Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Olympic hurling. I mean curling.
Although Olympic hurling would be provocative. Can he nail the bowl without splattering the rim? Yes! It’s good!
According to one of the commentators in the piece below, Canada spent $22 million researching the science of curling. I wonder if they were able to learn anything that the curlers didn’t already know intuitively? We may never know, although supposedly they’ll release their findings eventually — after the Olympics.
We usually watch men’s and women’s figure skating, but this year we’ve been watching curling. Must say it’s a hell of a fun sport to watch. It’s amazing how rapidly a situation can get turned on its head.
D.
You too?
What is this would coming to?
Thankfully, my work is so close to the action that its FAR more fun to watch the crowds moving between venues that to care about any of the official events.
You have to realize you’re talking to a sports-hater. Whenever I find a sporting event entertaining (like this year’s Superbowl, which was surprisingly fun), I consider it newsworthy.
The only sport celebrated in our house is NASCAR, and that only because my wife loves it. I couldn’t care less about sports unless I personally know someone involved. I wouldn’t call myself a hater though, more like an athletic agnostic.
Most racing sports leave me cold — NASCAR certainly, but also horse races. The few times I’ve seen foot races, I’ve found them interesting.
I used to like Jeopardy before they dumbed it down. (And added a whole lot of pop culture questions, which kill me.) Does that count, I wonder?
A friend of mine always describes curling as “a heady mix of chess and janitorial skills”. Also, let’s not forget that it’s about the only sport that encourages mixing alcohol with standing around on the ice. It’s like a recipe for concussion.
In the wintertime, I am a curling widow. The hubs is an avid curler and plays twice a week (plus bonspiels). I don’t mind, as I enjoy my “alone” time (such as that is with kidlet + 0.5) but I am also learning to appreciate the game, too. Kidlet has also shown a keen interest, so we may get her into a junior league eventually. And perhaps someday in the distant future I’ll join the hubs in a mixed league or something. Once I learn to throw the rock without falling on my ass…
And yes, as Pat says, the saying “My drinking team has a curling problem” exists for a reason.
In the summertime, however, I am also a baseball widow. ‘Nuf said, there.
My eyes are open now.