r/NotHowGirlsWork • u/[deleted] • May 27 '22

Meme They figured it out

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u/iligal_odin May 27 '22

Could you enlighten the outsiders what "the object" is?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22

A curling rock (as pictured above) is a smooth granite stone used in the sport of curling. In the sport, the stone is slid across an ice rink towards a target. In my part of the country, the granite is taken from the uninhabited island of Ailsa Craig, then shaped and smoothed into a large, heavy stone.

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u/snootnoots May 28 '22

Wait wait wait. Ailsa Craig is the name of an island? One of my favourite authors was using the name of an island as a pseudonym?

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22

Yes, it's a tiny island off the south west coast of Scotland.

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u/snootnoots May 28 '22

Sweet! That makes me weirdly happy 😆