dangerous cheese?!

I think that since it is from cnn.com it is true. Personally, and I think for yourself, I don't want to be misunderstood. I find it sad when people get hurt(?). Yet, this is very weird and funny...I am always telling my friends that cheese will kill them and that they should switch to the veggie stuff.

Richard

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I dont laugh at everyone who gets hurt, but when it involves something like that, well its brought on by the people who participate.

Ravi

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quote:I think that since it is from cnn.com it is true.

richjb, is it is true, was on the news a couple of days ago. Its funny to watch but i didnt realise people broke bones - I just thought they sprained ankles and wrists.

I usually don't laugh about someone getting hurt......but this is pretty funny! Did you see the movie?! LOL!!

Hmmm. This is a new low in the world; people laughing at people who get hurt. Why? You think it's funny 'cause they were chasing cheese? What is the world coming too...

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quote:Hmmm. This is a new low in the world; people laughing at people who get hurt.

Hate to break this to you Justin, but people have been laughing at people that get hurt or have accidents since the beginning of time. No it's not funny when someone gets seriously hurt, but these people were participating in an event that has been held for a couple hundred years and probably all know the risks involved. So, yes it is funny. If somebody broke their neck or got killed, then it wouldn't be funny.

To take it one step further, probably 90% of the 'entertainment" in the world has to do with somebody getting hurt (either physically or emotionally) or killed, whether it be on TV, video game or spectator sports with examples below:

• Earliest example - Roman Gladiators.
  
• Spanish Bullfights
  
• Slapstick comedy
  
• Cartoons, especially the oldies like Roadrunner, Bugs Bunny, etc.
  
• Boxing
  
• Modern day TV Sitcoms - People laughing at other people in sometimes embarassing situations.
  
• Video games - most of them revolve around killing the enemy or kicking the **** out of somebody. Maybe not funny, but still entertainment.
  

The list could probably go on, but I'll stop here.

Dan

That's kinda like the event in Japan where people ride a tree trunk down a steep and muddy hillside. The longer you stay on (no one makes it all the way) the more luck it's suppose to bring you.

Every year people get hurt falling off the log or getting limbs crushed under it but they still keep coming back and trying.

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Why do so many people do such stupid things? lol

While those cheese-chasers are quite amusing, they'll never reach the big-time. It takes a very special person to qualify for the ultimate honor in self-destructive stupidity, The Darwin Awards.

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quote:Originally posted by Justin Stayton:
Hmmm. This is a new low in the world; people laughing at people who get hurt. Why? You think it's funny 'cause they were chasing cheese? What is the world coming too...

Yeah actually I do think its funny because they were chasing cheese. And Dan is very right when he says this is not something new.

Ravi

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Justin, its the element of danger that makes people want to try it, and it is just that which makes people laugh at them for trying it.

btw, some country people dont have much to do with their time (especially around that cheese place and in rural japan)

Ok then, whatever...

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Uhh..ok.

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[This message has been edited by Adam Lysne (edited 12 June 2000).]

Anyone ever seen "America's funniest videos?"

I think people laugh at that because it's weird, and they don't think anyone got hurt. That's why I thought this cheese thing was funny...I hope I wasn't taken as criticizing. I'm a vegetarian, and my brother is vegan...so we found it funny to find out that cheese will hurt you in more ways than what is appearantly known to the medical field.

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Matt, do you think you could find the video in AVI formatt...I think my brother could use it in his help talks about the dangers of cheese.
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Richard

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I need a new signature.

[This message has been edited by richjb (edited 13 June 2000).]

I don't see it in AVI format - sorry.