Saturday, February 27, 2010

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.

3 Comments:

Blogger QueensGuy said...

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).

7:56 AM, February 27, 2010  
Anonymous Lawrence King said...

Is the screaming required? Or is it optional, but earns you extra points?

This is all I know about the rules.

3:05 PM, February 27, 2010  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought Jennifer Jones died.

2:03 PM, February 28, 2010  

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