All right ye wanks, our design contest has come to a close and we had several good designs (and even more bad ones) to choose from. After several long hours of debate and deliberation, resident design guru Mt. Schwiiinga, haberdasher Chunder Pussy, and myself have selected the three designs that were submitted that we like the best. Then we had Mt. Schwiiinga clean up your designs so that they actually made sense on a T-shirt. Then we got sick and drunk and forgot to announce the winners for a couple of weeks. And now, finally, here are the three that we like the most – if you would like to pre-order any of them and ensure that we have one in your size, please fill out this handy little form.
In first place we had the “People Hate Us On Yelp” design submitted by Taste the Rainbow. This one was based off of an old Yelp review that everyone seems to like so much – Mt. Schwiiinga was even able to incorporate some of the review into the back of the shirt. Congrats to Taste the Rainbow on winning a free rego to Memorial Day (yes, he still have to pay for the event enough though he’s the RA), and this shirt will be available in a few short weeks.
In second place we have the “We Were All FRBs At Least Once” design submitted by Just Mike (seriously, can we name this guy already?) Something about sperm swimming towards beer is just inherently funny, but that’s just me. We slapped a spiffy new tagline on the back of the shirt as well, and Just Mike will get a voucher for four free weekly hashes that he can use going forward – not a bad haul for somebody we haven’t name yet (SERIOUSLY!?). This shirt should be available some time later this summer.
In third place we have the “Chicago Theatre Marquee” design submitted by Fire in the Hole – several other hashers had a similar idea to this, but she’s the one who fleshed it out the best and submitted it the earliest, so she’s getting credit. We also included an homage to everyone favorite Asian Drunk It’s Too Soft, but he’s not getting anything as a prize. We should have these shirts available for you guys some time this fall or perhaps early winter depending on how quickly the first two designs sell out.
We had a lot of designs to choose from and a number of them could have been printed and made for very, very good shirts. If your design didn’t get printed, don’t feel discouraged, there are plenty of hashes in Chicago and I know for a fact that they’re always looking for good haberdashery designs! We’d like to thank each of you who submitted a design once again below (in alphabetical order):
Clark Kunt
Dewey Sexual System (Big Hump H3)
Disco Ballz
EZ on the Ass
Fire in the Hole
Foamy Discharge
Gay Ping Panda, Hidden Homo
Just Mike
O’Shitty Runch
Sandy Syphilis
Speckle Bird
Slippery Fingers
String Theory
Taste the Rainbow
Category Archives: Announcements
Chicago HHH Haberdashery Design Contest
Chicago HHH Haberdashery Design Contest
Deadline: March 24th, 2013
Details: Okay wankers, another hash year is upon us, which means that it is time for some hot new haberdashery. After consulting with our new Haberdasher Chunder Pussy, it has been decided to have a contest for designing our next shirt.
The rules are pretty simple, you have until the end of the hash on March 24th to submit a hot new shirt design – this can be in any format you’re most comfortable with, but it must either be in the GM’s inbox (if its digital) or in his physical possession (if you’re going old-school) by the deadline. All of the designs will judged by a panel based on originality, hashiness (ie. relevance), and feasibility (ie. how easy will they be for us to actually produce). Winners will be announced at the hash on April 7th.
Now for the interesting stuff, the prizes. We’ll select three winners and each of the three will have a chance to see their design printed. First place will get their design printed first, just in time for Memorial Day 2013 – additionally, first place will receive a shirt in their size of each of the three shirts plus a free rego for Memorial Day 2013 Weekend. Second place will see their design printed some time over the Summer or Fall of 2013 and will receive a free shirt of their design in their size as well as a voucher for four free weekly hashes (the $8 kind, not valid for big events). Third place will see their design printed sometime during the Fall or Winter of 2013 and will receive one free shirt of their design in their size when they are printed.
There you have it, I’ve included some basic technical info below so that you know what you’re working with, but get out there and design some shirts people.
Technical Rules Stuff:
- Designs can be submitted in any format (physical or digital), but must be received no later than March 24th, 2013. Please submit all digital entries to Snatchsquatch and hand in all physical entries to Snatchsquatch or Chunder Pussy.
- Designs may use both sides of the shirt as well as any number of ink colors, though excessive colors will raise the printing cost and will affect the feasibility of any design submitted.
