I’ve been living under a bunch of misapprehensions about the “sport” of Curling. I admit, I haven’t subjected these revelations to any peer review or fact checking, but if the climate “scientists” can get away with that kind of sloppiness, why can’t I?
* The movie Death Race 2000 was loosely based on curling.
* Curling has been described as shuffleboard plus ice plus chess times football plus ninjas times a grizzly bear plus a nuclear explosion minus badminton.
* Curling is banned in most of Europe due to making their heads explode with its awesomeness
* The stones in curling are made from brimstone mined from the very depths of hell.
* Placing a stone perfectly in the house has been rated the hardest act in any sport, harder than hitting a fast ball or catching the golden snitch.
* Due to the excitement, curling is not recommended for the elderly, those with heart conditions, pregnant women, and people who suck and don’t like awesome things.
* In ancient times, only the greatest, strongest warriors were chosen to play curling… and housewives good at sweeping.
* No one is sure where curling came from, but most guess it was a collaborative project of Chuck Norris, Mr. T, Jack Bauer, and Fred Thompson.
Comment #16 at the linked article: Epic. Win.
Comment by Lickmuffin — February 16, 2010 @ 17:17
Damnit it all to hell. I was laughing so hard that I got the comment number wrong.
It’s this one:
http://www.imao.us/index.php/2010/02/curling-facts/#comment-60468
Frig.
Comment by Lickmuffin — February 16, 2010 @ 17:24
Tango Mike India, my friend. Just TMI
Comment by Nicholas — February 16, 2010 @ 17:33