Sport/Nonsport

[lupinesque]

mjollner wrote:

> 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?

Hmmm...I don't know about the physical exertion, but IMO, skill is an 
adequate replacement.  Curling, like golf (which is not an Olympic 
sport) and shooting (which is), does not require a lot of physical 
exertion but does require tremendous physical skill.  

Amy
for whom walking up a small hill could be considered a sport if 
exertion were the only criterion <pant pant>