"Nobody else in my house likes football, and we are believers in democracy at least as far as concerns the television. And so it was that, Sunday evening, I had the Super Bowl streaming on my li'l laptop screen, and the gigantic TV was showing a tape-delayed CNBC broadcast of mixed doubles curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics. I feel (but do not really have) a professional obligation to watch the NFL conference championships"
"the Swedish sister Isabella was wearing huge boxy eyeglasses and looked like an 8-year-old and was impossibly adorable; Dropkin, in turn, is far handsomer than curling calls for. The pairs' playing styles seemed to contrast: The Swedes would ease their stone slowly and delicately down the lane, playing for maximum precision and placement, and then Dropkin would send a stone rocketing along at freeway speeds and blast the Swedes' stones to hell."
A household arranged television choices so the Super Bowl streamed on a laptop while the big TV showed tape-delayed Olympic mixed doubles curling. The curling repeatedly drew attention during football commercial breaks caused by frequent three-and-outs. The American pair Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin faced Swedish siblings Isabella and Rasmus Wranå. Isabella's youthful appearance and large glasses contrasted with Dropkin's striking handsomeness. The Swedes played with slow, precise placement, while Dropkin favored high-speed takeouts that shattered opponents' stones. The contrast prompted an associative metaphor about differing national styles and bearings.
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