t Matter. Then on the way home had the trike driver take me to Jollibee for a burger and a sundae. Fuck the diet!
Thanks for reading!
Looks to have been a good walk. I’m glad the Hashers enjoyed the trail, and that no one got lost.
Spot the error:
Having marked the trail on Sunday, all that was left for us to do yesterday was to give the last-minute instructions to the Hashers and send them on their way, then wait for their return.
Hint: not a comma error.
Well, it’s not very clear and is probably a sentence run-on. Maybe this would have been better:
Having marked the trail on Sunday, all that was left for us to do yesterday was to give the last-minute instructions to the Hashers, send them on their way, and then await their return.
Or perhaps better yet:
We marked the trail on Sunday, so all the hard work was done. Yesterday we just gave the Hashers some last-minute instructions, sent them off, and waited for them to arrive at the On-Home.
Or something else?
The error is called a “dangling modifier,” which sounds vaguely phallic. Specifically, if you start your sentence with the modifier “Having marked the trail on Sunday,” then the subject of the main clause needs to be the person doing the marking (see below, italics).
Having marked the trail on Sunday, we had nothing left to do except give last-minute instructions to the Hashers…
Since we did the marking, “we” needs to be the subject of the clause.
Dangling modifiers are tricky, and they usually come from a place of, “Well, I know what I meant when I wrote that.” Sometimes, the brain skips ahead of the fingers on the keyboard.
Your second correction is okay except for the comma error you introduce (comma after “Yesterday”). Your first correction shows you didn’t see the dangling modifier: “all” is still the subject of the clause.
I stand corrected, haha! I’ve heard of dangling modifiers before but I hope this is the first (and last) time I’ve used one. They are tricky indeed! The subject “we” was unstated, but obviously implied. Reading your correction made it clear where I’d gone wrong–adding the “we” in the clause made the sentence so much clearer.
Thanks for the lesson!
I actually laughed out loud at the situation with the authorities and the fact that it was “solved” by moving everyone inside. LOL
Seems like an overall good hash, from beginning to end. Kudos!!
Brian, yeah, you gotta laugh. Or scream.
All of this talk of dangling modifiers is scaring the crap outta me! like this blog is turning into a homo haven.(Not that there’s anything wrong with that) Pleez, can we get back to talking bout the Hare Hotties?
Will try to avoid mention of “dangling” things in the future, Soju.
But Kev, what if I dangle a participle? Whatever that is…
A dangling participle is pretty much the same animal; it’s simply an erroneous modifier than contains a participle. Here’s an example of a dangling participle:
Sitting obliviously on the branch, the dangers of the jungle were completely hidden from Ted.
“Sitting” is the present-participial form of “to sit.” It’s part of a modifier for the clause whose subject ought to be “Ted.”
Aside from present participles (which end in “-ing”), there are past participles, such as “driven” in the sentence “He has driven a long way to see you.” So those are your two types of participles: present and past.
If we were to rewrite the “Ted” sentence to remove the error, we might write something like:
The dangers of the jungle were completely hidden from Ted as he sat obliviously on the branch.
Or:
Sitting obliviously on the branch, Ted noticed none of the dangers of the jungle.
So, above, you have a participle that doesn’t dangle. Some dangling modifiers have no participles, though:
As a child, French was difficult.
This should be:
As a child, I found French difficult.
Or:
French was difficult for me when I was a child.
Other correct sentences are also possible.
I think I’ve dangled enough. Don’t want to scare Soju.
Sorry, Soju. Hot women find good grammar sexy!
Kev, thanks for the lesson. Participle misuse, dangling or otherwise, doesn’t seem to be as egregious as other type errors. The first Ted example didn’t make me cringe, although the corrected version was smoother.
…it’s simply an erroneous modifier than contains a participle.
Whoops—”THAT contains”