Cheese rollers won't compete this year

upi ^ | March. 12, 2010

[JoeProBono]

GLOUCESTER, England, - Organizers of an annual Cheese Rolling event in Gloucester, England, say this year's competition has been canceled because of health and safety concerns.

Richard Jeffries of the event's organizing committee, said local officials were concerned overcrowding at the May 31 event could cause problems, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

"Last year, 15,000 spectators came to the event, by far the most we have ever seen, and we just could not cope," Jefferfies said.

"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."

The Telegraph said the event, which comes from a 200-year-old tradition, features participants chasing 7-pound rounds of Double Gloucester cheese down a hill.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[a fool in paradise]

Organizers of an annual Cheese Rolling event in Gloucester, England, say this year's competition has been canceled because of health and safety concerns.

Not enough moose bite vaccine.

[JoeProBono]

[gimme1ibertee]

The cheese moose is loose!! LOLOL

[RedDogzRule]

Looks like a helluva lotta fun, honestly. Next the nanny state will ban rugby, since it’s too violent and teaches boys unruly (i.e. not feminine) behavior. Another notch in the death of jolly ‘ol England.

“All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old,
But there’s no England now.
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don’t seem to matter very much anymore. “ - The Kinks

[JoeProBono]

[RedDogzRule]

Ha ha! They were certainly stylin’!

[JoeProBono]

>""Last year, 15,000 spectators came to the event, by far the most we have ever seen, and we just could not cope,"

WOODSTOCK

[Slings and Arrows]

Stick a fork in England; it's done.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[TigersEye]

"Last year, 15,000 spectators came to the event, by far the most we have ever seen, and we just could not cope," Jefferfies said.

"Too many people were having fun. We had to put a stop to that."

[Slings and Arrows]

Precisely.

[BJClinton]

If we could somehow combine curling with cheese rolling we may have the perfect sport.

[smokingfrog]