Sochi - Curling - to pipe or not to pipe?

Why not indeed. It might help us get more gold medals.

Or maybe use the pipe band for the other events too as our secret weapon!

It's not just the team members who are Scottish. Curling originated in Scotland so it seems appropriate that it's origins are celebrated by a pipe band.

It's to scare off the opposition,
No offence to Scots but the sound of bagpipes always sends me running.

I love watching the events at Sochi but don't get curling at all. It all seems a bit pointless! [ducks down & hides]

I find the constant yelling and talking very off putting I guess its essential but you don't hear it when watching things like green bowls . I agree with the pipes with everything , its very stirring even though there is no Scot in me that I know off... bit of Welsh though

You don't have people brushing the green in lawn bowls. The shouting is to direct the players with the brushes. Why do I shy away from calling them 'scrubbers'?

But they do direct the bowler and give info about the lie of the Jack etc.in bowls but do it without all the hooha and in a normal voice I just don' t get all the screaming.

Tanith You are not taking account of the noise that the curling stones make as they hurtle down the ice. Not like bowls which are silent until they make that satisfying dull noise when they connect. Curling is not called the 'Roaring Game' for nothing

Granny23 I lurve curling. Well done Eve and her team. Tears of relief and joy!

Yes! Well done, those girls. And the men yesterday, of course!!

I am with you soop and merlotgran, well done the girls, and indeed the men - let's celebrate without harping shall we - indeed let's nlow our own pipes!

I second that PRINTMISS excellent result and a fair bit of screaming in this house. Understandable when it's for an Olympic medal.

Well shiver ma' brushes and 'an rattle your rocks
We've come back from Sochi wi' great silver socks
Bronze in our sporrans, and and a big bag of pride
So blow on those pipes and let no one deride
The bonnie Scots heroes who fought the contest
And won thru' at last to be good as the best..well, almost!

Anon.

papaoscar I like it! Thank you.

But what is all this 'the girls' and 'the MEN'. A bit of equality please. Either the girls and the boys or the men and the women or even, in this instance the Lads and the Lassies .