Posted on 03/14/2010 4:01:06 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
A 200-year old traditional festival of rolling the cheese down a steep hill has been canceled following rising fears over the safety of the participants.
The age-old festival saw participants chase down large blocks of Double Gloucester cheeses down the steep side of Cooper's Hill with injuries being a common side effect of the event.
However the rising popularity of the event means that a large number of people gather to watch the chase with last year’s event boasting of a 15,000 strong spectators. The regional police contacted the organizing committee and advised them to cancel this year’s event after expressing concern over the safety of both the participants and the spectators.
“We have had to cancel on the advice of the police and local authorities this year because of the issues of health and safety and other aspects. As well as concerns about the safety of the crowd and the competitors, local landowners were also worried by the amount of damage done by people climbing over fences and that sort of thing”, said Richard Jefferfies of the organising committee.
NOOOOO!
People have the right to be insane, dammit!
What's a few injured or dead peasants when compared to the entertainment value for m'Lord?
Has the Big Cheese ever been caught?
This is crazy! Last years event bleu me away!
OMG! Thanks for that! It was hilarious!
Other than the few idiots too stupid to dress appropriately, it sort of looks like most of the touch football games I’ve played in.
Dangerous rites like this abound in the world.How about those crazed Japanese who ride an enormous log down a mountain?
It was gouda for me too!
LoL! Everyone should be sharp and Brie there!
Looks dangerously delicious.
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I'd always been told that the cheese stands alone.A 200-year old traditional festival... saw participants chase down large blocks of Double Gloucester cheeses down the steep side of Cooper's Hill with injuries being a common side effect of the event.Couldn't they just start using the safer Single Gloucester? |
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It’s like a cross between rugby and Monty Python.
I was just looking for the animation of the Monty Python ambulance LoL!
Oh my goodness, That guy with the horse’s head on was hysterical.
Maybe there is an alternative: make them wear helmets and roll “nerf” cheese along the plain (rather than a hill). If they would roll the nerf-cheese slowly (resting every couple minutes), I think they wouldn’t hurt themselves. Great fun/Safe fun.
That is HYSTERICAL! Yeah, a couple of people got stretchered off, but all the rest looked like they were having a blast.
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