Hurry Hard!....That's what she said

What could be a truer Canadian sport than one where you get to drink while playing? Hockey? Hah. Lacrosse? Don't make me scoff. Curling; the Scottish sport that was founded over nearly a five hundred years ago? Bingo!

Here is some fun curling trivia:

1. The first Canada vs America curling game was held on Lake Erie.
2. In the Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond plays curling with a group of hospital patients. He falls down while wearing a kilt. Evidence of why this is the worst Bond film ever made. Bond does not fall down.
3. A lead or second player will walk as much as 2 miles in an 8-end game.
4. The term "curl" comes not from the way the stones curl up the ice but from the Scottish word "curr" which means a low rumble; this is the sound the stone makes over the ice.
5. The Halifax Curling Club was founded in 1824 making it the oldest active curling club in North America.

(Trivia points found at wikipedia.com and www.halifax.curlingclub.ca)