Shaft and Cheese-rolling

Why, Paul Belcher, is the theme song to Shaft in the vast music file? I thought to myself, "Hmmmm. What is this album called 'Collection' and why is there no artist listed and why is there only one track on it? And so we are now enlightened. Thank you! Hee hee.

(Rightfully, you may inquire as to why it has taken me so long to find it... well, today, i cleverly figured out how to transfer files from elsewhere on hard drive into RealPlayer -- the horror, the horror. But i LIKE RealPlayer.)

To my KnitWit friends, you may notice some new links to the right, courtesy of Matthew, who does not mock people for knitting :)

He also has provided this insight into British culture (he is a foreigner here, too -- from Gloucestershire): Cheese Rolling. This is where an enormous cheese is rolled down a remarkably steep hill and after which masses of people chase in, not just one but several, races. Most of the video (handily linked below) involves bodies flailing through the air and a lot of flying mud, due to the rain of this year's event. Whoever tumbles across the line first wins the cheese. It reputedly has a rind on it so it is still edible after tumbling through mud.

Apparently, I have only missed this festivity by a mere four days. Words cannot express my dismay to have not been a participant in The Chaotic Fifth Race. There is always next year -- 28 May 2007!

If anyone can confirm that there is a nursery rhyme or children's story that involves a cheese rolling down a hill, it would be much appreciated. Cannot seem to think of this link at the moment, but truly think there is one there.