- One-sided designs should designate whether the design should be on the front or the back of the shirt. Two-sided designs should include contact information for the hash (website, phone line, etc.)
- Multiple entries per person are allowed, but only one entry per person will win (ie. one person can’t win all three prizes).
- Judges reserve the right to scrap the contest if not enough entries are received.
- Participants need not hash with Chicago H3 to win, but must collect their prizes in person.
- Free weekend rego for Memorial Day 2013 is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for a future Chicago H3 event.
- Voucher for free hash cash has no resale value and can only be used in person by the winner.
- Contest deadline and announcement of winners subject to change.
- No purchase necessary to win and all that other legal mumbo jumbo.
Chicago HHH Memorial Day Planning Meeting
Chicago HHH Memorial Day Planning Meeting
Wednesday 2/27 – 7:30 PM
Organizer: Hoosier Daddy
Venue: O’Malley’s West – 2249 N. Lincoln Ave
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From da GM: For the first time, our annual Memorial Day hash will be planned by somebody other than Virgin Banger – with that in mind Hoosier Daddy is asking anyone who is interested in working with him in making this event go off without a hitch to come out to O’Malley’s West for WINGSDAY and do some planning.
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit 
From Lincoln Park/Lakeview: Hoof it south on Lincoln to the bar.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Armitage bus to Larabee, hoof it north to Lincoln and then north to the bar.
Driving 
Hop in your hooptie and cruise to Lincoln and Webster – good luck finding parking.
2013 Hash Erections
IMPORTANT: ALL BALLOTS MUST BE TURNED IN TO CHICKEN STIFFER BY NOON LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, FEB 20TH TO COUNT – THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING
Greeting all you wankers and bimbos,
The time has finally come for us to vote in the 2013 Chicago H3 Hash Erections. I’ve included the instructions below so as to minimize how much you can mess this up.
Voting In Person:
(1) Find Chicken Stiffer at your next CH3 hash.
(2) Get a ballot from Chicken Stiffer with your number of votes written in the upper right hand corner of the ballot – DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ANYWHERE ON THE BALLOT.
(3) Use up to that many votes IN EACH CATEGORY divided any way that you see fit.
(4) Give your ballot back to Chicken Stiffer and he’ll mark you off the list and you don’t get to vote again, even though this is Chicago.
Voting In Absentee:
(1) Download the ballot from the CH3 website.
(2) Look up how many votes you have and write that number in the upper right hand corner of the ballot – DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ANYWHERE ON THE BALLOT.
(3) Use up to that many votes IN EACH CATEGORY divided any way that you see fit.
(4) Either email your ballot back to Chicken Stiffer or print it off and hand it in to Chicken Stiffer at your next CH3 hash. He’ll mark you off the list and you don’t get to vote again, even though this is Chicago.
Boom, done. Simple, right?
See everybody at Hash Ball when we announce the winners.
On-On,
Snatchsquatch
2013 Hash Ballot Nominations
Greetings all ye wankers and bimbos, your friendly neighborhood Snatchsquatch here with a very important announcement.
Since it is now January that means it is time to start thinking about the Hash Ballot and Hash Erections – as we’ve done in the past, every member of the hash will have a vote for every Chicago Hash they attended with an additional vote for every trail they hared/event they helped plan in 2012. For example, if you attended 10 runs and hared twice, you’d have 12 points (10+2=12) – these numbers count ONLY Chicago H3 events, and not any of the other hashes in the area. I’ve tried to take attendance (along with Chicken, Lifa, and Rainbow), but I’m not perfect. Please take the time to review the attendance sheet as it now appears at the top of this page – along the top of the page you’ll find a tab for “Records” that includes a link to the “2012 Attendance,” please double check that I’ve correctly marked all the hashes that you attended so that you’ll have the right number of votes in the upcoming Erection. If I’ve erred, please let me know by the end of January and I will correct my attendance figures. You have until Jan 31st to contact me, as voting starts on Feb 1st and lasts until Feb 22nd.
