I went curling a couple times during my days in Anchorage. Picture a long, skinny ice rink attached to a much larger bar. The bar to sporting event ratio was larger than any bowling alley I've seen.
If you can stand up on the ice then you're not too drunk to curl
An Olympic gold medalist, along with three other Canadian curling players, were kicked out of a tournament on Sunday for allegedly being "extremely drunk."
Four people — Ryan Fry, Jamie Koe, DJ Kidby and Chris Schille — were removed from the Red Deer Curling Classic in Alberta, Canada, according to CBC Sports.
The event, which was part of the World Curling Tour, was held at the Pidherney Curling Centre. The facility's manager reportedly labeled the curling players' behavior "unacceptable."
"They went out to curl and they were extremely drunk and breaking brooms and swearing and just unacceptable behavior that nobody wants to watch or hear or listen to and it was just 'enough was enough,'" Wade Thurber said.
He added "some damage" was discovered in the locker room, and noted that other teams were "complaining about their stuff being kicked around."
The World Curling Tour confirmed the players' removal from the tournament on Twitter, writing they were "ejected from the [event] due to unsportsmanlike behavior, forfeiting their remaining game."
Fry won an Olympic gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games when Canada took home their third consecutive gold medal for men's curling.
He apologized in a statement posted to Twitter on Monday, in which he emphasized "how sorry I am to everyone affected by my actions on Saturday."
Koe and Kidby also apologized on Twitter. Kidby wrote that the team "entered the event to compete and have fun at the same time and thinks got taken way too far."
Earlier Sunday the team, according to USA Today, tweeted out a photo of the four players alongside eight beer bottles with the caption "#TeamCorona2.0." The tweet has reportedly since been removed.
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November 19, 2018, 04:35 PM
YooperSigs
I would guess that Curling would be way more fun shitfaced. And this is a great example of what passes for a "sport" in the Olympics.
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November 19, 2018, 04:41 PM
parabellum
Just get a Flowbee and be done with it.
November 19, 2018, 05:12 PM
Georgeair
I'd love to see video of this.
Oh, wait, it would be just like me trying to walk on ice and sling a curling stone while sober!
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November 19, 2018, 05:14 PM
kz1000
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November 19, 2018, 05:24 PM
trapper189
It's not drunk curling until you start throwing beer mugs down the carpet in the bar area. Not that I've ever done that. SWEEP!
November 19, 2018, 06:20 PM
FishOn
I was on a curling team in the 70s. It was actually pretty fun at the time.
November 19, 2018, 06:27 PM
Expert308
I've always imagined curling as being one of those "snooty", quiet sports like lawn bowling or cricket. Guess I was wrong! I wonder if cruise ships have a problem with drunken shuffleboarders.
November 19, 2018, 06:59 PM
Puckpilot78
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Originally posted by kz1000:
What a bunch of hosers eh?!
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November 19, 2018, 08:05 PM
Sunset_Va
When you are too drunk to fish, that is even worse!
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November 19, 2018, 11:05 PM
Sgt Neutron
November 19, 2018, 11:08 PM
bigwagon
A better question is why would anyone curl sober?
November 19, 2018, 11:11 PM
tatortodd
Sgt Neutron, that animated gif is great!
Only thing shocking about it is they were drinking from glass bottles instead of cans (safer).
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November 20, 2018, 01:30 AM
MitchbSC
D'oh Canada ...
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November 20, 2018, 02:39 AM
sigmonkey
... but never too drunk to hurl!
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November 20, 2018, 06:59 AM
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November 20, 2018, 09:48 AM
justjoe
It's a fine line between being drunk enough to think that pushing a big stone with a handle on it across ice would be really a lot of fun, and so drunk that when you push the stone you fall flat and slowly spiral across the ice like a frozen rag doll. A fine line.
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November 20, 2018, 10:30 AM
P220 Smudge
I watched Women's Olympic Curling once, about a decade ago. Had never watched curling before. Pretty much, it involved lots of pretty ladies bent over screaming "HARD!!" That was my take-away.
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November 20, 2018, 10:42 AM
FishOn
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Originally posted by parabellum: Very tidy people, these Canadians. Always with the broom.
