Comment on But the Canadien stock market is over 33,000!

Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Only the last two shots of each end are the spectator portion. /s

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Curling was a sport ruled by fat middle aged men smoking and getting drunk. They should bring that back, along with the floppy brooms and berets.

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  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I see a lot more fat guys at softball than curling, actually

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  • Nasan@sopuli.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    One time I drunkenly asked the bartender for a mini broom to use while playing shuffleboard with friends at a bar. They apparently do not usually have mini brooms for shuffleboard.

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    • AlexLost@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Different concept but same idea. You do not want to brush the salt away in shuffleboard. It make the rock no slidey no more. The broom warms the pebbles enough that they ever so slightly grip the rock with their wet tips. So sexy

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• Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You are incorrect. Watching curling right now.

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• Visstix@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you are in the Netherlands there’s a 99% it’s speed skating instead.

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• Denjin@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  not the greatest spectator sport

  Incorrect

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• rozodru@piefed.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t go to bars in Canada on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in winter in then cause….god damn it’s all they’ll show. OH and if you’re lucky, Friday Nights too.

  in my 40+ years being Canadian i’ve YET to meet another fellow canuck that enjoys or watches curling. never. and yet they’ll show the absolute shit out of it on TV here. I don’t get it. We even have god damn curling clubs everywhere and I STILL have yet to meet anyone that loves it and plays it.

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    More people in Canada watch curling than hockey. I think you need some new acquaintances.

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    • rozodru@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      where? I’ve lived in Dryden Ontario, Toronto, Kitchener, etc and I’ve NEVER met or known a single person that said they loved curling and watched it.

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      • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        I’m from Guelph (live in Nova Scotia now) and growing up I curled most of my childhood and all through high school. I’m in my late 30s now and still actively watch it. Hoping to get my partner involved as we met because of a curling bonspiel in Kitchener.

        Hope that helps.

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      • loie@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m with you dude, this is a conspiracy

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    • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m skeptical of this - where do you get those figures from?

      Objective counter-evidence: Why are they not selling out big stadiums if spectating is that popular?

      Anecdotal counter-evidence: I hear people talk about hockey matches, I rarely hear people talk about curling matches.

      They’re both good sports and I like both, I’d like to try curling sometime.
      But surface level evidence suggests you’re incorrect, so you need to provide more convincing evidence

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  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wait, like all the time?

    In the US, every time the Winter Olympics come around there is this temporary curling craze where everybody gets super into it and you would swear it’s their favorite thing and then the Olympics end and it disappears out of everybody’s mind instantly. Like a spell being broken or something. It’s weird.

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• plateee@piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hey buddy, you just need to keep your eye on the button and wait to see how they use the hammer to clear the house - and pray they don’t cross the hog line while holding on to the stone handle.

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• Tabooki@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The ultimate sport for sleeping

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  • discow@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sweeping

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