Cheese running AMOK

[Sojourner]

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>>In copying the Guardian report on the cheese rolling 
>>massacree I left out
>>a vital bit of interest to p-listers.  The chap who fell 
>>down the hill was
>>avoiding an eight pound cheese. 
>>
 
>I heard this on the radio last night, and of course it 
>seemed just one more of those literary coincidences (having 
>read M&D last month).  But what I'm curious about is how the 
>guy got in front of the cheese.  Surely the point is to 
>catch the cheese?  In which case, what was he doing in front 
>of it?  Running too fast?

I've never heard of the G'c's'trshire Cheese biz till the book, but if you
combine the English culture with the running of the bulls of Pamplona,
perhaps you would get the Famous G'c's'trshire Cheese Dodge.  I think the
fun is to try to outrun/maneuver downhill rolling cheeses -- the Octagon was
the exception due to its prestige and girth.


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