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Why do people do this? Are they drunk or trying to prove something? In my younger days I'd never consider doing it, and in my older days...well, I am quite a bit slower.

Damn, this has got to hurt.

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Nah. :p Sure, it looks fun - but the risk of being trampled would make being a spectator to it a better option if I were in Spain for some reason.

Of course.

This is the kind of thing that makes reality bearable.

That, skydiving and swimming in cages with sharks.

Oh, btw, judging by the picture description, bulls either hate americans or americans are really lame.

Of course.

This is the kind of thing that makes reality bearable.

That, skydiving and swimming in cages with sharks.

Oh, btw, judging by the picture description, bulls either hate americans or americans are really lame.

Well, that particular one will be "lame" for a few weeks at least, it looks like. :p

But, it seems to have missed the bone, so he should be okay. I think.

Too many people, not enough bulls.

I for one always wanted to wrestle a bull for some reason.

Definitely. I've been wanting to do it for a while and have it on my list of fun things to do. Unfortunately one of those things is eating up all my money at the moment so i'm having difficulty completing the rest of the list

Well, that particular one will be "lame" for a few weeks at least, it looks like. :p

But, it seems to have missed the bone, so he should be okay. I think.

Yeah, I think he only lost half the muscles and skin on his leg, so I think he will be ok.

Also, the last guy that died during this bull run died in 1995. And yes, he was an american.

No, for I value my testicles and having them crushed by bovine foes = not a good thing.

Bull Run + Gloucester Cheese Race = Possibly the greatest spectator sport ever

Bull Run + Gloucester Cheese Race = Possibly the greatest spectator sport ever

At least the one in England has a prize if you win. :p I think I'd rather break my neck going after the cheese.

No. I don't see the point.

Adrenaline

No. I don't see the point.

Tradition, machismo, excitement, exhileration, I mean there are probably a thousand and one reasons. Why do people jump out of airplanes? I've done that but there's no way you're going to catch me willingly wearing red to annoy a 900 lb. bull charging at me.

It's the one case where the animal has a chance to exact a little payback on the way to the killing ground. But I'm smart enough to stay out of the way of an angry bull.

Besides, I don't even run to my car in the rain anymore. I'd be toast.

Yeah, I think he only lost half the muscles and skin on his leg, so I think he will be ok.

Also, the last guy that died during this bull run died in 1995. And yes, he was an american.

Therefore, the answer to the previous question is: "both".

No, it's retarded.

I've always wanted to do it. It's about time my steak got a chance to fight back. :p

Yea, I'ld consider it.
It would be pretty fuckin' crazy.

yep. good fun.

Why do people do this? Are they drunk or trying to prove something? In my younger days I'd never consider doing it, and in my older days...well, I am quite a bit slower.

Damn, this has got to hurt.

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Would I?

Hehehe. I already have. :)

Definatly. Now I just need to get to Pamplona for San Fermin.

Hells yeah. Sounds/looks like loads of fun.

Nope! Too old, fat, and lazy. Besides, I deal with enough bull in my normal life. :)

Why do people do this? Are they drunk or trying to prove something? In my younger days I'd never consider doing it, and in my older days...well, I am quite a bit slower.

Damn, this has got to hurt.

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Hemingway was certainly insane enough to do it. If he did do it.

Hell yeah! I'd run, admittedly I would be the fat drunken foreigner who got gored in the first 100 yards but I still give it a go. I just can't understand people who want to sit in their perfectly sterile conventional little box and rot. Life is for living and if you forgive the pun you have to grab it by the horns!

I would, but people as a rule should not do some of the things that I do. I'm crazy. I'm also quick, so I'm pretty sure I'd be alright. And, as Oklatex suggested, I'd probably be drunk.

Yeah .. if instead of running from the bulls I was able to ride the biggest baddest bull of them all .. and stay on it.

Let me see....

Place myself ON PURPOSE in front of 1500 pounds or more of maddened animal... followed by a herd of his friends.

I'd have to be on some SERIOUS drugs to even think there was anything approaching a 'good idea' in that act.

Only as a bull.

Bull Run + Gloucester Cheese Race = Possibly the greatest spectator sport ever

Why not just skip the middle man and just have the Bulls chase the stupid cheese down the hill? And to answer the question, sure id participate in a Bull run. Let me just get past round 18 of the Russian Roulette contest and im on my way!

Twenty years ago, I could have and probably would have had I had the opportunity, but now, after knee surgery, ten years of sedentary occupation and with a lot more of the wisdom that comes from being too tired to do stupid things, I have to say no.

Tradition, machismo, excitement, exhileration, I mean there are probably a thousand and one reasons. Why do people jump out of airplanes? I've done that but there's no way you're going to catch me willingly wearing red to annoy a 900 lb. bull charging at me.

Cattle are color blind. It's the motion that they're attracted to (and annoyed by). A bullfighter's cape could be blue, green, black, yellow,etc, and the bull would react the same.

Why do people do this? Are they drunk or trying to prove something? In my younger days I'd never consider doing it, and in my older days...well, I am quite a bit slower.

Damn, this has got to hurt.

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I'm 33 with 2 bad knees. I'm overweight, slow, and have 2 left feet. There's no way in hell I'd do that willingly. I tell you what though, if I woke up in the street after a night of drinking, and ended up in the middle of that, I'm sure my adrenal gland would be working overtime to help me stay at least 1 step ahead of the bulls.

I would, but people as a rule should not do some of the things that I do. I'm crazy. I'm also quick, so I'm pretty sure I'd be alright. And, as Oklatex suggested, I'd probably be drunk.

They do these runs in the mornings, in my opinion, to make sure most of the runners arent drunk, but with a small hangover.

And, well, unless youre american, youre pretty safe.

Can I be one of the Bulls?

Can I be one of the Bulls?

If you want thew horns, just ask your loved one to cheat you.

If you want thew horns, just ask your loved one to cheat you.

You will have to explain that to the non Brazilians, they don't use the term horns to denote being cuckolded.

What is the event called when the entire town just starts flinging tomatos at each other?

La Tomatina.

I did twice. We have this thing called "Jallikattu" in the part of India where I grew up. It is not just running of the bulls, in Jallikattu, people send in their best bulls with a gold chain or money bag tied to it and you have other people try and bring down the bull to take the money/gold. It is quite popular and as expected...gore and even deaths occur. I just ran in the crowd and stayed clear of the bulls.:p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallikattu

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I cheer for the bulls..anyone stupid enough to let those creatures chase them deserves to be gored to death...its all part of evolution..the weak and stupid must die off so the rest of us can survive..

It's very short, very crowded and there's an immense buid-up to that relatively short burst of excitement and then everything else is swapping stories, laughter and heavy drinking. :)

To be honest, I felt more threatened by the crazed people running with me than the one bull that came within ten feet of me. Fortunately, he was a bit busy stumbling over other wackos to really get a bead on me. :)

no way. but i certainly cheered for the running of the minks the year THAT happened!

i'm not sure anyone remebers what i'm talking about, and i don't remember the name of the town myself. but there was at least one year, a few years back, where someone cut the fences of some fur farm in spain somewhere to liberate all the critters being raised there for their fur, and it made the international papers about how they went running down the street in some nearby town!

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