On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:48 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, they had a stone leave the lane and Marge was able to sweep it > through a U-turn. Neither actual curling nor actual physics were involved. > > Were they even close with the lingo? I don't think Costas has ever called > a match, so he probably couldn't check when he ran his lines. > Yes (if you mean the riff Marge did at the breakfast table): BITER: A stone barely touching the 12-foot ring. HACK: The pieces of rubber you push off from at either end of the sheet. HOG LINE: The thick black line 33 feet from the hack. See: http://www.curlingschool.com/manual/curling_lingo.html -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
