Need new Olympic medal category for Norway curling team trousers

[suffragette]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/18/norways-curlers-and-their-incredible-winter-olympic-trousers-ranked

[KT2000]

1. That's great -

and they deserve a medal for being good sports with a sense of humor!!

[suffragette]

2. They sure do!

Can't quite decide on my favorite pair

[KT2000]

3. Gotta go with

Hound's-tooth with SOCKS!

[suffragette]

4. A great combo! I rather like the swirly-whirly ones. Fits with their sweeping moves.

[WestMichRad]

21. The Jackson Pollocks for me

I would so very much like a pair of those!

But really, they all rock! Yay Norway!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I wonder if these will become a fashion,

kind of like Zubaz?

I hope not. The hunky guys on the curling team can get away with these pants, might not be too flattering on many others.

[suffragette]

10. Setting a trend. Now that would be fun.

[bluecollar2]

6. I think I had a shirt that looked similar

To some of those slacks in high school...

It was the seventies...i might have been under the influence of any number of factors...

[KT2000]

7. those of us - of a certain age

are being reminded of probably our coolest phase in fashion sense. Influence of factors indeed!

[bluecollar2]

8. To my knowledge

Very little photographic evidence appears to exist...

[KT2000]

9. manual shredding

of any evidence by 1980.

[bluecollar2]

12. That damned yearbook

Is still out there...

[KT2000]

13. forgot about that

they are like the internet - I see them in thrift stores!!!

[suffragette]

11. Toronto Star has a pic of pants that looked like a

Spirograph design.
Ah, memories

[murielm99]

14. Their shoes.

I think all the curlers wear strange shoes. How do they get a grip on the ice with those shoes.?

Curling is such a funny sport. It makes me laugh, and I love it.

[suffragette]

16. They have to be able to grip and to slide. Must have specially designed shoes.

It is a funny sport, especially the sweeping.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. The shoes have dissimilar soles.

There's a slider shoe for sliding along the ice and a gripper shoe to grip the ice when throwing the stone. I tried curling once, and I was wearing ordinary sneakers. I fell down a lot.

[murielm99]

23. Thank you.

That is good information. The sport still bewilders me and makes me laugh.

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. I wonder if it is fashion or strategy

a bit distracting at least.

[suffragette]

17. Oh, good point. Maybe a bit of both, with a good sense of humor thrown in.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Maybe they're intended to psych out the opposing team

kind of like the Scots used bagpipes to scare the enemy in battle. The pants are visual bagpipes. Don't forget, these guys are descended from the Vikings and as such are formidable adversaries.

[Old Terp]

20. Norway is grabbing everything at this Olympics

The USA is way down the list. Come to think of it, the US did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup for the first time since 1986. So much losing since Trump came. The sad part for him is that now he will miss a trip to Russia to support the US Team. This is for the best because he would just embarrass us and our athletes by his ignorance of International Sports Etiquette (just like the VP did). I guess this is "Wish we had a President" Day.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. Maybe that's the real reason Trump wants more Norwegians.

They always kick ass at the winter games.

[BHDem53]

22. John Daly is smiling.

[Nitram]

25. Thanks for the post. This is great!

[underpants]

26. Norway Norway curling in fashion

Causing a Commotion
'Cause they are so awesome