Kilts 'n curling

[ThistleDown]

Sadly, the Olympics announcer said the rule is black pants - but as evidenced by the Norwegian men's team the rule isn't well enforced.

You can go to Google Images and search for "kilts curling" and find a number of photos of kilted curlers - honoring the game's Scottish origins...despite one errant announcer giving Olympic coverage who attributed curling's origins to Canada.....

Just one errant, Ron? I don't know of a single rink proven to be in existence in the Highlands before 1773. Prior to that there is no written or illustrated evidence of kilted curlers (that I know of ). After that date there may well have been a select few. but they were not the common folk and were atypical of the culture.

[Lallans]

Since the curler quoted seems to have been answering a question, I was wondering if there was possibly a movement going on somewhere to make curling a kilted sport. Canada's being credited with inventing curling was possibly a confusion with the fact that we pushed it out as both an international and as an Olympic sport. Nationally we are only pushy about two things- hockey and curling. And curling is arguably the true people's sport here.