9/11

After the 2001 Anthrax attacks in the United States and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, several hashes, particularly those in the Washington, D.C. area, were approached by anti-terrorist agents concerned about the strange white powder (flour) used to mark the hash trail. As a result, those hashes have had to change their trail-marking techniques to use shredded paper, colored chalk, or paint. Hashers went back to flour off road in the Boston, Massachusetts area, and around Frederick, Maryland, the very home of American anthrax. In Tokyo the hare on a Harriettes run was bundled in to a big black car by plain clothes officers. Several hours later he was found with a broom and pan sweeping up all the flour while guarded by two police officers. Typical of the irreverence that characterizes much of the humor of the Hash, some Hashes even went so far as to exploit the scare. The Saipan Hash, for example, set its annual Halloween costume run following the anthrax scare in 2001 with flour thrown from bio-hazard bags, while the hares wore full hazmat gear, running through the center of the island's tourist district. Attention from the local police stopped the display early in the run. One hasher, Dogleg, known for his overzealous devotion to SH3 rituals, was arrested while arguing with an officer in a manner that would have earned him a red card at the World Cup. Otherwise, the responding policemen were familiar with the Hash and laughed it off. Police in most other areas have less knowledge of the Hash, and sometimes a less liberal sense of humor. Many hash kennels recommend that the hare call the local police dispatcher before the run as a courtesy to inform them of the run and use of bio-degradable flour to mark trail in order to avoid unnecessary problems.

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