'The Silly Season' is just starting in the UK, when the ridiculous becomes the norm. We Brits (of course) don't see these things as ridiculous, but simply a part of everyday life.
One such example is the Cheese Rolling at Cooper's Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire. The good people of the village (and from just about anywhere else) throw themselves down a VERY steep hill, chasing a CHEESE. The person who reaches the bottom first (in one piece) wins the Cheese. All very simple.
There's little more to say about this, other than to declare this year's winner to be German Tom Kopke; who I believe has now celebrated his THIRD win.
Are the Germans as bonkers as we are?
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A French lady won her section, so Europeans are as mad as us.
We can't even win at our own sports!
I think it would be much simpler to just pop into the supermarket to buy my favourite cheese - but where's the fun in that!
Coppa's Girl
I am surprised that Sleepy Donald JOHN Trump didn't sign up to chase the cheese as that old guy is as bonkers as a Sussex fruitcake.
Bruises, and broken limbs, are much more fun. It's what all those spectators hope to see.
He wouldn't pass The Intelligence Test.
Actually, that sounds really fun! Chasing the Cheese! lol
It looks painful to me. Maybe when I was young....
I looked it up on AI. "The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, England, is believed to have originated from ancient pagan fertility rituals or ceremonies held to assert local grazing rights on common land. While its exact age is debated, pre-Roman and Roman roots are heavily theorized." Of course! What else?
Sometimes it's fun to be silly... and yes, possibly cheese rolling is for the young (with strong limber limbs).
I think ALL ancient rituals are to do with 'Fertility'. It's all they ever thought about.
That's why we call it The Silly Season. From now until September there are all sorts of weird things going on.
A Jolly British tradition. Those English cheddar rollers need some practice though. Some sponsorship might help. Marmite and Hovis perhaps?
The NHS (hospitals) might be better.
It's great fun isn't it? There was some talk a few years ago of stopping it, health and safety and all that, but apparently they didn't so that's good.
Don't you just hate these 'elf-n-safety' people. We'd have to stop just about every decent sport.
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