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WATCH: Sochi answers: Why do curlers scream?
Yahoo ^ | 2/17/14 | Danielle Paquette

Posted on 02/17/2014 9:55:32 AM PST by Nachum

Is that a bar fight? A Nascar race? An unusually aggressive pep rally? No — It’s Olympic curling! And there is screaming. So much screaming. Why? Well, it’s simply how teammates communicate with each other as they guide the stones, sweep by sweep, to the bulls-eye.

But, for some, that's not immediately apparent:

How do people understand curling? Like actually... What is it? Why are they screaming? Are those swiffers? Aren't they cold in tshirts? — Jennie McGowan (@jenniemac44) February 16, 2014

To understand the method behind the mayhem, one must first know the rules of curling. For starters, players aim to direct heavy, granite stones across a sheet of textured ice toward a target area called the house. (Consider curling a distant cousin of shuffleboard.) Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding the stones — also called “rocks” —toward the target. Each team has eight stones per end, which is curling's version of, say, a baseball inning. There are 10 ends in a tournament-style game.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: curlers; curling; scream; sochi
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To: Nachum

US women curlers are babes....


41 posted on 02/17/2014 11:43:28 AM PST by stylin19a (Obama -> Fredo smart)
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To: stylin19a

looks like your tagline sez that Obama is greater than or equal to fredo smart. wouldn’t that be less than or equal to

do you have that backwards or am I reading it wrong??


42 posted on 02/17/2014 1:05:30 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Sacajaweau

My favorite ball game is with M2 BALL and M193 Ball.


43 posted on 02/17/2014 1:25:19 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
The over-the-air NBC appears to be all about ice dancing.

The usual NBC Fag Fare.

44 posted on 02/17/2014 1:32:21 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: stylin19a
They've totally bastardized the sport. Here is how it is supposed to be played. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evNi4_2qHPY&feature=player_embedded
45 posted on 02/17/2014 1:35:52 PM PST by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: N. Theknow

Now THAT is funny.


46 posted on 02/17/2014 1:47:35 PM PST by Hulka
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To: Vaquero
it's suppose to be a pointer.
47 posted on 02/17/2014 4:47:23 PM PST by stylin19a (Obama ----> Fredo smart)
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To: stylin19a

Gotcha


48 posted on 02/17/2014 5:25:35 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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