My husband happened upon a hurling match on TV and summed it up as “WHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAM and *then* a foul is called. What was it for, eye-gouging?”
I’ve also heard of a “Haggis Hurl” at Scottish games, though I think it would be harder to eat a haggis and not hurl. Maybe they’re judged on style and distance of hurling.
You know, I have a cousin who was training to be an Olympic curling judge before he had his second kid and just doesn’t have the time to travel any more.
Curling shoes are WEIRD, by the way. They’ve got one shoe with traction, and the other shoe is smooth-soled, so you push off on your traction-shoe, then slide forward gliding on your smooth shoe while dropping to one knee so you’re sliding on a smooth shoe and a knee, while swinging the stone out, and pushing the stone off.
Kind of like bowling shoes! Yes, you apparently don’t wear them to protect the floors, but supposedly to bowl better (your aim improves if you slide into it).
Hurling on the other hand is a completely different cup of tea.
You, Sir (or Madam), just won the comments section for the day!
You’re referring to the Irish sport which could also be called “combat field hockey”?
Is ‘caber tossing’ still a thing in Scotland?
My husband happened upon a hurling match on TV and summed it up as “WHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAMWHAM and *then* a foul is called. What was it for, eye-gouging?”
I’ve also heard of a “Haggis Hurl” at Scottish games, though I think it would be harder to eat a haggis and not hurl. Maybe they’re judged on style and distance of hurling.
Soccer player with a minor bruise: Ooh, ow, my leg! Ow! Foul!
Hurling player with a split-open skull: Whadya mean, “time out”? I can still play!
Not only is it not stressful, it’s non-existent. Curling players keep their own score and red themselves. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/sports/olympics/code-of-ethics-not-a-referee-keeps-the-curlers-honest.html?referer=&_r=0
REF themselves, of course.
You know, I have a cousin who was training to be an Olympic curling judge before he had his second kid and just doesn’t have the time to travel any more.
Wait…he walked past the donuts??
I know, right? For just two Krispy Kreme glazed, I’ll help you move.
RefBug must have a gluten allergy or something.
No sprinkles?
I’ll pass.
When curling you don’t wear ice skates, there are specific curling shoes. For once my knowledge of curling can be used!
D’oh! I just assumed they wore skates on the ice. Crapola! Now I wanna erase those darn skates!
Naw. It makes it funnier.
Curling shoes are WEIRD, by the way. They’ve got one shoe with traction, and the other shoe is smooth-soled, so you push off on your traction-shoe, then slide forward gliding on your smooth shoe while dropping to one knee so you’re sliding on a smooth shoe and a knee, while swinging the stone out, and pushing the stone off.
It is so much weirder than skates.
Kind of like bowling shoes! Yes, you apparently don’t wear them to protect the floors, but supposedly to bowl better (your aim improves if you slide into it).
Wait a sec – skates on a curling rink?
And no curlers used him as a broom to fix the damage he did to the ice?
Wow that is one lucky bug.
During the last Olympics my local gym had the curling competition on for a few days. I found it oddly mesmerizing.