Curling...

Ha Bookish! When I watched curling for the first time last weekend I renamed it cleaning - sorry any curlers out there!! It's just coz I don't understand, I'm an ignorant! The GB women's captain is a fittie.

Ha Bookish. My OH calls it 'bowls on ice' I really like it, but then I quite like Bowls too. I've tried it once and it is ALOT harder than it looks. I really enjoy watching it.

The 'are you serious?' Winter Olympic sport for me (though I also love watching it) has got to be the aerial skiing - were they go down a massive slope then do somersaults in the air and land. I cannot believe people can actually do that and my brain can't work out who thought it up or how you work out you're good at it, or how you become good at it. After four skiing stints I can successfully do enough turns to get down a mild hill, and still wobble more than they do landing from the middle of the sky.

The caretakers did not bad: Bronze and Silver Medals.

ha this!! I bloody love it, ive been hitting up ATB for curling tips and rules..im a genuine convert and actaully want to try it myself !! but living no where near scotland and there being no clurling clubs or anything round these parts il have to make do in with my ktichen floors and some plastic balls!

I'm happy to host a Otter Curling residential weekend for anyone who'd like to try it!!!

Il come as long as Daves there too

Next time I see Dave I'll sign him up!

Failing that will Johnny do, I can almost forgive him for being Canadian:

I'm in too (for Dave definately even if he is retiring :'( )

I'm defo there! And we can get Greg on board too he's so cute!

One of them (not Dave) has the best bum ever - but I can't remember which one! Wasn't looking at his face and I played the worst game of my life!

On the train on Saturday, someone told me curling started in Aberdeen on icy streets and they used tortoises. The tortoises were so scared at being slid along on their backs they 'curled one out' and the brushes were used so they didn't slide through the previous tortoise's poo.

This guy was drinking so I don't think he is a credible source of information.

Not quite the origins Ducky!

I incredibly wish this were true! Thats such a fab "made up by a drunk" story I may have snorted rather indelicately at my desk reading it haha!

Waaaaaaah ? ? Ducky I just read that and laughed out loud in my very quiet office !!! What a fantastic story I almost want it to be true that's brilliant!!!

I was actually getting into this when it was on again I was asking my OH what was going on too. Lol

xx