Challenge #02210-F020: Keep on Rolling

A Cheese rolling in Gloucestershire. A bunch of humans running down a really steep hill in order to out race each other or possibly catch a wheel of cheese in order to win said cheese. People get injured. Try explaining that to Aliens -- Anon Guest

"This is a sport?" said Glaux, who was honestly attempting to understand their Ships' Human. "In a place called..." they looked up the spelling. "Glaw-sess-ter-shire?"

"Gloss-ter-sheer," corrected Human Tess. "It's a common mistake, but yes. That's where it happens."

"You roll a hardened and fermented item originally made of milk... down a hill..."

"A wheel of cheese. Yeah. It's a particularly hard cheese, so it survives the trip relatively unharmed."

"And Humans chase it."

"Yes."

"Down this very steep hill."

"Yup. It's fun."

"Often to their own detriment."

"Well, yeah. There's always one or two that get a few bumps and scrapes, but that's part of the deal."

"Do any of them catch the cheese? Is that the goal?"

"No, no. You're supposed to be first over the line after the cheese. That's how you win it."

"The cheese."

"Yes."

"That your people just rolled..."

"Down the hill." Human Tess nodded enthusiastically.

Glaux boggled at Human Tess. "Why?"

Human Tess shrugged. "They were kind'a starved for entertainment in the Middle Ages, and then it became a tradition."

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