This is kinda neat.
On Wall Street, a Romance With the Curling Stone
By ERIC DASH
Published: February 25, 2010
Wall Street trading is often described as a blood sport. But inside the great investment houses, the sport of the moment is, of all things, curling — that oddball of the Olympics that is sort of like shuffleboard on ice.
This slow-poke game, which originated in 16th-century Scotland, has captivated the Type-A world of Wall Street almost by accident. CNBC, whose market chatter is the background music on trading floors, switches to curling from Vancouver shortly after the closing bell....
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/bu...rling.html?hpw