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    Curling? Really?

    If it's getting too dull for you, here's something more exciting :


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    This pretty much sums me up ( btw, watching paint drying is highly over rated)


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    Skilful without doubt.

    Maybe not the most suitable spectator sport.

    And that Eve Muirhead scares the shit out of me. She has eyes like a wolf.

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    It must be hard someone’s been banned for a performance enhancing drug.

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    They were probably stoned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mickylall View Post
    This pretty much sums me up ( btw, watching paint drying is highly over rated)

    Pa ha ha

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    Watched our girls this morning, I am a great fan of Eve

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    Quote Originally Posted by mickylall View Post
    This pretty much sums me up ( btw, watching paint drying is highly over rated)

    Me too! Couldn’t believe how I got hooked on it at the weekend.
    Cheers..
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    Curling? Really?

    It’s very technical and tactical; it draws you in like snooker.

    I was particularly impressed with the Japanese captain’s attempts to thread the eye of a needle so to speak in the ninth end. It cost them the match but, for a couple of inches, could have won them the match!

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    Curling? Really?

    It’s not like snooker, it’s like bowls. And just as fascinating (not).
    Which is not to say it doesn’t require skills, hard work and a competitive edge. Just that it really boils the content on my bladder to have the same match on both bbc channels (1 or 2 and red button) when one of the UK teams is playing.
    Last edited by Saint-Just; 20th February 2018 at 20:03.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave+63 View Post
    It’s very technical and tactical; it draws you in like snooker.
    More along the lines of watching folks play shuffleboard.

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    Agreed, it’s more like bowls as a sport but what I said was that it draws you in like snooker. I mean that you find yourself engrossed in it even when you’ve no real intention of watching it.
    I also agree that it’s poor form on the BBC’s part to show the same thing in two channels at the same time.

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    I am a big fan of the Norway Ladies Curling team. Well, three of them anyway.

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    How can this be classed as 'sport'?
    1 person hurls a lump of stone down an ice rink
    2 people with brushes with sweeping like they've got cleaning OCD at the other end
    Hardly a sport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa View Post
    How can this be classed as 'sport'?
    1 person hurls a lump of stone down an ice rink
    2 people with brushes with sweeping like they've got cleaning OCD at the other end
    Hardly a sport.
    Maybe, but it's the sight of Eve Muirhead sliding down the ice shouting 'Yes, No, Harder, Harder' that makes it a must watch for me ;-)

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    [QUOTE]It must be hard someone’s been banned for a performance enhancing drug./QUOTE]

    I am sure you're referring to this?

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/s...-reaction.html

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    [QUOTE=thieuster;4675402]
    It must be hard someone’s been banned for a performance enhancing drug./QUOTE]

    I am sure you're referring to this?

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/s...-reaction.html

    That’s the one

    to be fair someone did explain that it would make them sharper and concentrate better,I just hope the old dears down at the bowling club don’t get hooked.

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    It's like indoor bowls in the cold.

    I had a go at curling on a skiing holiday once, it's actually quite hard work!

    I watched a bit at the weekend, but found it was more a reverse of the process described earlier - The more I watched, the less I enjoyed it and there's something really unpleasant about the acoustics that makes all the shouting (by the women) particularly jarring (or maybe they all have really annoying voices this time?).

    Doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid, although I can see the skill.

    Fortunately, there's been some proper ski racing now

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    The same can be said about every sport or game ever played. Take our most popular sport.....

    Football? really? 22 overpaid ponces chasing a bag of air?

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    Quote Originally Posted by clockwatcher View Post
    The same can be said about every sport or game ever played. Take our most popular sport.....

    Football? really? 22 overpaid ponces chasing a bag of air?
    No quibble there and throw in Cricket, 3 days of standing around in a field throwing a ball at someone now and then...

    M

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    I am reliably informed that if you throw your ball you’re doing it wrong
    'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.

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    All joking aside, it could be an awful lot worse. They could be showing cricket or golf . . .
    F.T.F.A.

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    Quote Originally Posted by magirus View Post
    All joking aside, it could be an awful lot worse. They could be showing cricket or golf . . .
    +1

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    I bloody love watching the curling. It's brilliant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by verv View Post
    I bloody love watching the curling. It's brilliant.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Inp_sWsUqQ

    'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by snowman View Post
    It's like indoor bowls in the cold.

    I had a go at curling on a skiing holiday once, it's actually quite hard work!

    I watched a bit at the weekend, but found it was more a reverse of the process described earlier - The more I watched, the less I enjoyed it and there's something really unpleasant about the acoustics that makes all the shouting (by the women) particularly jarring (or maybe they all have really annoying voices this time?).

    Doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid, although I can see the skill.

    Fortunately, there's been some proper ski racing now

    M
    Totally agree - the more I catch it the less I like it and that’s from someone who likes watching cricket

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bristolian View Post
    If it's getting too dull for you, here's something more exciting :

    Whilst there are many lines of condescension that should never be attempted on a watch forum; another pastime's ability to induce boredom has to be top of the list.

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    Personally I can't see anything wrong with this at all!

    https://youtu.be/evNi4_2qHPY

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    There’s a hotel in Stranraer with a curling rink in the basement. I kid you not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamaster73 View Post
    There’s a hotel in Stranraer with a curling rink in the basement. I kid you not.
    What else are you going to do in Scotland in the winter?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamaster73 View Post
    There’s a hotel in Stranraer with a curling rink in the basement. I kid you not.
    I’ve actually been there and been on the ice, years ago for a family anniversary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamaster73 View Post
    There’s a hotel in Stranraer with a curling rink in the basement. I kid you not.
    Do they have cats as well?

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    Not sure I would go out of my way for it, but in the spirit of the games, I have enjoyed it.

    GBR vs CAN was a really good game. Obviously an added bonus that the ladies are rather fit :)

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    I love it, like bowls on ice lol


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