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Old 12-04-2009, 07:50 AM   #6811
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Old 12-04-2009, 07:54 AM   #6812
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Isn't curling something women do to their hair?
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:00 AM   #6813
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Not to be confused with that other Gaelic sport, Curling, which is a curious mixture of housework, bowling and ice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling
When Curling was televised on the Winter Olympics over here a few years ago, a bunch of friends were fascinated. It both had strategy and required thought, and was a sport completely-out-of-shape them might actually be able to play.
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:17 AM   #6814
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Curling is Saskatchewan's provincial sport, and a close second when it comes to Canadian's favorite sport (hockey will always have the lead). It even inspires movies!


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Old 12-04-2009, 08:21 AM   #6815
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It also promotes cooperation between Curling and Hardrock bands.

During the last winter olympics. A swedish reporter stated that "There isn't enough rock'n'roll in curling". So the Swedish female national team recorded a music video with the swedish hardrock band Hammerfall to their song "Hearts on fire".
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:37 AM   #6816
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I think curling is my favourite Winter Olympic sport; a bit more cerebral than the others on offer.

But we don't win many medals and are consequently bitter about our lack of success; one of our commentators dismissed the Winter Olympics as a festival of sliding .
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Old 12-04-2009, 08:37 AM   #6817
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a sport completely-out-of-shape them might actually be able to play.
I have a friend who walks (runs!) his wirehair terrier an hour or more each day. He said curling is harder than it looks. He really enjoyed it.
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Old 12-04-2009, 10:34 AM   #6818
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I think curling is my favourite Winter Olympic sport; a bit more cerebral than the others on offer.

But we don't win many medals and are consequently bitter about our lack of success; one of our commentators dismissed the Winter Olympics as a festival of sliding .
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Old 12-04-2009, 10:38 AM   #6819
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I think curling is my favourite Winter Olympic sport; a bit more cerebral than the others on offer.

But we don't win many medals and are consequently bitter about our lack of success; one of our commentators dismissed the Winter Olympics as a festival of sliding .
Well, you did win the gold medal in 2002
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Old 12-04-2009, 10:59 AM   #6820
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Hurling, on the other hand, is completely insane, and to be much admired for it. I love watching it on the rare times it makes it here on the telly.

Cheers,
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i never heard of hurling until now, so i looked on the wikipedia page. it looks not only insane but frankly terrifying.



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Not to be confused with that other Gaelic sport, Curling, which is a curious mixture of housework, bowling and ice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling
see, already i find sports boring, but when you add in housework too it's just beyond my comprehension.

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the first time i ever heard of curling was in an episode of Corner Gas. i thought they made it up as a joke.

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Old 12-04-2009, 11:31 AM   #6821
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A good friend competed in the Winter Olympics in curling. He's the only Olympian I personally know.

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now curling and Oz just are not two things one would normally put together
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Old 12-04-2009, 11:39 AM   #6822
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Well, you did win the gold medal in 2002
We go bananas when we have the odd victory.

We had a couple of ice dancers - Torville & Dean - who won a gold medal in Sarajevo (I think).
You'd think Ice Dancing was the greatest sport ever invented judging by the hoop-la in the press at the time. But ask anyone in the UK to tell you who the current champions are and no-one would have a clue.
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Old 12-04-2009, 12:13 PM   #6823
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We go bananas when we have the odd victory.

We had a couple of ice dancers - Torville & Dean - who won a gold medal in Sarajevo (I think).
You'd think Ice Dancing was the greatest sport ever invented judging by the hoop-la in the press at the time. But ask anyone in the UK to tell you who the current champions are and no-one would have a clue.


I don't know about the press hoop-la in the UK at the time, but I still vividly remember their medal winning performance to Bolero (1984).

Maybe not the greatest sport ever, but Torvill & Dean raised the bar for ice dancing. Took it from a slow, boring event to an intense and passionate one.

But that's just me. I've always loved dance and ice skating (used to be active in both once upon a time.)

Sorry, I'm supposed to be ranting in this thread. OK. I never could get the hang of roller skating. RANT, RANT, RANT.
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Old 12-04-2009, 01:26 PM   #6825
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I don't know about the press hoop-la in the UK at the time, but I still vividly remember their medal winning performance to Bolero (1984).

Maybe not the greatest sport ever, but Torvill & Dean raised the bar for ice dancing. Took it from a slow, boring event to an intense and passionate one.

But that's just me. I've always loved dance and ice skating (used to be active in both once upon a time.)

Sorry, I'm supposed to be ranting in this thread. OK. I never could get the hang of roller skating. RANT, RANT, RANT.
I remember them, too. They were great! Of course, I still remember the whole Tanya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan debacle. Not one of USA Sports' finest moments.

Oh, and I could never figure out how to skate backwards!
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