| Hash Master & Hash Names? |
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 Hash kennels have their own personality and this largely mirrors the character, or lack thereof, of the Hash Master. In our case, in Grenada, we are blessed with a Hash Master with a temperamental personality – well perhaps not so much temper but very mental. Our fearless leader earns his living as a pilot in the region. He was once spotted in his Captain’s uniform with his tie slightly out of alignment – hence his hash name : “Flies Undone”. He was appointed to the task as a punishment for having set one of the longest hashes on record in the south of the island. He is still serving his sentence as Hash Master, and will go on doing so until he gets it right. His predecessors are no role models either. One of them, Arthur “Bo-Peep” Bain (also a pilot) got his hash name for consistently losing hashers in the bush. Another, Paul “Mother Trucker” Greaves drives a dodgy truck piled high with hashers and was so bad that he was retained as Hash Master for three years, instead of one.  Ken “Mistletoe” Sylvester got his hash name for lamenting the loss of a toe to a lawn mower. He is only tolerated in the Hash because he is the importer of Piton beer, an excellent brew from St Lucia. The last Hashmistress on record in Grenada set such flaky and sadistic hashes that she fully earned her name (“Cereal Killer”)Being given a hash name is the ultimate accolade in hashing and it is only done when enough is known about you and your failings. Hash names are not meant to be honorific; indeed they are invariably derogatory or humiliating. Hence “Distillery Dame”; “Yours for a Carib”; “Fish-Head”; “Rancid”; “Frog’s Legs”; Garlic Pot”; “Wet Job”; “Mud Rat”; “Early To Bed”; “Flash Flood Queen”; “Stubby”; “Potty”; “Fungus Amungus”; “Quick Drawers”; “Wino” (and his wife “Why Not?”); “Putrid”; “Pecker Checker”; “Tight Fit” etc etc. |
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