Olympic curling is a great way to trick your children into cleaning the house

Better yet, have your kids do it.
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Chloe Bryan
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Need to clean your house but keep dragging your feet? Just pretend you're curling.

Better yet, get your children to pretend they're curling -- a genius idea perpetuated by the Olympics network itself, NBC. All you need is a broom or Swiffer and a rounded object of some kind. Anything will work, because you are not competing for any medals. You are in your own home!

See? A clean floor and a child who thinks he is an Olympic athlete! You truly couldn't ask for more.

Here are some other people who've got the right idea:

If you need to brush up on the rules, please refer to our handy curling guide.

Topics Olympics

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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