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I don't get it. But I promised myself I'd check it out this Olympics because my mom said she got really interested in it last time.
I like to watch curling, but probably would never want to do it. I'm impressed at how the people with the brooms go backwards down the ice, helping to direct the shot, and never crashing into the stones already in play. How do they do that?
I'm from WI, and I don't see it as a sport, anymore than bowling. I did not say that it doesn't take skill because they do. But like broom ball, it does keep people active during the winter.
i don't get it. it's like cricket to me, but with a different wardrobe.
I like curling, it makes me smile, it's such a strange game, with the brooms and the scrubbing to get the stone to go in the direction they want. It's quirky. :)
my def of a sport is that there has to be a high prob or chance one may get a tooth chipped.boxing = sport
rugby = sport
surfing = sport
curling = not so much
I'm not sure I go along with your definition Kev, but curling seems more like an activity than a sport.
I love the hell out of curling, believe it or not. I love the fact that it's a sport (yes it is, stop arguing) that doesn't involve feats of strength or endurance; it's the kind of sport that schlubby-looking men can excel in. Plus, it's all about strategy, and that makes it exciting in its' own way.
I was thinking more like chess.Checkers is too damned easy. Just refrain from moving your pieces in the back row, and sit back as your opponent hurtles forward to their death like Lord Raglan's cavalry. It's like clubbing baby seals.
Should Bocce Ball be an Olympic sport too?
I think Bocce is an Olympic sport. Seriously.
If I can participate in the activity while holding a beer, there is no way it should be considered a sport.
so one could not ski while holding a beer? i used to do that water skiing. i would make the ski vest a few sizes too big and stuff a couple of beers down the front and then get one out while skiing and drink it while holding rope handle with one hand. of course i was not on the giant slalom going 90mph but..
Well technically you could run a marathon while holding a beer too, but you get my point.
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vanc...this takes a bit of the edge off of the curling is a sport argument
[image error]but curlers do look saucy in their curling uni's
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But I resent the remark that just because a woman is pregnant and participating that sport is less of a sport because of it.
It's a sport of skill and aim, like archery. Which you could do while pregnant, too.
i saw part of the britain vs sweden curling match yesterday. i think i'm starting to understand how it works, like jeu de boules but with brooms.
It's shuffleboard, basically, isn't it?
maybe i could get into curling
Jim wrote: "Nude curling - I'm liking it!"As a guy, I can appreciate the idea of nude curling for females, but I've seen the positions they get into when delivering the stone & there's no way I'd want my own dangly bits stroking the ice during game play.
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What do you think of curling? Real sport? Sweeping on ice? Just hilariously weird to watch? Comments?