Motown_Johnny
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:29 PM
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Women's Curling Is On !!! |
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Canada is schooling U.S.A. right now but it is still interesting top watch.
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:30 PM
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Cheryl Bernard is a Curling Goddess!
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:31 PM
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:33 PM
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Of course its totally absurd, especially using 'brooms' in an Olympic event but its addictive.
The funniest part is when the curlers are playing at molasses speed and never break a sweat find themselves in a chess like situation and actually have to take a time out. Its kind of like taking a donut break in the middle of your coffee break.
But I love to watch it.
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:39 PM
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7. It is like chess, isn't it? Plotting strategy every step of the way. |
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My 5 year old daughter and I watched the US women beat the UK last night. It was addicting.
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:45 PM
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11. There is a time limit for each team for each game -- that's where the time outs come in |
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That and getting advice from the coaches. Each team has 73 minutes to finish the match, with the clock running as soon as the opponent's previous rock stops until their own rock stops. If the 73 minutes run out then the team forfeits. It came into play with the mens team a couple of matches ago, I think against France, because in the last end France was almost out of time so they couldn't take any time at all to plan strategy for each shot (except one where they called their last timeout), and so the US was able to set up to win. It was speed curling. Very exciting stuff :)
But yeah, it is kind of weird to see them calling the timeout, given the general pace of the game.
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:36 PM
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4. It caught my attention because they yell. |
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HARD! HARD! or LOW! LOW!
I don't understand why they use those brooms, either.
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:39 PM
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6. slow or change direction of the stone |
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:37 PM
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5. "HARD! HARD! REALLY HARD!!!!!" |
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:40 PM
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8. no thanks. skicross is on |
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roller derby on steep slopes.
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:41 PM
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This is the first year I've paid attention to it and actually tried to figure out why they do what they do. I'm hooked!
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Sun Feb-21-10 01:42 PM
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10. i thought golf was the most boring sport |
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Sun Feb-21-10 03:27 PM
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12. Ooooooooh! I like curly headed women! |
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Even moreso when they are sliding stones on ice!
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Mon Feb-22-10 11:12 PM
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13. i thought golf was the most boring sport |
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