Word: hashing
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...international group of diplomats will descend on Harvard to hash out a modern interpretation of the Geneva Convention in a January conference called by the Swiss government...
...Despite hashing's international veneer, a finely wrought British toilet humor still predominates in hash circles?the post-run roundup of jokes, insults and infractions. The naming of newcomers, a long-standing hash tradition usually accompanied by a liberal anointment of beer and flour, can border on the obscene. "You aren't supposed to like your hash name," says Martin ("Camel") Luzon, so dubbed for his long legs and loping gait. "Usually it's some sort of caricature, or comes from something that happened on a run." He cites the example of "Skidmark," an unfortunate hasher caught with his pants...
...Hong Kong, there are hashes for men, women, mixed groups and serious runners. There is even a hash for adrenaline junkies: the T8 hash boasts that "we run for fun when everyone else runs for cover"?it ventures out when the strength of a typhoon slamming into Hong Kong is graded eight, just one level below the full intensity of a direct hit. Regardless of each group's idiosyncrasies, one characteristic that never changes is that every hash is open to newcomers. "A hash, no matter where, is always welcoming," says Justin ("Secret Passage") Searle...
...GETTING If drinking to excess, cracking lewd jokes and singing bawdy songs?interspersed with the occasional long run?could be considered an athletic event, then the biennial Interhash would be the Olympics of hashing. Taking place Sept. 27-29 in Goa, India, this event promises lots of drinking, great food, good company and the traditional Hash House Harrier cure for a brutal hangover: another run. More than 3,500 participants are expected to slap down $250 each to join the weekend bash. With some 60,000 registered alcoholics in Goa, according to the event organizers, the former Portuguese colony...
...HARE-BRAINED This amateur site dedicated to hashing in North America has become the de facto authority on all things hash?if only for the fact that Webmaster "Flying Booger" has either an unhealthy obsession with hashing or too much free time. The most useful feature?aside from an online Hash House Harriers hymnal, complete with sing-along tunes?is the archived list of "cool hash sites of the month," which links browsers to an international array of hash aficionados...