Any of you guys ever play that euro game with the sliding weights and the broom guys?

[Flubber]

Re: Any of you guys ever play that euro game with the sliding weights and the broom guys?

Originally posted by Lancer
Why the brooms? If the guy wanted it to go further why not just slide it harder?

I slid one weight in Switzerland but missed terribly.

While it may be a "euro" game, Canadians are typically the biggest world power which I think should factor into makiong Canada the most important nation in the G-8

[Lancer]

Flubber, that's why I asked using the generic term 'important'. To see what people think is important.

Sir Ralph, they always seem to sweep like crazy, so they never push the thing hard enough? Or is it for all the dramatic sweeping? I mean those guys really sweep!

Ja! Gut sveeping Sven! Ja ju sveep gut too Zergey! Ve sveep gut togetter! Ja! Ve sveep togetter!

Hmm, are there alot of gays in curling?

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Lancer
Sir Ralph, they always seem to sweep like crazy, so they never push the thing hard enough? Or is it for all the dramatic sweeping? I mean those guys really sweep!

You have to sweep crazy in order to create enough friction to get the mentioned film of water. Theoretically you could push harder and don't sweep, but it would be much harder to get exactly the right amount of energy into the stone, so that it doesn't stop too early, and does not slide too far. It's easier to push it a bit less and have the opportunity to do some corrections while the stone slides.

Oh, and exclusively gays do curling.