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FEBRUARY 20, 2010 1:36PM

"Live" blogging today's curling "competition"

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10:03:  Okay its US vs. Sweden.. here we go!

10:05:  Okay, some portly guy threw a round stone, and now there's yelling.

10:06:  Aparently the ice is dirty, some guy is sweeping furiously

10:10:  more sweeping, more yelling

10:12:  the points at the top of the screen changed so apparently someone scored

10:15:  funny commercial... How can a gecko sell insurance?!? its just too much!

10:20:  overhead shot of 2 concentric circles with round rocks scattered about and losers debating what to do next (go home! u suck!)

10:25:  Holy shit!  Some guy in a leather jacket with slicked back hair just fucking punched a guy in the throat and broke another guy's neck!

10:26:  I apologize for the last post apparently my 1 year old daughter stepped on the remote and changed the channel to Spike TV showing a Steven Segal movie. It was a pretty sweet scene though.

10:28:  Yeah, somebody is yelling "Hard, Hard... Hard!"  while some dudes are sweeping.. Haha, he said "Hard."

10:35:  The numbers atop the screen have changed yet again, aparently someone scored, or the collective wishful thinking of the entire home audience caused the game to actually progress.

10:38:  A guy is yelling something in Swedish (most likely "Hard!") and his blonde cronies are sweeping. 

11:32:  I apparently fell asleep for approximately 50 minutes, the score hasn't changed.

11:40:  There's that gecko again... you can't sell car insurance, you're just a lizard..... will you ever learn?

11:45:  Sad, sad man pushes circular rock on ice, others sweep.

11:50: more sweeping, more yelling

12:30:  What, now there's a duck on an insurance commercial?!?  This is too rich!  But, he's just a duck, he can't sell supplemental insurance!?! .... or can he!?!

12:43:  Swedish guy sweeping at >200 strokes per minute, this is fucking unbelievable!

1:00: I think we won.

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Thanks WalkAwayHappy, I actually kind of like it too, but when you dont understand all the concepts and gameplay (like me), it can be kind of a ridiculous spectacle, and lead your mind a-wonderin'.
Very funny.

I actually have curled (?) before. There is a rink (?) near my house and they gave curling lessons and then there was a beginners tournament. It's pretty fun especially while drinking.
Hey- my grandparents got into it in their 60s- went to bonspiels in the alps, the whole bit. My intro to it seemed to present a picture of people standing around a curling club, cocktail in hand, watching friends "do that curling thing"...