Jo, curling may be a lot of things, but exciting? The New Zealanders were going to send a team, but when they went to practice on the Ida Dam they lost their stones in the water. They'd got the curling and the whisky-drinking in the wrong order and forgot the ice bit.

As for the skeleton bobsleigh, I'm finally coming around to the notion that Richard Dworkin's selfish gene theory may hold some water, but doesn't go far enough. I prefer the stupid gene theory, meownself. Sliding down a hill on half a tea tray at 100kmh ... yeah, right!



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