KyJaUn~FuLlEr Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 I think curling is not a sport i think it's just dusting i mean that one guy just throws the puck thing and the two others r dusting u know sooo i think it's not!!! How bout u? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizu Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 Yeah, I agree, it looks like a Janitor got into the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus_Necare Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 hey! that's a cool sport! but instead of using a puck they should use a person just like in those god-awful annoying carrot top commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyJaUn~FuLlEr Posted February 17, 2002 Author Share Posted February 17, 2002 LOL :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Thats funny i really never looked at it that way!!!And it's a really boring sport i don't understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus_Necare Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 oh my gawd! where have you people been that's the funniest sport I've ever watched! (funny to me anyway, but I'm just strange) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 Ofcourse it's a sport. It takes aim, skill, time, and a whole buncha other stuff. Perhaps you should go play it before you start talking bad about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 curling is one messed game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 Ok, what's 'curling'? I've never heard of it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Squashed Snail [/i] [B]Ok, what's 'curling'? I've never heard of it.... [/B][/QUOTE] Have you ever played Shuffle board? Well it's like that but on ice... You have like 4-5 people per team... or maybe only 3... I'm not exactly sure... but you have a thrower/slider person and the rest are broom holders... There's a strip of ice about 7-10 feet wide and 100 feet long maybe.... and you have a well polished stone(s) that use use... the carrier guy slides the stone down and there's a targer on the ice... like in the ice... where the stone has to slide onto certain color loops in the target (like darts).... and the closer you get to the middle the more points... well the broom guys are there so they can slow the stone down or keep it going. By brushing the ice in front of the stone while it move, that creates friction, which mealts some of the ice and makes it more watery, thus more slipery, thus allowing the stone to travel further, then if one hadn't brushed the ice... no one can touch the stone though, just the ice around it... And you get like 4 shots or 5... and one after another... and whoever has the most stones in the circle target with the most points (depending where the stone stops) wins... and they play like 3-5 games... not sure on that either... Its really kinda cool to watch and play to... takes a tremendous amount of skill and aim. You should watch it sometime... whenever they play it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 yes thats about it but it so funny to watch them. they crack me up:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 :rolleyes: Hmmm... well I'm pretty sure that I haven't seen it before..... but it sure does sound interesting. Where can I see it.. like, is it on T.V. or anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asar Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 I saw this on the Winter Olympics covergae just the other day, and to tell the truth my first thoughts were WTF! How's this a sport! However, Transtic makes a very good point in his post, and one which we all need to be reminded of often. I heard someone say it as "Do not disparange anything that you do not have intrinsic knowledge of" In layman's terms it means don't pay out on anything (or anyone) unless you know exactly what these things involve. Sadly, i still can't help but smile when i see curling.....funny looking game. How do you think they created it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by asar [/i] [B]I saw this on the Winter Olympics covergae just the other day, and to tell the truth my first thoughts were WTF! How's this a sport! However, Transtic makes a very good point in his post, and one which we all need to be reminded of often. I heard someone say it as "Do not disparange anything that you do not have intrinsic knowledge of" In layman's terms it means don't pay out on anything (or anyone) unless you know exactly what these things involve. Sadly, i still can't help but smile when i see curling.....funny looking game. How do you think they created it? [/B][/QUOTE]It's on the Winter Olympics?! How come didn't I know.... What time is it shown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkM Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 me and my family were talking about this at dinner. And my step sisters b/f has been curling. The puck ways 45 pounds and the ice, well they do some thing to it to make it weard, it has like pepples of ice on it. and the have throw these heavy stones and curve them and everything. OF CORSE ITS A SPORT! :toothy: :toothy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted February 17, 2002 Share Posted February 17, 2002 they showed curling on cnbc 2 days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvet paws Posted February 18, 2002 Share Posted February 18, 2002 it's not a 'sport' that has ever appealed to me. infact I find it very boring.... sorry to any fans out there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddess21 Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 [color=crimson]I don't know what I think about curling.... I watched it on TV last night... it was weird. I think that it isn't a sport, but a game of skill... there is a difference :)[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posthumous Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Squashed Snail [/i] [B]It's on the Winter Olympics?! How come didn't I know.... What time is it shown? [/B][/QUOTE] It's on CNBC at 9 p.m ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuja Posted February 19, 2002 Share Posted February 19, 2002 [SIZE=3][FONT=century gothic][COLOR=crimson]i agree with TN it is a sport, more a sport than american football is this takes great skill to play but yea i mean your pushing a 45 pound rock down the ice and trying to make it land it a target that is a lot harder than most sports i know that are all muscle, no skill ;)[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizu Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i] [B]It takes aim, skill, time, and a whole buncha other stuff. [/B][/QUOTE] By other stuff do you mean year of experience when it comes to speed sweeping? I bet when the Winter Olympics gets over they will go back to there normal job, a Jannitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan L Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Curling... I don't know [i]what[/i] is going on with curling. Apparently the guys sweeping the floor ahead of the... thing.... it changes something about the floor so that... thing... goes faster, or can steer. Agh.. very vague I know, but it's all I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9* Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 :D of course it's a sport, direct from the people that gave us the sport of caber tossing :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by kizu [/i] [B] By other stuff do you mean year of experience when it comes to speed sweeping? I bet when the Winter Olympics gets over they will go back to there normal job, a Jannitor. [/B][/QUOTE] I doubt they are janitors... I bet you they don't, and I bet you I'd win that bet... and other stuff means whatever else they can incorporate that is also in other sports... If you don't like it, you don't have to watch. Of course your mear opinion doesn't matter. They are the ones winning gold metals, and all you win the "stupidity" award for making that useless comment. [quote][i]Originally posted by Deus_Ex_Machina[/i] [b] Curling... I don't know what is going on with curling. Apparently the guys sweeping the floor ahead of the... thing.... it changes something about the floor so that... thing... goes faster, or can steer. Agh.. very vague I know, but it's all I remember.[/b][/quote] The brooms, when rubbed on the ice, create friction, which inturn melts the ice making the surface more slippery, making the stone travel further. It's really rather quite simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 [SIZE=1]How is curling NOT a sport? I totally agree with TN, I mean, if it's not a sport, why is it in the winter olympics. It takes probably more skill than American Football. And kizu, shutup, they are NOT janitors. Janitors probably wouldn't get into the Winter Olympics anyway... I would really like to play it actually, if it's like shuffleboard (which is really cool), then I definately want to play :)[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 [color=royalblue]This discussion is utterly pointless. Anything can be a sport as long as it involves competition. Does a sport need to have a ball? No. Does it need to have teams/groups of players? No. How do you define "sport"? Consider that everything from skiing to auto-racing to jumping hurdles is considered sport... As long as it's competitive, it can be a sport. :) They even have turtle races and washing machine races these days...and in New South Wales, I've heard that they race cows occasionally (and sheep in New Zealand). So yeah, anything can be a sport ;)[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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