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While Americans are remembering those fallen in combat tomorrow, people in Gloucester, England will be chasing an eight-pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a very steep hill. In recent years, this has proven to be a dangerous event with eighteen people injured in 1997, including an innocent bystander who unsuccessfully tried to dodge a bouncing cheese. The race was cancelled in 1998 and revived in 1999 with crash barriers and a noon starting time (so participants would not have had as much to drink). So why chase the cheese down the hill? It’s a 200 year old celebration of commoners rights to the land, according to this article.

Written by ltao

May 28th, 2000 at 2:44 pm

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