Groundhog day is tomorrow

[yvr girl]

Will it be



or more of this

[yvr girl]

1. .

[Squeech]

2. Me, I'm always wrong

but check out the (latest?) entry at this blog (not mine): http://www.samefacts.com

[Orsino]

3. I was hoping for a do-over of the confirmation hearings. n/t

[azmouse]

4. It's summer here already! 80 this weekend!

Of course, we never really have winter!

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. It will be an excuse for drunken Pennsylvanians

to watch a rodent be pulled out of his home by a bunch of rubes. :)


I went to college not far from Punxsutawney. Unfortunately I've never been.

[miss_american_pie]

11. We were supposed to wait for an excuse?

I thought the whole football thing took care of that?

:shrug:

[Clintmax]

6. Good gods! Look at that ice!

I thought I'd seen bad ice storms in Missouri! I've never seen anything like THAT before! I'm glad I don't live in that hell hole.

[yvr girl]

7. Some place in MA

not sure where.

[GOPisEvil]

8. We've had barely any winter this year.

Do we get six weeks of pleasant weather either way? :shrug:

[yvr girl]

9. I think that can be arranged

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

10. That bottom picture is from Hyannis

I think. I remember it from the Globe.

[AtomicKitten]

12. I think we should ask Bill Murray.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. what does a ground hog do to signal...

More likely events in the near future: If he sees a shadow burned into the pavement is it Nuclear Winter and if he sees no shadow does that predict Global Warming?

[seemunkee]

14. It's HEDGEHOG DAY dammit

Hedgehog Day began in Roman times as part of the festival of Februa. The Romans observed that hedgehogs hibernate and originated the myth that if a hedgehog comes out of its nest on
Feb. 2 and sees its shadow it means there is a clear moon ( which means cold weather) and six more weeks of winter will follow. When European settlers came to North America there were no hedgehogs so they chose the ground hog. Groundhogs are daytime animals so moonlight was replaced with sunshine. So if the ground hog comes out of his burrow and sees his shadow from the sun it means six more weeks of winter.

Rest in Peace little ones, I won't wake you this year.

[baldguy]

15. I don't know

But I could spend an eternity looking at this: