Thursday, February 18, 2010
O curlers, come, we're brithers a' (and good luck to you)
Every four winters, the population of the world with televisions gets the notion that it can compete in the Olympics. Very few think, "Hey, I can just sit on those big fat skis, slide down that 300' foot jump, stand up at the end, and get a gold medal. Even fewer - especially this year - think to themselves, "I can ride a sled! I'll just lie down on that thing and slide to victory, nothing to it..."
But, every four years people sitting in their living rooms, eating pretzels and drinking beer, think, "Hey, that curling is silly, it's shuffleboard on ice, any idiot can do that. Heck, I am going to the Olympics and do some curling..."
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