...that I just can't get excited about the sport of curling?
I watched women's curling last night. And men's tonight. But, yeah, not excited. I was actually waiting for it to be over so I could watch Shawn White and Lindsey Vonn.
The sad thing is that I want to support the curling athletes, because I am sure that curling isn't...well, the most popular winter Olympic sport out there. So, I make myself watch the competitions. Someone needs to.
Plus, I am pretty sure we have Scotland to thank for the sport of curling. Exciting sports don't seem to originate in Scotland. Take golf, for example. Have you ever watched it on TV? Interesting? Maybe. But not exciting. It isn't Scotland's fault. They have men in skirts and Nessie. They already have all the excitement they need. Any more and they might explode.
Hence, curling.
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I love curling. I LOVE IT. Maybe it's because I grew up so close to Canada, and we got so many Canadian channels, and sometimes it was the only thing on tv.
Or maybe it's just so ridiculous it's awesome.
And I love watching golf, too. I blame the boyfriend for that one.
Well the most interesting sport is the one where they are skiing and then stop to shoot the guns, let me tell you that words can not describe how boring this is to me! I am not sure the real name of the sport
If you had seen Ewan Mcgregor talking about it on Good Morning America today I venture you would like it a LOT.
Sadly, you've all managed to anger a winter enthusiast in this case. These games are all amazing! And unlike most summer games, the winter games have roots that trace back to critical survival in some of the most inhospitable environs on the planet. The Iditarod sells itself annually on the fact that the race route traces an amazing and heroic feet to deliver valuable medicine to isolated villas. Skiing (cross country and downhill) celebrate the same. Snowshoes are useless in the dry, high alpine snows of Colorado, Utah, Canada, Europe, etc, etc. Skiing allowed people to survive, travel, and even come together socially to celebrate (the root of all things Olympic).
So Scottish games aside (Though obviously Deals has never troubled herself with actually playing or going to see a golf tournament, which can be pretty damn exciting. So what if Scotland's games are mostly military and strength based, but what do you want from a country who's people have been oppressed as savages and warmongers since well before the Romans built the wall? There are other extremely active Scottish sports she's failing to mention (what about Shinty (akin to Irish Hurling)? Don't sell Scotland so short--) culring is a winter sport that traces it's roots to the EARLY 16th century. And it's played on ICE! What do you really want, here? It may be like watching chess on TV, Deals, but try to let yourself get caught up in the strategy and, if nothing else, the spirit of the games. This would be easier to do if you would log off of Farmville for an hour and actually watch the game. These athletes are, after all, running up and down that strip of ice well over 100 times per game sweeping hard, pushing heavy stones with incredible accuracy from first end to last--that's an incredible physical feat!
"My Life so Far" is talking about Olympic Biathlon. Yeah, it's a military type event, too, and each race is 20 to 25 minutes (a long time given Americans' sad attention spans), but you try XC skiing 12 miles stopping to hit 20 silver dollar size targets from over 150 feet with a rifle where if you miss you get a minute penalty added to your time. It's a sport where the athlete not only needs to be in amazing shape, but has to have critical control of his/her breathing and heart rates and rhythms on a moment's notice-- ONE shot can (and did this winter) mean the difference between a gold and no medal whatsoever (while wearing spandex, skis, gloves, etc in visibility and temperatures that range wildly from day to day. I, for one, was glued to my TV!
...and then there's snowboarding. Totally useless save the entertainment value.
Um, wow. Never said curling wasn't interesting. Just not that exciting. Save for the pants. The pants are very exciting.
There are certain sports where (in my opinion) the excitement gets lost when you watch it on TV. Curling and golf would be two such sports. Baseball is the same. Now, I LOVE baseball when I go and watch it in person. But on TV, the excitement is lost for me. Sometimes, at least for me, you just have to be there for the full effect.
On the flip side, there are sports that are very exciting to watch on TV, but I’m not sure how exciting they would be in person. Skeleton, for instance. If you were there as a spectator, you would only be able to witness a small part of the athlete’s trip to the finish line. Same with the biathlon, downhill skiing competitions, etc. In person, you wouldn’t be able to see the entire race or event. Just the start, finish or some small part in between. So, in that case, being able to watch the sport on TV is probably a perk because you get to see it all.
Now, how do you feel about ice dancing?
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