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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 02/02/06 - 15:46 Post subject: Curling: the most ridiculous sport ever
On Tuesday I went to the Duluth Curling Club to watch a round of the Junior National Championships...
Hate to offend any curling fans out there, but your "sport" is just plain absurd.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 15:48 Post subject:
its actually kind of fun to play, it's all about strategy...
have you ever played?
/no offence taken
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 15:49 Post subject:
Curling is one tough sport. If you've never tried it, you're missing out. Sure, it's not like lifting weights (although sweeping is challenging), but the skill and strategy required is immense.
MED -- grab a slider and a broom and give it a shot.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 15:50 Post subject:
i'd just like to be out there without skates on; that would be 
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 15:54 Post subject:
| cdnhollywood wrote: | Curling is one tough sport. If you've never tried it, you're missing out. Sure, it's not like lifting weights (although sweeping is challenging), but the skill and strategy required is immense.
MED -- grab a slider and a broom and give it a shot. |
I'm not doubting the skill and strategy. I just think the idea behind it is absurd. It's the brooms, mostly.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 15:58 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | cdnhollywood wrote: | Curling is one tough sport. If you've never tried it, you're missing out. Sure, it's not like lifting weights (although sweeping is challenging), but the skill and strategy required is immense.
MED -- grab a slider and a broom and give it a shot. |
I'm not doubting the skill and strategy. I just think the idea behind it is absurd. It's the brooms, mostly. |
well if you throw the rock hard enough, you won't need brooms. then again, you couldn't really hurry hard, or sweep, or do half of the things that require intense yelling.
i don't think it's any stranger then golf, nascar, bowling, basketball or football for that matter.
it *is* fun to play. what part of the brooms don't you like?
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:03 Post subject:
It's sort of like shuffleboard. That's about the closest activity I can compare it to.
Shuffleboard isn't a sport. Maybe bocce ball? Curling's OK. I'll watch that during the Winter Olympics before I watch that frickin' figure skating and ice dancing. 
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:04 Post subject:
and i can't help but notice the abundance of girls at the curling club  clearing something is right with the sport.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:06 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | | and i can't help but notice the abundance of girls at the curling club clearing something is right with the sport. |
That's probably because it was the women's round. All of the spectators were senior citizens.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:06 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | It's sort of like shuffleboard. That's about the closest activity I can compare it to.
Shuffleboard isn't a sport. Maybe bocce ball? Curling's OK. I'll watch that during the Winter Olympics before I watch that frickin' figure skating and ice dancing. |
make any playing surface large enough and it becomes a sport... (imagine real life chess :eek:)
i think on your definition we also have to exclude: baseball, golf, cricket, nascar, and possibly a few others.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:06 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | blue wrote: | | and i can't help but notice the abundance of girls at the curling club clearing something is right with the sport. |
That's probably because it was the women's round. All of the spectators were senior citizens. |
clearly the odds were in your favor 
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:09 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | cdnhollywood wrote: | Curling is one tough sport. If you've never tried it, you're missing out. Sure, it's not like lifting weights (although sweeping is challenging), but the skill and strategy required is immense.
MED -- grab a slider and a broom and give it a shot. |
I'm not doubting the skill and strategy. I just think the idea behind it is absurd. It's the brooms, mostly. |
If you think those brooms are absurd, grab the ol' corn broom and try sweeping with that. Now that's a workout! But they do work the best. The bristle brooms have habits of leaving bristles on the ice....which does super nasty things with your shot.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:09 Post subject:
| blue wrote: | | gretriever wrote: | It's sort of like shuffleboard. That's about the closest activity I can compare it to.
Shuffleboard isn't a sport. Maybe bocce ball? Curling's OK. I'll watch that during the Winter Olympics before I watch that frickin' figure skating and ice dancing. |
make any playing surface large enough and it becomes a sport... (imagine real life chess :eek:)
i think on your definition we also have to exclude: baseball, golf, cricket, nascar, and possibly a few others. |
None of them are in the Olympics (especially that NASCAR stuff*), so I'm good. 
*Having dissed NASCAR, I must go hide so as not to incur the wrath of my evil twin 
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:25 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | blue wrote: | | gretriever wrote: | It's sort of like shuffleboard. That's about the closest activity I can compare it to.
Shuffleboard isn't a sport. Maybe bocce ball? Curling's OK. I'll watch that during the Winter Olympics before I watch that frickin' figure skating and ice dancing. |
make any playing surface large enough and it becomes a sport... (imagine real life chess :eek:)
i think on your definition we also have to exclude: baseball, golf, cricket, nascar, and possibly a few others. |
None of them are in the Olympics (especially that NASCAR stuff*), so I'm good.
*Having dissed NASCAR, I must go hide so as not to incur the wrath of my evil twin |
in terms of "athletic" ability, i can see your point... but i think it has it's place.
after all - how is bobsledding an event? all it is is glorified toboganning in a missle like sled.
ah well curling is fun. and if you ever thought football was an excuse to get drunk - you reaaaally need to take in a bonspiel.
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Posted: 02/02/06 - 16:33 Post subject:
I don't know, some of the guys can brush really fast!!!! It's definitely a skill that can be used outside the sport, no?
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