A Quick Truth About Groundhog Day
Phil and his throng of adoring fans.
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day is a day when thousands of people gather in a small town in rural Pennsylvania to applaud a groundhog as a celebrity and a prognosticator, as they wait with bated breath for that groundhog to emerge from his hole and to notice or not notice his own shadow. It is a day of great pomp and circumstance.
The Other 364 days of the year
The other 364 days of the year, a groundhog is a giant rodent and poking its head from a hole would be cause for the same rural Pennsylvanians to reach for their 12-gauge.
“Hey, where did the party go?”
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This is amazing! Thank you.
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It is amazingly true.
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I was traveling for work on GH Day, which always means the TV stays on for background noise, if nothing else. The meteorologists on the local station were downright sensitive about the idea of a rodent predicting the weather, sharing memes and reminding viewers that Pux Phil is not an substitute for a trained meteorologist. Made me chuckle. A lot. Your post did too. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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But meteorologists are terrible at seeing their shadow.
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Actually, it’s just one groundhog who is a lovable weather forecaster, and only if it predicts the end of winter.
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Six more weeks according to the walking pelt
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Groundhog day should be a day to celebrate pork sausage while watching Bill Murray flicks that you’ve seen over, and over, and over…
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We should celebrate pork sausage and Bill Murray flicks everyday.
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I’d be delighted to have only six more weeks of winter. Our groundhogs are going to be frozen in their burrows for another 3 months at least. I suppose that mitigates their risk, though.
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That would have been a crappy movie.
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Only six weeks? After what De Blasio did to his kin last year it could have been much much worse. Ground hogs hold grudges. Or maybe that’s just gophers. I’ll have to ask Bill Murray.
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It’s badgers you really have to watch out for.
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I still the Groundhog the other 364 days! But I’ll admit I don’t think about him much. What’s the forecast? I haven’t heard. I love the Groundhog Day movie, too. There’s always that.
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Six more weeks of winter, unless you’re Bill Murray.
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I heard that the shadow was not seen – so spring is waiting just around the corner … but that poor animal only has a likelihood to be right with his prognosis for 40 % – that is worse than flipping a coin!
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Unless you’re Bernie Sanders flipping a coin in Iowa.
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WHAT THE FLEA!!? I saw my shadow- where’s MY PARTY!!?😾
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Life is so unfair, and you have nine of them.
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GREAT.😾
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That about sums it up. I don’t need a rodent to tell me there’ll be six more weeks of winter here in Ohio. One look out my window at the white mess beyond it tells me that.
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I think we’re getting the same storm here, it just keeps snowing.
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And snowing. And snowing. And…
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