Perth Curling Season Opens With Record Number of People Shouting ‘Hurry Hard’ at Things That Aren’t Curling Stones
Shoppers seen bellowing at trolleys; one man sweeps the M90 in front of his own car.
A curling rink, the only place in Perth where shouting at ice is encouraged. Photo: Rosser1954, “Curling stone feature, Ayr Ice Rink, South Ayrshire, Scotland”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
PERTH — As the curling season gets under way at Perth’s ice rink, the city has seen a familiar seasonal spike in residents shouting “HURRY HARD!” at objects that are not curling stones.
Supermarket staff reported customers bellowing at slow-moving trolleys. A woman in Scone was seen sweeping frantically in front of a rolling wheelie bin. A Kinross man is said to have swept the entire length of a pavement in front of his elderly dog.
“It’s a sickness,” said a club member. “In January it gets worse. People start sweeping the ice in front of buses. Usually the buses don’t speed up.”
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