Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling 2008
Fancy dress was once again a favourite feature of the festivities -- with curly-tailed pigs, a Brazilian mouse and a TV presenter in what started out as a white suit covered with cheese, all braving the 200m slope, with a 1:1 gradient in parts, in an attempt to win the coveted Double Gloucester.
Good old British lunacy at its best. I wonder how long it's going to be befor the "Health and Safety" Nazis ban it?
I'm rather proud to be a citizen of a country where that sort of Pythonesque silliness is common; where the band attached to the troops that traditionally guard the Monarch greet the King of Saudi Arabia with the music that announced Darth Vader; and of course, the country that produced the SAS and Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain.
We know we have the best fighting men in the world, with the possible exception of the Israelis - so we don't have to prove it every other day.
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