Secondly, we need nominations for the Hash Erection – I’ve tried to remember as much as possible, but again, I’m not perfect. Please view the “2013 Hash Ballot Nominations” document that is also located under the “Records” tab on the page – it includes our usual list of awards as well as a space to nominate somebody for GM (please note, if you nominate anyone other than yourself for GM, I will double-check with them to make sure they actually want to be GM, so don’t go nominating somebody as a joke). Just like the number of votes, you have until Jan 31st to nominate somebody for a Hash Erection Award and voting will take place from Feb 1st until Feb 22nd with the awards being given out at Hash Ball on Feb 23rd. If you need help jogging your memory (especially if you get CH3 and TH3 runs confused), check out the “2012 Runs” link, also under the “Records” tab.
As always, thank you for your time, and I look forward to seeing all of you at upcoming hashes.
On-On,
Snatchsquatch
Chicago HHH Mismanagement, Drinking Practice, & Wingsday Wednesday 8/8 – 7:00PM @ O'Malley's West
Chicago HHH Mismanagement, Drinking Practice, & Wingsday
Wednesday 8/8 – 7:00 PM
Venue: O’Malley’s West – 2249 N. Lincoln Ave
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From da GM: As everybody knows, CH3 has the 12th Annual Power of the Pussy coming up very quickly (rego already). Since it is also CH3′s 1800th run (and since CH3 has no big expenses in the foreseeable future), I would like to propose that CH3 dips into the hash cash a bit so that we can make this year’s event bigger and better than ever. Normally all of CH3′s big events are self-sustaining, and the Ladies of PoP have budgeted this year’s event so that they in no way need this money in order to pull off the event, I am merely proposing using some of the hash cash that we’ve collected to boost the funding of the event so that we can do something special. I’ve spoken with Salty Gash and an investment of $250 would cover the cost of renting a pig roaster, but I propose going as high as $400 in order to allow for some additional libations at the on-after party at O’Donnel’s (since we will have to leave the park at sundown). This will be the only item on the agenda, and we will have time for what I’m sure will be a lively debate.
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit 
From Lincoln Park/Lakeview: Hop on the 11 Lincoln Bus and take it to Belden. Walk another half block South – bar is on the East side of the street.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Take the 73 Armitage bus over to Halsted. Transfer to the 8 Halsted bus and ride it North to Belden. Walk a block East to Lincoln and head South a half a block – bar is on the East side of the street.
Driving 
Hop in your hooptie and cruise to Lincoln and Belden. There’s no parking here, so have fun with that.
Chicago Hash House Harriers 2012 Elections Information
From the Accounting firm of Poultry & Chicken:
Voting started for the CH3 Hash Erections on Wednesday, Feb. 1st. You will have a chance to vote now thru Sunday, Feb 19th, 2012. You can vote at the hash on Sundays, drinking practices on Wednesday, via e-mail, or by snail mail. If you vote via e-mail or snail mail follow the instructions below. There is a new file on the Chicago Hash website called Hash Ballot 2012 it is a Word document, so please download it and fill it out. Next, check the 2011 Hash Attendance located in under the “Records” button at the top of the CH3 website – look up your name on the spreadsheet and scroll all the way to the right. This is how many votes you have for each category. If you have multiple votes you can split them in any way you wish for each category. When you return your ballot via e-mail or snail mail please make sure we know who you are so we can cross you name off as a person who has voted. Once a ballot is cast you may not change your votes, nor are you allowed to vote more than once (even if this is Chicago). You can turn in your ballot to Chicken Stiffer via email (chickenstiffer@gmail.com) or snail mail (t. heldmann 2241 W. Ainslie #1 Chicago,il 60625) – all ballots must be received by 11:59pm on Sunday, Feb 19th, 2012. Hopefully this will give everyone a chance to vote that wishes to vote. If there are any questions or any mistakes on the ballot please let me know so that we can correct them right away.Chicago HHH Mismanagement, Drinking Practice, & Wingsday Wednesday 1/4 – 8:00PM @ O'Malley's West
Chicago HHH Mismanagement, Drinking Practice, & Wingsday
Wednesday 1/4 – 8:00 PM
Venue: O’Malley’s West – 2249 N. Lincoln Ave
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From da GM: Holy cow, has it really been that long since we did mismanagement? Feels like it was just yesterday. In all seriousness, I’ve decided to move the mismanagement meeting back an hour because a few people said 8 was better than 7, so don’t go showing up at 6 and getting all wasted before the meeting – save that for during. As for topics, we’ll be doing a quick year-in-review, talking about the ballot, hash ball, and forming committees to helm the upcoming events in 2012 (Memorial Day, PoP, and the 1800). As always the bar will have $1 PBR cans, $6 domestic pitchers, and $0.25 wings. Now is your chance to show up and have your voice heard, so be there or be square!
