Re: Hockey, Curling and other sports (some futuristic)

On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 03:11 PM, Tomb wrote:

> 1) Curling: KH thinks this is a bit odd. Karl-Heinz, it is a
_Scottish_
> sport. Just thank the Lord it does not involve Sheep or parts thereof.
> These are the same people that invented the Caber Toss. And as for it
> being shuffleboard, to quote a line from the upcoming Men With Brooms
> movie (how dreadfully Canadian), "To play this game, you need really
big
> Stones."
>
You shouldn't forget golf when mentioning bizarre, frustrating, yet
strangely fun sports invented by the Scots. Throw in haggis, kilts
and bagpipes and you have an interesting nation indeed...

Cheers,