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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Norwegian curling team has already won the Winter Olympics:
@SportsCenter
Ha!
DrDan
(20,411 posts)I never thought I'd be interested in it. I like the speed sports like downhill and super-g.
You said it best - mesmerizing.
I tuned in one time to goof on it. Surprise! I was hooked.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...and before you know it, you'll have it in your TiVo preferences
longship
(40,416 posts)I agree with DrDan. Growing up in Detroit, where one can receive Canadian broadcasting, I have been a curling fan for many decades.
It's like Australian rules football. The first time you tune in, one asks "What is this?" But you are nevertheless forever hooked.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)It hooks you immediately. "WTF are they even saying?" Instantly becomes "more please".
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)rurallib
(62,387 posts)I think they win the internets too
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I used to be in a barbershop quartet in Skokie, Illinois. The baritone was this guy named Kip Diskin, big fat guy, I mean, like, orca fat. He was so stressed in the morning...
GeorgeGist
(25,311 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,363 posts)That guy has some balls.....
Then I thought...yeah, but they probably can't be seen just now.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Now that is style.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)Oh well. It's a fun look.
Squinch
(50,922 posts)Kaleva
(36,260 posts)Squinch
(50,922 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
Goalie scores on himself with puck stuck in pants
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)brooklynite
(94,384 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)El_Johns
(1,805 posts)I'd never heard of it before then.
He was a great boss, my best ever. Warm, supportive, helped me understand the system, did not seem particularly interested in "the corporate ladder". Never thought to find such a boss there.
RIP.
KG
(28,751 posts)Barack_America
(28,876 posts)They may just have out-Cherryed him. What a blow to the Canadians.