Master Chef on Ice
I sat down a couple of nights ago to enjoy another excellent Master Chef offering, only to be confronted with 'curling'.
This 'curling' had been scheduled for most of the evening so that the nation could watch the final death throws (or slides in this case) of our beloved curling team. It is probably one of the most boring sports to watch, in fact so much so that even the players appear bored. This was reinforced by a player reaching for an object with all the characteristics of a mobile phone, while sliding back to the curling start line in his ridiculous plimsole's, with a gait not out of place in the 'Ministry of Funny Walks'. I guess a text message was unsurprisingly more interesting than the Olympic curling semi final.
When I watch the Winter Olympics I feel very detached from the sports as I have either not heard of, or not experienced a lot of them. They can make for exciting viewing at times, but are mostly monotonous. Cross country skiing and shooting being a case in point. Why not have cross country skiing and paintball instead, much better viewing? I would happily watch that with a glass of Gluhwein.
Visited some friends near Basingstoke last weekend, and drank an awful lot of wine. It was good the see the host pouring out a remarkable Rioja into an ample decanter well before consumption. It tasted divine, especially with the marinated fillet of beef. We all got slightly carried away and drank far too much wine, including a delicious white Burgundy, We were very much worse for wear the next day and this prompted me to have a break from all things alcoholic this week. Back on the job this weekend and looking forward to it.
This 'curling' had been scheduled for most of the evening so that the nation could watch the final death throws (or slides in this case) of our beloved curling team. It is probably one of the most boring sports to watch, in fact so much so that even the players appear bored. This was reinforced by a player reaching for an object with all the characteristics of a mobile phone, while sliding back to the curling start line in his ridiculous plimsole's, with a gait not out of place in the 'Ministry of Funny Walks'. I guess a text message was unsurprisingly more interesting than the Olympic curling semi final.
When I watch the Winter Olympics I feel very detached from the sports as I have either not heard of, or not experienced a lot of them. They can make for exciting viewing at times, but are mostly monotonous. Cross country skiing and shooting being a case in point. Why not have cross country skiing and paintball instead, much better viewing? I would happily watch that with a glass of Gluhwein.
Visited some friends near Basingstoke last weekend, and drank an awful lot of wine. It was good the see the host pouring out a remarkable Rioja into an ample decanter well before consumption. It tasted divine, especially with the marinated fillet of beef. We all got slightly carried away and drank far too much wine, including a delicious white Burgundy, We were very much worse for wear the next day and this prompted me to have a break from all things alcoholic this week. Back on the job this weekend and looking forward to it.
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