[Sca-cooks] 25 injured in cheese competition
Robin Carroll-Mann
rcmann4 at earthlink.net
Sun Jun 4 19:58:10 PDT 2006
Robert Downie wrote:
>I always question the veracity of articles released on or just before
>April 1st ;-)
>
>
I think you misread the date -- it was May 29.
>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
>
The BBC website has an article with more details, and a video of the race.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/5027868.stm
The cheese wheels weigh 7 pounds -- I suspect that most of the injuries
are caused by falls rather than collisions...
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Brighid ni Chiarain
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
Robin Carroll-Mann *** rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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