Groundhog Day

[sirhugs]

Two married reports from different cities who meet up every year Feb 2 in Punxsutawney, each year sharing a new sexual experience but their relationship stays just that one day...

 

[Hypoxia]

Two married reports from different cities who meet up every year Feb 2 in Punxsutawney, each year sharing a new sexual experience but their relationship stays just that one day...

I think you mean married *couples* not *reports*, right? Or do you mean contrasting journal accounts?

The scenario would probably fit better at Valentine's Day because of the filmic infinite-repeat connotations of Groundhog Day. Every VD, couples from various cities converge on Niagara Falls for a day of nonstop swaps and group sex. Sort of like Same Time, Next Year on steroids.

Twist: It's Valentine's Groundhog Day. A number of couples meet at Niagara Falls or wherever for their annual VD swap. But this year, they must repeat the day till they get it right, ending up swapped with the right person, their actual soulmate, something like that. For c couples, the number of possible hetero swaps is c^2-1, so 5 couples means 31 hetero swaps -- a month of fuckdays.

 

[sr71plt]

I think he probably means "reporters."

Would come across as sort of pathetic people, though, if they were on the "report on the groundhog" story assignment for their respective news sources year in and year out.

 

[Hypoxia]

I think he probably means "reporters."

Would come across as sort of pathetic people, though, if they were on the "report on the groundhog" story assignment for their respective news sources year in and year out.

Reporters, yes, that makes sense. [/me slaps forehead] But don't various TV nets have the same weather assholes report on the Groundhog every year? I seem to recall that from previous decades when I actually watched TV.

Since we're in LIT fantasyland, let's try this: The long-term weather assholes (various genders) of several imaginary networks make the annual pilgrimage to Punxsutawney, the only time all are together each year. Of course all the usual couplings and combos occur. Do certain of their crews join in the fun? Should I mention the Scooby-Doo possibilities?

Twist: Punxsutawney Phil is a space alien using his annual prediction to subtly shape perceptions and maybe induce or suppress frenzied human fucking. Why? That's for the author to work out.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Twist: It's Valentine's Groundhog Day. A number of couples meet at Niagara Falls or wherever for their annual VD swap. But this year, they must repeat the day till they get it right, ending up swapped with the right person, their actual soulmate, something like that. For c couples, the number of possible hetero swaps is c^2-1, so 5 couples means 31 hetero swaps -- a month of fuckdays.

5^2-1 is 24, not 31, and I don't think that formula is right.

If you're counting how many different hetero pairings you can make, it's c^2. That includes pairing people with their own partner; excluding those it's c^2-c, so 20 possible adulterous pairings from 5 couples. But it should only take 4 days to get through those, since you could have 5 pairs going at any one time (unless you're short of bedding or something).

If looking at the big picture, how ALL those people are hooked up simultaneously, then there are factorial(c) possibilities, i.e. 1x2x3x4x5=120; if you disallow combinations where anybody's paired with their own partner, about a third of that (or more accurately, about 1/e for large c, where e=2.71828...)

- of course, if they're anything like me, they'll forget the sex and get too absorbed in the mathematics of it.

 

[Hypoxia]

5^2-1 is 24, not 31, and I don't think that formula is right.

Duh. I meant 2^c-1. [/me slaps forehead again] I blame fatigue. Or brain damage. (And I took my last statistics class in 1978.)

If you're counting how many different hetero pairings you can make, it's c^2. That includes pairing people with their own partner; excluding those it's c^2-c, so 20 possible adulterous pairings from 5 couples. But it should only take 4 days to get through those, since you could have 5 pairs going at any one time (unless you're short of bedding or something).

But there's no need to rush things. I mean, this is a once-a-year get-together. The experience should be drawn out and savored, not merely run like a production line. It should be slow and caring, yes?

If looking at the big picture, how ALL those people are hooked up simultaneously, then there are factorial(c) possibilities, i.e. 1x2x3x4x5=120; if you disallow combinations where anybody's paired with their own partner, about a third of that (or more accurately, about 1/e for large c, where e=2.71828...)

Yes, for maximum fun and variety, it should be c!/e. Of course, some of those long daisychains may be precarious. In Ron's Journal 05a I reported: "Multiple ambulances responded for an emergency call to the Hera's Friends Wimmyn's Retreat west of Healdsburg. A nineteen-woman daisychain got stuck together and had to be pried apart with padded crowbars." For safety's sake, we might want an upper limit -- although my son-in-law once reported seeing a 12-man floral arrangement at a Pride parade in San Francisco.

- of course, if they're anything like me, they'll forget the sex and get too absorbed in the mathematics of it.

Slide rules can be lubricated.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Duh. I meant 2^c-1. [/me slaps forehead again] I blame fatigue. Or brain damage. (And I took my last statistics class in 1978.)

Oh yeah, 2^c-1 is right if you're counting all possible combinations of 1+ people. I was thinking in couples.

But there's no need to rush things. I mean, this is a once-a-year get-together. The experience should be drawn out and savored, not merely run like a production line. It should be slow and caring, yes?

Well, chapter stories rate higher, so yes.

 

[Erlikkhan]

Why not a parody of the movie? He works his way through the women in town each time the day repeats itself. Of course he sets up each one by learning their darkest desires first.

Probably been done.

 

[Hypoxia]

Why not a parody of the movie? He works his way through the women in town each time the day repeats itself. Of course he sets up each one by learning their darkest desires first.

Probably been done.

Amazingly, no. At least, I just did a story search on GROUNDHOG and only found one, The Game of Life, that explicitly references the film. The film as been briefly discussed here. I have notes / bunnies for a few timeloop stories but set on different holidays, like a department-store Santa who must relive XMas Eve with various folks sitting in his lap etc. I like your working-through-the-female-population trope but I'd give him a few MM* encounters too.

One timeloop idea is: multiple intersecting timeloops. On GH Day, Jake and Mary both find themselves in timeloops; at some point they intersect. And maybe Sue and/or Dave are consciously timelooped too. I say 'conscious' because of course all other players are also looped; they just don't remember the repeated days. Hmmm, for a nice, crazy effect, every day, one more person becomes conscious of the looping. Hmmm...

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

I saw a comedy called, "Premature" awhile back that had a time-loop premise. He would restart each day with a wet dream splooge.

The premise is that a high school senior has to re-live losing his virginity over and over again until he gets it right, with the right girl.

Surprisingly decent comedy.

 

[Nuff_Said]

A couple of women, reporters, one 25-30, other 36-40. First is married, but no children, second is divorsed, but has an adult child (or several, yoru choice). They stay in adjusent rooms. One of them has her own digital camera.
They find themselves in the loop, both conscious about it. Soon the younger goes sex crazy, and involves the older. They film their "adventures" on the camera - just for fun - being sure that everything is magically erazed from its memory every morning. But it doesn't, and magically, its memory becomes endless. They just don't notice it.
Then one day they decide to take a break from their carnal escapades and get once again through the report "in vanilla". That ends the looping, and being very happy that they didn't get caught they return homes.
But the camera has everything stored and someone finds it. The husband of the younger woman? The older's son? The cameraman? Time for a second big part based on blackmail.

 

[Hypoxia]

But the camera has everything stored and someone finds it. The husband of the younger woman? The older's son? The cameraman? Time for a second big part based on blackmail.

Wow! Yeah, intersecting dayloops, all recorded! And the recordings fall out of the loops into realtime. This is a hot idea! Date-time stamps reflect the dayloop so the blackmail gets interesting. Fuck, I may have to write one of these.