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Old 05-30-2009, 10:34 PM
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3 injured by cheese

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Only 3? How many are usually injured by cheese?

Retire? From chasing a wheel of cheese down a hill? Ok then...

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my 1st thought: Only the British.

my 2nd thought: Cheese Rolling. frickin' awesome.
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Three in hospital is a pretty good number for the cheese rolling. There's usually a few more.
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Wow, only 3? Usually a lot more than that get hurt.

The winner gets to keep the cheese
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Running of the Bulls English style!

Welp, at least a roll of cheese doesn't have horns
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What an awesome way to get injured.
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Old 05-31-2009, 01:28 PM
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The guy who won clearly cheated off the line
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Old 05-31-2009, 01:35 PM
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I'm sure I'd end up with a wheel 'o cheese on my forehead if I were to participate.
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You have to see video of this before you wonder how they get hurt.





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Those three were clearly lactose intolerant. Duh!
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Old 05-31-2009, 05:50 PM
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Cheese can be a cruel mistress.
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Old 06-01-2009, 06:15 PM
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You can get injured by the cheese stopping you up as well.
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Some guys posted about this in another forum I'm on....some good pics:

Link: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...serolling.html







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For some reason, I don't want the Borat bikini guy handling anything I might be eating...
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