that winter sport where they sweep the ice ??

It's a Canadian game called curling. Old people play a version of it on cruise ships and in Miami Beach and call it shuffleboard.
 
Curling. Its funny as hell. We get it up here on CBC quite a bit.

I actually think the sport it orginially Scottish. Can anyone confirm this?
 
Yes, curling is another creation of the Scottish mind--shuffleboard on the ice. Canada is merely the best in the world now, because any Scot who could stand winter moved there.
 
Originally posted by wolf man:
<strong>So it's not just the poms that get rid of all there good sportsman ? ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

Nope <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" />
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Originally posted by A1Dan:
<strong>Err - hang on...

2002 Winter Olympics Curling Results:

GB - 1 Gold Medal
Canada - 0 Gold medals
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But Canada won 2 medals to your one. In the preliminary rounds, both the Canadian men and women had the best records. The Norwegian victory over Canada for the mens' gold was a major upset. The fact that the English women's team won doesn't make you a major curling power--after all, the US women won the World Cup in 1999 [and are hosting it again] but that, in most people's minds, doesn't make the USA a major power in association football.
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And I thought I'd never see an argument about curling. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> What's next, the WNBA?
 
Here in Canada, TSN actully plays Champions League on a tape delay because the all-important curling is on.

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