Prime Minister Gross revealed his curling past.
The seemingly populist handing out of brooms on Mount Říp had deeper roots. The Czech Prime Minister has finally fulfilled his promise he made to the Czech curling association years ago. "If I am ever prime minister I will not give up curling," said Stanislav Gross, the mediocre skip of the CC Lokomotiva Prague team, six years ago after losing a match. And he kept his promise. He even surpassed the expectations of his teammates and peppered his election slogans with a curling theme.
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"Let's throw down with a bad mood," was the main campaign claim presented for the first time by the North Bohemian election leader Jaroslav Foldyna. The rest of the argumentation does not deny Gross's curmudgeonly heart. "We need to sweep the town halls, without that we can't fulfil our election programme", Gross says shyly, knowing that he hasn't practised curling for a long time. The brooms are lighter, cheaper, Czech, and they don't have to be flown," explained Minister Škromach, who plays a threesome with Gross, to party colleagues Buzková and Orgoníková. The final singing of the Czech national anthem by Karel Gott and Helena Vondráčková only confirmed Gross's strong connection with the Czech curling team. Where is my home? in curling parlance symbolizes a question on the target rings. According to sports memorabilia, however, the skip of CC Lokomotiva always had his stones far from "home". The secretary of the curling association nevertheless wishes Gross good luck. "Elections, like curling matches, can be won by a lucky chance", says Ing. Plzák a little mysteriously.
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author: AL 2004