Peter Cook & Sport/Nonsport

[mjollner]

davewitley relayed a Peter Cook/Dudley Moore radio sketch:

I skimmed over your post, but the name "Peter Cook" rang no bell until 
I watched "The Princess Bride" last night for the umpteenth time, and 
noticed that he was The Impressive Clergyman.  "Mahwage, mahwage is 
what bwings us togethuh today..."  It shouldn't surprise me that he 
apparently had a long career as a comedian before that role; I just 
hadn't heard of him before.

And completely switching gears to the topic of what is and what isn't 
a sport...I just had a conversation with a Canadian coworker in which 
I asked him to explain to me the pastime of curling.  I watched a bit 
of it the other night, and...and...I just don't get it!  And 
furthermore, I don't understand why it is an Olympic sport!  It seems 
to me that very little physical exertion is required.  As I've never 
"curled" (is that the right term?), could someone who has enlighten 
me?  Is it just one of those things that's harder than it looks?

Mjollner