Curling

[Faster]

7 hours ago, munichfan said:

Congrats over the channel. I've only seen the last three ends, but it must have been a wild shoot-out judging by how many scoreless ends there were. Btw, it's a shame there's no Hot Bods thread for these games - one of those Scots is right up my alley.

Really? I find them all unappealing. The Norwegians are far better eye candy.

[yoshi]

Yay, go Scotland!  Hopefully Eve wins too, I'd really like to see her finally win a gold after all her attempts. And you know, 2 golds = successful games, right?

[MisterSG1]

With Canada’s Team Gushue losing, I was wondering if the Newfoundland Dept of Transportation and Infrastructure would have to change this sign (couldn’t find it anywhere online without street viewing it so this will do)

But with him losing, I guess not.

[Scotguy II]

An independent Scotland wold be quite successful in a Winter olympics thanks to our lads and lassies  

[munichfan]

4 hours ago, MisterSG1 said:

Someone had quite the successful takeout shot.

[Rob2012]

Epic match. Well done Team Muirhead.

 

[baron-pierreIV]

So. one good result of Brexit? THE GB men get the gold in Curling?  

[The Tower Bridge Fox]

No!!!!! what about the ice dancing Scottish and English /Canadian

Independence would benefit no one

Fantastic result for Greatbritish women Guaranteed silver
My prediction  for the Finals 
Great British men Gold
Great British women silver

 

 

 

[The Tower Bridge Fox]

12 hours ago, Scotguy II said:

An independent Scotland wold be quite successful in a Winter olympics thanks to our lads and lassies  

No!!!!! what about the ice dancing Scottish and English /Canadian

Independence would benefit no one

Fantastic result for Greatbritish women Guaranteed silver
My prediction  for the Finals 
Great British men Gold
Great British women silver

[The Tower Bridge Fox]

HURRRRAAYYYY SILVER MEDAL FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

[Rob2012]

Close but probably the better team won. But silver is still an excellent result.

[FYI]

While I agree a silver medal is great, let's not get too carried away with it, though. Since (according to some around here) "a competition is held to determine 'a winner', not the 2 runners up. Silver and bronze are just a 'polite' convention". 

[Faster]

9 hours ago, Rob. said:

Close but probably the better team won. But silver is still an excellent result.

Mouat is the highest rated curler and the European champion. But on a personal level if it wasn't Canada I am happy it was Edin. Guy was 4th in Vancouver, 3rd in Sochi, 2nd in Pyeongchang. Class curler.

As for the Americans, within curling circles they are well liked people. Our commentators had nothing but nice things to say about them (despite the one guy that curled 25% in an Olympic final constantly bashing Gushue). 

20 years ago before John Morris and Brad Jacobs I am not sure the curling world could have handled a Matt Hamilton but in a post Curling-bro world, its all good.

[baron-pierreIV]

Curling is really a great potato couch sport.  Now, if they would only add bells and whistles to the ice and the sides when a team scores -- something like a pinball machine, it would be even more telegenic!! 

I guess they just leave all the stones in the host city?? 

[Faster]

It use to be that the World Curling Federation would keep a set of rocks that are specifically the Olympic rocks. But the rocks used in Beijing were 2 different sets (one for mixed and one for team) and brand new.

[Guilga]

2 minutes ago, Faster said:

It use to be that the World Curling Federation would keep a set of rocks that are specifically the Olympic rocks. But the rocks used in Beijing were 2 different sets (one for mixed and one for team) and brand new.

Today i learnt something new! Hopefully the 2022 stones stays there, the less elephants post-games the better, and for Curling this goes double since we can actually run out of materials for the stones! (since only 2 islands at the UK have the granite to make them)

Now, about the olympic stones: wow, THAT´S ACTUALLY AWESOME!

 

[baron-pierreIV]

How about curling stones instead of medals or torches?  Let's see them pack those in their suitcases.  

[Guilga]

13 minutes ago, baron-pierreIV said:

How about curling stones instead of medals or torches?  Let's see them pack those in their suitcases.  

No, those may be rarer than metals by the yay they´re made!

[Scotguy II]

Scottish women are currently going for gold following the Scottish mens silver medal yesterday.

[Sir Rols]

Watching as well. Cute girls on both sides. Almost feel like swinging both ways in Hot Bods.

i confess I was cheering for Sweden last night. But crossing fingers for GB/Scotland now (love the Scot accents coming through the coverage)

Edited February 20, 2022 by Sir Rols

[Scotguy II]

8 minutes ago, Sir Rols said:

Watching as well. Cute girls on both sides. Almost feel like swinging both ways in Hot Bods.

i confess I was cheering for Sweden last night. But crossing fingers for GB/Scotland now (love the Scot accents coming through the coverage)

I always get told i have a great accent here in NZ, but compared to the NZ accent thats not that hard lol

The swedish guys were very hot also esp the skip. i could easily slip on that ice needing to be rescued by both Scots and Swede mens team  

[Scotguy II]

The lassies did it  Scotland win the gold  

[Sir Rols]

I can see a few happy GB members when they wake up.

i like the way they play bagpipe music at the end of the games. Did they do that for every match?

[munichfan]

1 minute ago, Sir Rols said:

i like the way they play bagpipe music at the end of the games. Did they do that for every match?

They usually did that before the sessions. At least they did so for the matches before the Opening Ceremony (didn't watch the others froms the start).

[Scotguy II]

1 minute ago, Sir Rols said:

I can see a few happy GB members when they wake up.

i like the way they play bagpipe music at the end of the games. Did they do that for every match?

Not sure but its a nice homage to the home of Curling