Sweeping Statement
I find the Winter Olympics boring, but curling haunts me. Who came up with this sport? Where do you go to practice? How do you know when you're good? What are the rules, anyway?
Curling is unique. In everything else I can think of--baseball, football, basketball, hockey, bowling, archery, pinball, skeet shooting, chess--one the ball/puck/projectile/piece is gone it's gone. Only in curling can you affect the thing after you let it go.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:24 AM
3 Comments:
I've been watching the curling too. I once read that there are two types of game shows: (1) "gladiator" ones like Jeopardy and Millionaire where (most) viewers know they couldn't do nearly as well as the contestants and admire them for their exceptional skills; and (2) ones like Wheel of Fortune or Smarter Than A Fifth Grader, where viewers feel they can possibly guess the answer as well as or better than the contestant. Curling is the only example of the latter in Olympic sports. Maybe that's why the commentators take such pains to repeat over and over how hard it is to play well, how athletic sweeping really is (snicker), and how exhausting the sport is (snort).
Is the screaming required? Or is it optional, but earns you extra points?
This is all I know about the rules.
I thought Jennifer Jones died.
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