Environmentally-Friendly Public Transit
From Lincoln Park/Lakeview: Hop on the 11 Lincoln Bus and take it to Belden. Walk another half block South – bar is on the East side of the street.
From Wicker Park/Bucktown: Take the 73 Armitage bus over to Halsted. Transfer to the 8 Halsted bus and ride it North to Belden. Walk a block East to Lincoln and head South a half a block – bar is on the East side of the street.
Driving
Hop in your hooptie and cruise to Lincoln and Belden. There’s no parking here, so have fun with that.
Haberdashery Esplosion!
What’s that? Even more new Haberdashery for CH3? That’s right! We’ve got all kind of new and exciting ideas lined up. Let’s start at the top, shall we, with our next shirt, as seen at right. Pretty snazzy, right? Don’t get the reference? Just remember one thing, no matter how much something sucks, its still better than Waukesha. Seriously. It isn’t even close. And if you need more info than that, well, you’re probably not a big enough sports fan. This is going to be an extremely limited run of shirts and we’ll have them for sale for just $10. Get them while they last.
Next up are brand new CH3 patches. CH3 hasn’t done patches in quite some time, so I figured that now was as good of a time as any to bust them out again. These are based on an old patch design that was found over at Half-Mind, so I figured it was a good place to start. They’re available now for the ultra-low price of $2 a pop. We don’t have Happi Coats just yet, but you can still slap this sucker on a bag, a winter cap, a pair of shorts, you name it, and then you’ve got instant haberdashery! Who doesn’t like that? Nobody. Nobody doesn’t like that.
Last, but certainly not least, we have the ever popular bottle openers – these little suckers will be available in an assortment of colors (Red, Blue, Purple, Black, Green, & Orange), come with the CH3 foot logo… printed on another foot (doesn’t that just blow your mind?) Slap this little guy on your lanyard next to your whistle and you’ll never have to worry about being unable to open a bottle at a beer stop again. These little guys are available for only $3. A Very Special Message From da GM (Elections Info)
Greeting all you wankers and bimbos,
As you probably have noticed, 2011 is quickly coming to an end. Sad, I know, but all good things must come to an end. We laughed, we cried, we said our hellos, we said our goodbyes. All of that sentimental crap.
With this in mind, we need to start talking about the 2012 Chicago Hash House Harriers elections. As we discussed at the last mismanagement meeting (11/9), and which had no objections at the meeting, CH3 will be using the old “points system” that was previously used under the Chicken Stiffer regime (Boo! Hiss! Chicken Stiffer sucks!). The “point system” works as follows – you get one point for every CH3 hash that you ATTEND* and one additional point for every CH3 hash that you HARE**. That’s it.*** Very simple, actually.
With that in mind, I’ve uploaded the attendance spreadsheet (as a Google Doc – if Google Docs scares you, email me and I can send you the Excel file) that I’ve been keeping since February (when our records started) and I’d like to ask that everybody take a quick look at it. I’ve tried to make it as accurate as possible, but some time people do slip through the cracks. If you feel like I’ve shortchanged you in any way, please EMAIL ME (DO NOT POST IT TO THE GROUP) and we’ll discuss it like adults – there are a number of hashes that I had to miss this year, so I know for a fact that my records aren’t 100% accurate. If I missed you at one or more hash, please know that this was in no way intentional (unless, of course, you’re continually showing up and not paying your hash cash). Seriously, please do not come to me and debate the merits of the attendance records of other hashers, I don’t have time for that with both Anthrax and the holidays coming up.
This concludes our very special message from the GM – we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming, already in progress.
On-On,
Snatchsquatch
* – ATTEND is defined as showing up to the hash and paying hash cash – you don’t have to run trail, you just have to pay your $8 (or $3 if you can’t drink beer).
** – HARE is defined as help out with the organization and/or execution of the hash in some way – for example, everyone involved with planning PoP, Anthrax, Memorial Day, etc are defined as a hare, even if they didn’t set the trail.
*** – These are not up for debate, if you don’t like the system, please come to mismanagement in the upcoming year and make a case for whichever system you would prefer, but understand that this issue will not be discussed at mismanagement again until after the conclusion of the upcoming election.