0:38 Jim English, Managing director, Kays Scotland

Must cost the curling team a fortune in excess baggage, when they go abroad......😄

Ailsa Craig granite is an extremely rare Riebeckite Microgranite, found nowhere else on Earth. Stones from Ailsa Craig can be found on many beaches bordering the Irish Sea, brought south by glaciers during the last Ice Age.

I don't know why but I've always had the impression that Scottish people really know their rocks and stones

@gdwe1831

2 ай бұрын

Fuckin dwarves mate

@Alexander-vo4gv

2 ай бұрын

@@gdwe1831 you?

@simonhopkins3867

2 ай бұрын

​@@gdwe1831 Never trust an elf.

@Phobos_Thanatos

2 ай бұрын

“For rock and stone!”

Curl till you hurl.

We take curling for granite

@ChrisM541

2 ай бұрын

I see what you did there ;)

@y_fam_goeglyd

2 ай бұрын

😂 good one!

Fascinating... the camera, used to capture the old black-and-white footage, must have been enormous. And, the videographers dragged it out to a remote island, on a sea-going vessel. 👍🏼

Beautiful

Like the sport itself, this was surprisingly really interesting!

A glass of Lagavulin to the report ! Slainte

@brhbrh6326

2 ай бұрын

You'd be better with Laphroiag 10, or even Ardbeg 5. Lagavulin 16 is pricing itself out of the market.

I had no idea!

@geofo60

2 ай бұрын

You're not alone, every day is a school day. This made a change from the endless doom and gloom eh?

@notozknows

2 ай бұрын

Who cares? Lol.

So the story of the most exciting sport in the human history starts from a humble island in Scotland.

I think I have read about it in the book of the 100 objects 👍

❤

🎉

Love the stones and the story. Silly sport though 😅

@ducttape82

2 ай бұрын

There's nothing silly about it. Give it a try, it's a lot harder than it looks.

@h.stephenpaul7810

2 ай бұрын

It's chess on ice. A lot of strategy required to win consistently.

Very interesting industry/story. Too bad the same can't be said about the sport :)

why? bbc owns that mine

*BBC!!!*

@mateocolegial5571

2 ай бұрын

*BBC!!!*

Maybe because curling is not a Chinese thing?

@znxster

2 ай бұрын

Curlers have tried out different sources of granite but still love the "blue hone" from Ailsa Craig. I believe that "Welsh Trefor" is also used and similarly loved. It is the types of granite these locations provide which makes it desirable. No doubt, China and the rest of the world, have quarries that could provide granite but until it is tested for its quality... the Olympics and Worlds will continue to point at the above quarry as a source.

What ''cutting edge'' news

just make it from cement

@Pfromm007

2 ай бұрын

Cement would be way easier. Unfortunately, it wouldn't have the same smooth surface, would fracture tremendously due to its mixture, and be so heavy as to make control nearly impossible.

@ChrisM541

2 ай бұрын

Just like your brain ;)

@SD-vp5vo

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisM541 your mom

Diversify, granite kitchen tops , chairs , floors ?

Are they speaking English?

@user-xk3dt2zj1v

2 ай бұрын

Your single brain cell is really struggling today.

@CorePathway

2 ай бұрын

Glean as glass. No, glass! GLASS, you know, what Koos eat. Verdict: English-ish.

@brhbrh6326

2 ай бұрын

Are you a dobber or a numpty?

Brexit has cost £140 Billion so far, imagine if we'd spent that on the NHS instead of blue passports.

Curling is the most boring game, over funded in the UK. Millions used to fund few Scots to play the game when it can be used to fix some of the highest rates of knife crime in the country.

Who cares? People from Scotland, no sh*t, you aint going to make them in Aruba or Zimbawbwe.

Go find a job!

Women are good at curling because it involves sweeping. And we all know chicks are best at tidying up and chores etc I wonder why i can't get a girlfriend...

@brhbrh6326

2 ай бұрын

These Scottish women won the gold Olympic medal at least. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYSXp86JlLDLpJs.html

ah human exploitation and capitalism.

Only one reason. Because of this is a huge business.

Who cares !

@user-xk3dt2zj1v

2 ай бұрын

You apparently.

What a cheesy stupid sport...

@ChrisM541

2 ай бұрын

...and yet here you are, you braindead hypocritical dumbass.

What a joke , a sport ?

@brhbrh6326

2 ай бұрын

Try lifting a curling stone on to an ice rink, then we'll talk...

Brexit has cost £140 Billion so far, imagine if we'd spent that on the NHS instead of blue passports.