Top 10 Curling Memes That Actually Capture the Sport
If curling had a mascot, it wouldn’t be a stone or a broom. It would be a meme. Few sports lend themselves to internet humor quite like curling: the yelling, the sweeping, the oddly stylish pants, the fact that half the world only remembers it exists once every four years during the Olympics. Curling culture is already playful, so memes are basically the house we all slide into together.
Here are ten curling memes that nail the sport better than a perfect takeout.
1. “Hurry Hard!” — aka Curling’s National Anthem
No curling meme list is complete without a nod to the frantic yelling that sounds like a mix between a motivational coach and someone trying to stop their dog from chasing a squirrel. Every meme that riffs on “hurry hard!” captures that curling is basically the world’s most polite screaming contest.
Curling merch tie-in: You’ll find plenty of funny curling shirts celebrating this iconic phrase — because honestly, if you’re not yelling, are you even curling?
2. The “It’s Basically Just Housework on Ice” Joke
Curling memes love the comparison to sweeping a kitchen floor, and let’s be real, it’s accurate. The difference? At home, no one cheers when you push crumbs into the corner. On the ice, you might just win a bonspiel.
Pro tip: If anyone teases you with this one, just ask them to sweep your house with the same energy they’d sweep for a draw to the button.
3. “Every Team Needs a Skip… and a Scapegoat”
There are memes pointing out that skips are the ones who get all the glory and all the blame. It’s true. If a team wins, the skip is a genius. If a team loses, the skip is a tragic cautionary tale. The memes about “Skip Happens” are timeless because every team has lived it.
Psst… We’ve got a shirt that says exactly that. Because you know it’s true.
4. Olympic Curling: The Every-Four-Years Obsession
The internet can’t resist memes about people who suddenly become curling experts every Winter Olympics. You’ve seen it: “One minute I don’t know curling exists, the next I’m yelling at the TV like my cousin’s mortgage depends on this double takeout.” These memes are accurate. The Olympic bump is real, and we’ll take the fans however we can get them.
5. “Most Athletic Sport Where You Can Still Hold a Beer”
Memes about curling being the perfect beer-league sport are legendary. Let’s face it: there aren’t many sports where you can casually sip a cold one, then execute a shot so precise it changes the game. These memes are less of a joke and more of a recruitment poster.
6. The Pants. Always the Pants.
Loudmouth curling pants are a meme unto themselves. Nothing says “deadly serious strategy meeting” like four adults in paisley clown trousers. Memes that highlight this glorious contradiction are a cultural treasure.
Fun fact: You don’t have to wear wacky pants, but why wouldn’t you? Life is short. Make it plaid.
7. “Curling Stones Are Basically Giant Game Pieces”
Memes comparing curling stones to Hungry Hungry Hippos, chess pawns, or Mario Kart shells are spot on. There’s just something inherently funny about sliding a 40-pound rock down ice and treating it like a board game piece. Curlers know it’s serious business, but memes keep us humble.
8. Curling as Relationship Therapy
A goldmine of memes joke that curling is just couples therapy in disguise: one person yelling instructions, the other frantically sweeping, both of them ending up exhausted but closer in the end. If your relationship can survive a bonspiel weekend, it can survive anything.
9. Curling Clubs = Found Family
Some memes capture the fact that curling clubs are less about sport and more about the friendships forged between games. Sure, we’re all out there chasing that perfect end — but we’re also here for the post-game pizza and the laughs. Memes about curling as a “drinking team with a sweeping problem” might be funny, but they’re also deeply true.
10. “What Even Is Curling?”
The final category of curling memes are the outsider takes — from people seeing it for the first time and asking if it’s “shuffleboard with rocks” or “janitorial cosplay.” We laugh because we remember being there once. And honestly? That’s part of the sport’s magic. Curling memes let new fans in on the joke, which is why they spread faster than a hogged stone sliding shamefully off the sheet.
Wrapping It Up (Like a Perfect Guard)
Curling memes are more than internet jokes — they’re shorthand for our culture. They remind us that this sport is goofy, social, and just self-aware enough to laugh at itself. Whether it’s the pants, the yelling, or the fact that your skip will forever live on as a meme in your heart, these jokes capture what it feels like to be part of the curling world.
If these memes made you laugh, imagine how much more fun curling is when you’re on the ice (or just in the warm room with a beer). And if you want to bring some of that humor into your everyday life, check out our collection of funny curling shirts and curling team gifts — because nothing says “curler” like wearing your favorite meme on your chest.