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Posted: 2/10/2018 11:17:16 AM EDT








Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:20:27 AM EDT
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I have to say i used to hate curling.  Every olympics I watch more and more of it and I actually kinda like it now.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:23:16 AM EDT
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Best sport to watch during the Winter Olympics.  That's some Bob Ross level entertainment for me.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:24:50 AM EDT
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I was very disappointed with the lack of coverage last year.

This year I have the NBC Sports App, which has replays of just about everything, and some great tools like a button click that lets you jump to any End in the match.  I watched the mixed doubles round robin games last night for 4 hours...

Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:25:13 AM EDT
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Ooooo. I like the comparison - a LOT!
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:34:02 AM EDT
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we made an Olympic sport out of chicks scrubbing the floor with brooms?

Does Gloria Allred know about this? MUH PATRIARCHY!!!!1!!1
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:40:15 AM EDT
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Was going to comment how curling is a retarded "sport" that only canucks could have dreamt up. Then I saw OP's pics

WTF I like curling now.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:43:26 AM EDT
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Curling would be a whole lot cooler if instead of a rock sliding on ice it was a big fat house cat sliding across linoleum.  If that was the case I'd be an Olympic level athlete.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:52:29 AM EDT
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Ford leading the way, in advertising smarts.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:57:47 AM EDT
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I'm pissed Eve sat this one out.

Link Posted: 2/10/2018 11:59:40 AM EDT
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I don’t understand.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:01:59 PM EDT
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Have you ever noticed how the handle on the rock so closely resembles that of a clothes iron or a pot lid?
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:07:11 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:07:29 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:27:21 PM EDT
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A sport invented by rejects
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:29:18 PM EDT
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There is a curling place in town I have wanted to try, they do an introductory class for $20 I think.  I'll get around to it some time.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:29:25 PM EDT
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I don’t see you on the national team.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:32:51 PM EDT
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I like Olympic curling.  I haven't watched it in years.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:38:06 PM EDT
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Okay, I'll bite.  What are the brooms for?
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:43:38 PM EDT
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I often refer to it as my favorite sport.  Once it's on, I can't stop watching.  Pretty much only applies to women's curling for some reason.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:44:16 PM EDT
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Makes the rock go straigher and faster.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:48:15 PM EDT
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It looks just like it came off an Iron...

You know as in "Make me a sam-wich and iron my shirt... "  

BIGGER_HAMMER
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:52:12 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:53:18 PM EDT
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I would if both of my ACL's were intact.

Hard to believe we have a curling club here in Tampa, but we do.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 12:55:50 PM EDT
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we made an Olympic sport out of chicks scrubbing the floor with brooms?

Does Gloria Allred know about this? MUH PATRIARCHY!!!!1!!1
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This is why I love GD.  what a great comment.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:01:41 PM EDT
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It's called 'curling' because they try to curl the rock into position, similar to the way a bowling ball is curled into the pins.  Each sheet of ice is  different, just like bowling lanes are different (becaue of how they are oiled.)  The players have to learn how fast and 'sticky' each sheet is.  If you look closely you'll see that the surface of the sheet is pebbled, and not perfectly smooth.  Very few people are hired to make the ice sheets for high level competitions.

Unlike bowling balls, the rocks are perfectly balanced around the axis or rotation.  So the thrower uses weight (speed) and spin to get the stone to end up where they want it to go.
The sweeper(s) can affect the speed and spin by sweeping the ice ahead of the stone.  Notice how they can sweep to one side of the stone, or directly in front of it.  This lets them affect the spin or the speed differentially.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:04:03 PM EDT
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You ask, the internet complies

Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:07:20 PM EDT
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You ask, the internet complies

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BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:12:36 PM EDT
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I, as others have said, hated curling at first.

Now curling (women only please) is right up there with my favorites , along with biathlon (duh), and anything with people going down a hill.

Still waiting for sledding in the Olympics.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:29:26 PM EDT
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I can think of many ways to take full advantage of such flexibility.  
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:38:46 PM EDT
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How the fuck is this even a sport? What retard allowed this to be televised, and then allowed it to be apart of the same stage as the best athletes on the planet. Fuck this world and may God have mercy on your souls.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:42:16 PM EDT
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It's about as much of a sport as synchronized swimming.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:42:40 PM EDT
[#32]
I love watching curling !
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:43:16 PM EDT
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You ask, the internet complies

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Holy shit I'm dying!
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 1:46:52 PM EDT
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How the fuck is this even a sport? What retard allowed this to be televised, and then allowed it to be apart of the same stage as the best athletes on the planet. Fuck this world and may God have mercy on your souls.
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it's the winter olympics... with other fine sports like sledding
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 2:29:04 PM EDT
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It's about as much of a sport as synchronized swimming.
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How the fuck is this even a sport? What retard allowed this to be televised, and then allowed it to be apart of the same stage as the best athletes on the planet. Fuck this world and may God have mercy on your souls.
You haven't seen Olympic level ribbon twirling?

At least this one has a nice sprinkling of not-guilty Nordic ladies.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 2:30:54 PM EDT
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Have you ever played it?

It's retarded.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 3:00:49 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 2/10/2018 3:05:23 PM EDT
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You ask, the internet complies

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Holy shit I'm dying!
Next video up:

Link Posted: 2/10/2018 3:09:07 PM EDT
[#39]
I would love to try it. But there isn't a sheet of ice within 150 miles of me.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 3:12:33 PM EDT
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Yes!
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 4:54:20 PM EDT
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A sport invented by rejects
I don’t see you on the national team.
Name's BoomBoom, not BRoomBRoom.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 5:03:13 PM EDT
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Not enough Brown in op.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 5:04:38 PM EDT
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There are some babes in curling
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 5:06:12 PM EDT
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Okay, I'll bite.  What are the brooms for?
Makes the rock go straigher and faster.
Actually you can change its path with the brooms as well
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 5:31:31 PM EDT
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I don't understand it.  But I'm strangely fascinated by it.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 5:38:41 PM EDT
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Did curling twice in college, pretty fun.  Part of my Canadian Studies class.  
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 5:48:55 PM EDT
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I could watch this sport all day long!

Link Posted: 2/10/2018 8:10:56 PM EDT
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You sound like a bit of a simpleton.  Just sayin'...
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 8:22:57 PM EDT
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If you like to watch grass grow, it's not that bad, I will be watching.
Link Posted: 2/10/2018 8:52:42 PM EDT
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