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Why I'm heading for Winter Olympics gold in curling in 2014

Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 11:42 AM
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I want to become an Olympian so I'm thinking of taking up curling.

Yes, I know I'm, a bit old, mid fifties and all that, but after watching the curling on TV last night I think I can still hack it in four years time.

Basically you throw or glide something that looks like an iron or a kettle lid along the ice hoping to land close to a disc object a few hundred feet away.

It is horseshoes for Olympians, except there is more skill in horseshoes.

There's more. There are two sweepers, who clean the ice with brooms in front of the kettle lid as it flows down towards the ice. That's why my wife would be an excellent Olympian too.

She is always complaining about sweeping up after me -- now we can do it to win gold together.

There are lots of silly sports at which you can win Olympic medals, but curling takes the biscuit.

The silver lining is that I can still dream of being an Olympian three decades after I reached the height of my athletic prowess when my friend and I combined to win the three legged race at our school sports day for former pupils.

Now if they ever have three legged curling I'm even more interested


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| Mar 22, 2010, 02:17 PM EDT
Niall, Works for me!!! Actually I've been curling and it is rather fun even though my feet froze. BTW it was really hard, but I'm not good at any sports except orientering (because I'm good at reading maps). It seems like they produce a lot of medal winners in Olympic Ice Skating around here, so where is your team going to practice and try out (tongue in cheek!) I'd look good with windrider, I'm a 62 year old woman who looks 14 months pregnant!

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windrider48 | Feb 19, 2010, 01:03 PM EST
Niall, I love it. Have you seen the American men's team? Great guys. You really do expect them to slide the rock with one hand and have a Bud in the other. One of the teams has a woman who is 5 1/2 months pregnant. Okay, that works for me. I'm 67 and sort of look pregnant. I'd like to join your team. Up here near the Canadian border there is a lot of curling. Maybe we could represent Ireland in the next Olympics. Nice grean uniforms and some Guiness to fortify us.

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