Britain's giant cheese race exacts usual toll on bloodied competitors

[radio667]

from YahooNews .. LONDON (AFP) - It is perhaps a mark of Britain's proudly-worn reputation for eccentricity that one of its least-heralded yet highly dangerous sporting events sees competitors risk life and limb in the name of dairy produce. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1516&ncid=1516&e=1&u=/afp/20040531/od_afp/britain_cheese_offbeat_040531205558

[Mickey Blue]

Why oh why must we do these strange things? Gives all us brits a real bad cred LOL And if the fact they do this wasn't bad enough.....Radio must then go and tell the world and tarnish us all!!! ROFL only joking bud!!

[radio667]

he-he .. i could easy see Wisconsin doing this every year too ;) !!!

[teppic]

i'm sure this exact same thing happens in germany too. i remember seeing it on tv. maybe it was the same show but had a german beer fest and this cheese rolling malarky from the UK...:dunno:

all i know is, its comical watching ppl totally tumble down the hill.

[freshie]

he-he .. i could easy see Wisconsin doing this every year too ;) !!!

While this sound like a wildly entertaining spectator sport, I think wisconsites will just run off to the supermarket to pick up their 71 pounds of gloucester cheese.