Anybody else betting on the Curling at OLY?
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Curling is awesome. I'm hoping they have odds up for the Nokia Brier also.
I guess the best way to describe curling is a bunch of men or women who roll 10 pound rocks down a sheet of ice into a giant dart board while sweepers use brooms to clear the ice so that the rocks can curl (bend) towards the center.
Think of it as a combination of darts, golf, bochi ball and field hockey played with brooms instead of sticks on a giant sheet of ice.
I guess the best way to describe curling is a bunch of men or women who roll 10 pound rocks down a sheet of ice into a giant dart board while sweepers use brooms to clear the ice so that the rocks can curl (bend) towards the center.
Think of it as a combination of darts, golf, bochi ball and field hockey played with brooms instead of sticks on a giant sheet of ice.
LMAO at this thread 
Myron - u might enjoy a column I wrote for the paper after the '98 Winter Olympics on curling...only half tongue in cheek
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OF ALL THE dumb pastimes on display at the Winter Olympics, curling stands alone on the gold medal dais as the undisputed king of imbecility.
What were the Games organisers thinking when they allowed this dribbling excuse for a sport into their programme? Did they feel that without curling they'd lack the silliness quotient their summer counterparts provide with synchronised swimming?
Curling is bowls for posers.
It has the athleticism of tenpin bowling, the crowd-pleasing aesthetics of darts and the electric pace of snooker.
It's played by men in silk jackets last seen on television adorning Andy Travis, wholesome programming director of WKRP. Olympic teams visit their country's best tailor before departure to be outfitted in the finery of their national colours. Curlers scour the op shops desperate for the rack that holds the once-treasured possession of a Racey fan.
The aim is to deliver a 20kg "stone" (like a heavy duck decoy) down an icy path and stop it as close as possible to the centre of a bullseye. The target is so gargantuan Mr Magoo would have no trouble finding it.
Curlers skate their delivery approach like amateur yoga students with bad cramp. Once launched at a Jurassic speed, the missile is attended by men frenetically sweeping a path for the stone to follow.
The term stone is the most appropriate part of curling. Any drug-induced state could only enhance the viewing or playing of this sport, which has surpassed luge as the curio of the crazies.
Luge (the summer Olympic equivalent would be backstroke water skiing) requires the competitor to be slightly insane and without any sense of feeling. A pigeon-toed competitor is an obvious medal contender.
At least Hamilton luger Angela Paul looks good in a body-suit. No man, be he Mick Jagger or Mikhail Baryshnikov, should wear tights.
Highlight of the Winter Olympics to date _ Aussie-based Kiwi Kylie Gill saying she had no sympathy for a freestyle skier colleague who had also fallen during competition. The reason: "because she stole my boyfriend a while back."
Tell ya what, Kyles, we'll ensure she'll get the worst punishment possible for her crimes of the heart; something certain to engender worldwide ridicule and humiliation.
Next Winter Olympics she has to come back as a curler.
Myron - u might enjoy a column I wrote for the paper after the '98 Winter Olympics on curling...only half tongue in cheek
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OF ALL THE dumb pastimes on display at the Winter Olympics, curling stands alone on the gold medal dais as the undisputed king of imbecility.
What were the Games organisers thinking when they allowed this dribbling excuse for a sport into their programme? Did they feel that without curling they'd lack the silliness quotient their summer counterparts provide with synchronised swimming?
Curling is bowls for posers.
It has the athleticism of tenpin bowling, the crowd-pleasing aesthetics of darts and the electric pace of snooker.
It's played by men in silk jackets last seen on television adorning Andy Travis, wholesome programming director of WKRP. Olympic teams visit their country's best tailor before departure to be outfitted in the finery of their national colours. Curlers scour the op shops desperate for the rack that holds the once-treasured possession of a Racey fan.
The aim is to deliver a 20kg "stone" (like a heavy duck decoy) down an icy path and stop it as close as possible to the centre of a bullseye. The target is so gargantuan Mr Magoo would have no trouble finding it.
Curlers skate their delivery approach like amateur yoga students with bad cramp. Once launched at a Jurassic speed, the missile is attended by men frenetically sweeping a path for the stone to follow.
The term stone is the most appropriate part of curling. Any drug-induced state could only enhance the viewing or playing of this sport, which has surpassed luge as the curio of the crazies.
Luge (the summer Olympic equivalent would be backstroke water skiing) requires the competitor to be slightly insane and without any sense of feeling. A pigeon-toed competitor is an obvious medal contender.
At least Hamilton luger Angela Paul looks good in a body-suit. No man, be he Mick Jagger or Mikhail Baryshnikov, should wear tights.
Highlight of the Winter Olympics to date _ Aussie-based Kiwi Kylie Gill saying she had no sympathy for a freestyle skier colleague who had also fallen during competition. The reason: "because she stole my boyfriend a while back."
Tell ya what, Kyles, we'll ensure she'll get the worst punishment possible for her crimes of the heart; something certain to engender worldwide ridicule and humiliation.
Next Winter Olympics she has to come back as a curler.
Anders - classic peice
It is though strangely addictive - or was it the case that my mates sister was Kirsty Hay the team captain for UK (or Scotland!)
You have my permission to stand on one leg and toot yer flute:weed:
It is though strangely addictive - or was it the case that my mates sister was Kirsty Hay the team captain for UK (or Scotland!)
You have my permission to stand on one leg and toot yer flute:weed:
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hey my Dad's curling right now...........but sorry no odds posted
I've actually curled one time.....had fun.....tell ya one thing....it's more exciting then Nascar....(round and round and round...BOOOORRRRRING)
I've actually curled one time.....had fun.....tell ya one thing....it's more exciting then Nascar....(round and round and round...BOOOORRRRRING)
Yeah I noticed the banner. What I don't like though is that they're forcing me to bet all the games up front. I'd rather have new lines day to day like OLY is doing with the Scott Tournament of Hearts.
BTW Anders, funny article although I disagree with it to some degree. Athleticism stopped being a necessity for the Olympics a long time ago. Technically though you're right. If you can be overweight, a heavy smoker and drinker and still win an Olympic gold medal then there's a problem there. Speaking of which did you hear they're thinking of making Bridge an olympic sport?
BTW Anders, funny article although I disagree with it to some degree. Athleticism stopped being a necessity for the Olympics a long time ago. Technically though you're right. If you can be overweight, a heavy smoker and drinker and still win an Olympic gold medal then there's a problem there. Speaking of which did you hear they're thinking of making Bridge an olympic sport?
