You also gave us Celine Dion. That's worth a dick punch right there!
I personally apologize for that. I also apologize for my wife, who actually likes her
God help me.......
No dick punch for me though, thank you. Don't even think about it when I drive down to the OC........
Anyway.....
I've curled a bunch of times. Back when I was in Jr. High, we had these activity days, and you could select one of the available activities. It sure beat the hell out of sitting in class. Some people chose skiing, computers, wood shop, metal shop, drama, Phantom of the Opera....... I chose curling.
It was a lot of fun. It was difficult, but after a little while you at least got the hang of it. Figuring out how hard to throw the stone and how much to curl it was the hardest part. The sweeping and shuffling sideways (we wore a slippery shoe and a gripping shoe) up the ice was hard to do when you got close to the house (the target) and there were a bunch of stones in your way that you didn't want to kick.
I preferred the short bristle brush over the long bristle brush that you had to slap back and forth on the ice. I don't think that they use the long bristle brush anymore.
It always felt great when you were going for a combo hit and it worked out, or if you were aiming for a very specific spot between two stones, and your stone squeezed right by.
I was skip (the captain) of my team during the last year we played, and we won the tournament.
I'd love to play again, but I highly doubt that I'll find a place to play in West Los Angeles....
