Cheese Rolling!!??

Cheese rolling is probably one of the simplest sports out there. A round Double Gloucester cheese is rolled from the top of a hill, while competitors chase after it. The first individual across the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins! This is always the cheese of course. The competitors try to catch the rolling cheese but this is a rare act for 2 reasons! One is that it has a 1 second head start, and 2 is that it can reach speeds up to 112 Km/Hr! I don't know how much that is in MPH but it sure sounds fast! Apparently this is a dangerous sport as well! People go flying down hill, running and rolling! In fact, in 1997, the cheese took a wrong turn down the hill and accidentally injured a spectator!!! Wow... I'd hate to be that guy! Well, luckily that sport isn't as big in the United States, but if it were lots of people would be rolling after some stinky cheese!

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