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what the hell is it about curling? Every four years I find myself drawn to watching curling. I have no clue as to what's going on but it looks interesting......anybody watching the Olympics? I have a Canadian students and he has been getting a bit of a razzing over hockey lately
 
I'm in there with you on the curling.
Tactics, agility, luck, speed, slow speed, sweep...sweep harder...no...stop sweeping... slide a little....

and how do they move that close to the rocks sweeping like a mad man...and not hit the other rocks.?

It does seem like each of them should have a mug. :beer
 
Geez, I'd be good at that. I do all of my housework in slow motion. I just can't bowl. Well, I can't do housework very well either. I did try curling once. Once. I think a triple toe loop would be easier to pull off. Probably did one when I was curling.

Robbi
 
When curling was introduced as an Olympic sport ,I just about quit watching the Winter Olympics. Watching paint dry is almost as exciting. The leisure class of folks finally got their little prize. Imagine telling your grandchildren about the arduous training and personal sacrifice involved in sweeping a little broom in front of a big puck. I guess it is time to add checkers and horseshoes. Or perhaps a two person gunny sack race.

John
 
We brought up a wiki on curling, during a 6 hour stretch of it. Its not too hard to learn the rules while watching it.

Its still boring, but not as much now.
 
I had the good luck this year of getting to try curling. Our department XMAS party was at the only dedicated curling rink in the US west of North Dakota (it's in Shoreline). Curling was kind of fun and the rules are not very complicated at all. However, even after doing it, I would not classify it as a "sport". Rather I'd call it a game of skill. Now don't get me wrong, to be a good curler you have to be highly skilled. It is hard to get both the correct aim and speed. But you don't have to be an athlete to be a curler. E.g. it's more similar to billiards - you need to have aim and touch but you can still be overweight and out of shape.

As for the suggestion of "drunk curling" - I'm 100% confident that's been tried and is frequently practiced. The place we went curling in Shoreline has a bar.
 
While at bowling league tonight most of the TVs where on the women's curling event. U.S. vs Canada. yeah I like to watch and don't know why either. But as one of the younger single guys suggested, with the way the girls look this year they should have bikini curling. Be easier to watch. :shock:
 
starcrafttom":3asph2pw said:
While at bowling league tonight most of the TVs where on the women's curling event. U.S. vs Canada. yeah I like to watch and don't know why either. But as one of the younger single guys suggested, with the way the girls look this year they should have bikini curling. Be easier to watch. :shock:
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You like to watch pregnant women do the lunge? Kinky, man, kinky! :roll:

Warren
 
Well when I moved up here in '99 and saw my first, uhmmm, "game", "match", "episode" (?) :? ....of curling on the Canadian channel I was dumfounded...I still am.
 
Wefings":3l0piled said:
Frozen shuffleboard with brooms...........
Marc
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One of the late night guys said, "All the excitement of shuffleboard with the added thrill of housekeeping."

If I ever get drafted for an Olympic position, I'd rather be on the curling team than the two-man luge. :shock:
 
rogerbum":2zf48u34 said:
However, even after doing it, I would not classify it as a "sport". Rather I'd call it a game of skill.
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I was in Dallas over the weekend staying with friends. Their position is games where you are on team, or directly competing without clock is what Olympic "Games" should exactly be. All the other events ( halfpipe, aerials, figure skating, super-G, luge, bobsled to name a few) are fun to watch, but not really a game per se.

So they favored, curling, bordercross, hockey, short track (OHNO), skier cross.

I like to watch it all, and I used to think curling was kindof crazy. But now, I see that it should really exist in the games.
 
I could see where that ski-X think could be HUGELY popular if they mixed in some kind of cage fighting type of action.

My co-worker is off to go to the games for four days, I anticipate hearing some real horror stories related to waiting in lines.
 
Our staff at school, when I lived in Hope, B.C. all used to curl. It was fun and a huge "social" event. Those that didn't curl, came to watch and take part in the "social" part of the game. It is fun and addictive and quite competitive between teams. You get cold so you really need the "social" part of the sport....lol.
My daughter is in Africa now working in a village in Kumasi, Ghana as part of her school Co-op. She lives in Vancouver and she is not even remotely sad about missing the Olympics. There are many people in Vancouver that are not to thrilled about hosting them in the first place. All will survive, and it is almost over.
Donna
 
O.K. Brats, be careful with your joking about curling or Cheryl and I will wear our curling sweaters to the next C-Brats event and talk obout bonspiels,brooms, and rocks. How about you 'Moose' from the great white North- are we going to take this slander! Enjoy the Olympics And keep smiling. Roger Juntunen, In Cahoots, CD22
 
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