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American Curlers Have Heard Your Jokes About the Sport. Their Response: Try It.
San Jose Mercury News ^
| January 20, 2018
| Kelyn Soong
Posted on 01/20/2018 9:14:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
Dont bother telling Joe Rockenbach your curling jokes. Hes heard them all.
As president of his local curling club, Rockenbach has listened to people tell him that curling is not a real sport. Or about how curlers must be skilled house cleaners because their sport involves sweeping.
Those comments used to irk Rockenbach, a 37-year-old Philadelphia native, but hes seen the game humble enough people that now the slights slide right off.
Almost anybody who comes into it with the attitude of, This is nothing, I got this, when they get off the ice, [they say], this was way different than what I expected, Rockenbach said, and theyll gain a lot more respect for the game.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2018olympics; curling; curlingcanada; teamusa
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To: WayneS
I think Curling originates from Scotland.
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To: Fai Mao
To reach Olympic levels takes a tons of talent, practice, mental and physical prowess, and money for the equipment.
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(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Cats. Olympics. Immutable.
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