[Sca-cooks] 25 injured in cheese competition

[Johnna Holloway]

This one has been showing on US television with video of people
being helped off the hillside. It also made the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/5027868.stm

Why do they roll the cheese down the hill?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2005/05/10/cheese_rolling_feature.shtml

Johnnae

Robert Downie wrote:

>Sharon Gordon wrote:
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>>http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7003742726
>>Cheese-rolling competition in Brockworth England
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>I always question the veracity of articles released on or just before 
>April 1st ;-)
>That being said, I find the whole scenario entirely plausible - I 
>remember seeing the devastation on a recent commercial for Doritos (?) 
>where the back door fails on a truck carrying wheels of cheese so that 
>they all roll down-hill, destroying everything in their path...
>
>Faerisa
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