FanIQ News: USA curling team finished second in the Duluth Curling Club Tuesday night league -

1	Where'd that dang "funny" button go?

2/21/10

JrCanuckFan

0	I was wondering why I had never really heard of any of them.....

2/21/10

1	JrCanuckFan wrote: I was wondering why I had never really heard of any of them..... You've really heard of other curlers? (Curlers - Is that what they're called?)

2/21/10

Lizzo

0	HouTxFan wrote: You've really heard of other curlers? (Curlers - Is that what they're called?) LOL! Now that's funny! So, basicly if you curl and have the money to make the trip, you're in? For the USA? Wow. I think it might need to go the way of Barrel Jumping. Anybody remember that sport but me?

2/21/10

100%InjuryRate

1	Lizzo wrote: LOL! Now that's funny! So, basicly if you curl and have the money to make the trip, you're in? For the USA? Wow. I think it might need to go the way of Barrel Jumping. Anybody remember that sport but me?

2/21/10

0	They won the national championships though, which was the vetting process for the Olympics. However, it's not a good system, because they essentially are a pretty good team that had a great weekend a few months ago.

2/21/10

JrCanuckFan

0	HouTxFan wrote: You've really heard of other curlers? (Curlers - Is that what they're called?) I'm Canadian, I watch Curling all winter long ;) I know a lot of the players on a lot of the teams, having watched them in other tournaments.

2/21/10

0	JrCanuckFan wrote: I'm Canadian, I watch Curling all winter long ;) I know a lot of the players on a lot of the teams, having watched them in other tournaments. Wow...so this stuff actually happens other than during the Olympics!?!?

2/21/10

CutterTML

0	HouTxFan wrote: Wow...so this stuff actually happens other than during the Olympics!?!? Typical American response! But I do feel sorry for u guys losing out to Japan and China, that'll hurt any country even in Canada

2/21/10

(Edited by HouTxFan)

"Typical American response!" (posted by CutterTML)

I'm sorry...didn't mean to seem a boor...I was just teasing Debi (JrCanuckfan), who I've "visited with" before. I live in a place where it's hot and humid most of the time, so winter sports such as curling are a mystery to me. I didn't mean to come across as truly critical of your country, or even winter sports in general. To each his own, and I'm sure you could have a ball with some of our "Texas customs"!

2/22/10

astromaniac1995

HouTxFan wrote:

what texas customs? i'm from tx and i dont have a clue what ur talking about

2/22/10

Pack_Attack

0	im from minnesota and this is news to me, but i must say curling is fairly intriguing and doesnt deserve all the negative press it gets

2/22/10

0	Lizzo wrote: LOL! Now that's funny! So, basicly if you curl and have the money to make the trip, you're in? For the USA? Wow. I think it might need to go the way of Barrel Jumping. Anybody remember that sport but me? What is barrell jumping? For that matter what is curling? who gives a s--t? LOL. I completely agree with you.

2/22/10

0	Pack_Attack wrote: im from minnesota and this is news to me, but i must say curling is fairly intriguing and doesnt deserve all the negative press it gets Yeah, actually it does.

2/22/10

0	CutterTML wrote: Typical American response! But I do feel sorry for u guys losing out to Japan and China, that'll hurt any country even in Canada A silly non sport like this is the only thing china or Japan can beat us in.

2/22/10

0	wcsportsfan wrote: A silly non sport like this is the only thing china or Japan can beat us in. Yes, non-sports like curling, baseball, and soccer

2/22/10

JrCanuckFan

0	HouTxFan wrote: Wow...so this stuff actually happens other than during the Olympics!?!? LOL Yeah, us poor Canucks watch it all winter long! Now I know just a few Americans who love the sport and wish they COULD watch it all winter long.......

2/22/10

raptrbreth

0	I started watching, don't know why, but I like it. I am still confused but the Danish women definitely make it worth watching. Kidding aside, its like Cricket, I am too American to understand the scoring.

2/22/10

raptrbreth wrote:

I started watching, don't know why, but I like it. I am still confused but the Danish women definitely make it worth watching. Kidding aside, its like Cricket, I am too American to understand the scoring.

Cricket is MUCH more difficult to understand. Curling rules are basically similar to Bocce or Shuffleboard. I think I understood most of the rules after a couple days of watching.

2/22/10

raptrbreth

0	ary201 wrote: Cricket is MUCH more difficult to understand. Curling rules are basically similar to Bocce or Shuffleboard. I think I understood most of the rules after a couple days of watching. It might just be the distraction of the Danish women.

2/22/10

mrtriplesix

1	any blacks in this league?

2/22/10

1	mrtriplesix wrote: any blacks in this league? Doesn't look like it, but I don't see how that could be very surprising.

2/22/10

Lizzo

1	100%InjuryRate wrote: Somebody else does remember! LOL!!! Were you even born when they still had the sport in the Olympics?

2/23/10

mrtriplesix

ary201 wrote:

Doesn't look like it, but I don't see how that could be very surprising.

i wouldnt be surprised if there were none. i just wanted to ask :)

* not to be racist just trying to be funny... but seeing as how lots of black people are janitors, this could be a good sport for blacks. basically all you are doing is taking a broom and sweeping away ice from infront of an object moving. voila!! dont know about yall but at my high school 90% of the janitors were black

2/23/10