We Saw some Athletes, Guys!

I think I've already mentioned that we have some birthdays here in February, so this year, the coincidence of the Olympics provided an easy out on the gift buying.

Yeah Huh


So here's the thing. No one in my house actually knew the rules to curling until after we got home from the event. Because, really, knowing what is going on at sporting events is so cliche! Also? We like to make up the rules for things like curling while watching it live, in front of die hard fans in the stands. It doesn't make for an uncomfortable situation at all... if you speak quietly... which you can't do really when six thousand people are SCREAMING and CLAPPING and CHEERING and CHANTING all around you. Thankfully no one around us actually took the time to explain the real rules, as that would have made our normally anti-social behavior kind of awkward. Our rules were nowhere near the real rules, but they made sense at the time.

Someone is Screaming


Russian women beat the snot out of the Swedes, which was a shame, and the Swedes ended up conceding after 7 rounds (or as I later found out - ends). Someone explained why but at the team we just thought they were lazy, and or bad at rolling rocks on ice. We were wrong on all fronts. Considering they were ranked 2nd for most of the .... uhh tournament? At any rate, at some point there was some debate about something for scoring, and this guy came out of a garage or the basement or something with this contraption.

Settling the Score


There were some more surprises while we were there, and I'll save a couple for tomorrow. The last thing for today might shock you to your core.

Did you know that curling teams have COACHES? Yeah, I always just thought they were kind of like dart players - the kind of athletes that drink beer and talk shit with their fellow competitors and don't really have....coaches. I figured curling is a skill much like shooting pool - you don't really need a coach for it, but then I could probably benefit from a coach for shooting pool.

Strategizing


More curling action coming!