'Elf an' Safety in the UK today...

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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/24/2013 5:19 AM
	http://uk.news.yahoo.com/gloucester-cheese-rolling-2013--police-ban-cheese-wheel-cooper-s-hill-double-gloucester-diana-smart-133143758.html#NhKEn8U __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#1 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/24/2013 5:40 AM
	WALOOB! Hopefully the law of unforseen consequences will ensure an even bigger turn out this year. They say there's no such thing as bad publicity. She shoul ignore thenm and just leave the cheese on her doorstep. She could then report the theft and cause the police a nice load of paperwork to fill out... it might keep the tossers out of mischief. Del __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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Nigh Guru Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South east U.K. Posts: 3695 Good Answers: 93	#2 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/24/2013 6:54 AM
	Or she could sell the cheese to the organisers for 1p thus absolving her of any responsibility for what the new owners do with it. __________________ I didn't have a really important life, but at least it's been funny (Lemmy Kilminster 1945-2015)
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#3 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/24/2013 7:10 AM
	Cf. Omak Suicide Race http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Race __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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Usbport Guru Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor Posts: 5363 Good Answers: 647	#4 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/24/2013 7:51 AM
	Well the world is full of crazy news today. I just saw this headline on the Drudge Report that Matt Smith is an abortionist! (I hope they were Daleks): __________________ Whiskey, women -- and astrophysics. Because sometimes a problem can't be solved with just whiskey and women.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#5 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/24/2013 11:42 AM
	Having too much fun has always been illegal....I've suffered the consequences many times.... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#6 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/24/2013 12:14 PM
	That must be the safest, most crime free town in the world. The biggest fear they have is of an old lady's cheese wheel????? The inmates must run the asylum there.
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GM1964 Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1335 Good Answers: 23	#7 In reply to #6 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/25/2013 2:03 PM
	You ain't wrong there! The only place I know where the parents go under investigation for a year on the grounds of child cruelty - because a driver pulled out of a side road in front of the child cyclist!! __________________ Madness is all in the mind
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#8 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/28/2013 3:27 AM
	Update: apparently a foam structure in the shape of a cheese was used in the event, and the race was won by an American <sigh>. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#9 In reply to #8 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/28/2013 6:01 PM
	... the race was won by an American <sigh>. Of course... we're not daft enough to chase that hard after something inedible Del __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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Nigh Guru Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South east U.K. Posts: 3695 Good Answers: 93	#10 In reply to #9 Re: 'Elf an' Safety in the UK today... 05/29/2013 4:35 AM
	I think the Americans are used to eating plastic cheese. __________________ I didn't have a really important life, but at least it's been funny (Lemmy Kilminster 1945-2015)
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