After two hundred illustrious and bloody years, the annual cheese rolling contest held just outside London in the quaint English countryside has been cancelled. 
A concern for the safety and health of contestants and onlookers was cited as the reason for cancellation.
There they go! Can you spot the rolling edible?
As can be seen, the British take their cheese rolling seriously.
The proud winners of last year's contest hold their trophies aloft.
I am not sure why this story caught my attention. Yes, I enjoy eating cheese. Yes, I had been involved in cheese rolls in my younger days. Yes, the snow has finally melted and I can venture forth into the outside world, cabin fever having passed.
Maybe it's just this. Since most Americans are catatonic over the Oscars or the latest celebrity to slip on a banana peel and silde into the sewer; since most Americans are anxiously awaiting their next government fix and will stand by mute as the abomination in washington dc rapes and plunders the country's wealth and posterity; since we can expect a cataclysmic natural/ or man made phenomena in the not to distant future which may wipe out life as we know it.. maybe it's time to just chill out and start laughing. Now where did I put the cheese?
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