Groundhog Day

[R. Richard]

Once again it's Groundhog Day. Once again, Punxsutawney Phil gets all the ink. It is, of course, ridiculous to think that a groundhog in Pennsylvania can predict the weather.

In Staten Island, NY, there is a groundhog named Staten Island Chuck. Staten Island Chuck [aka the Richmond Rodent] has an 85% accuracy rate over the last 25 years. Go with the smart money! Go Chuck!

 

[3113]

Once again it's Groundhog Day. Once again, Punxsutawney Phil gets all the ink. It is, of course, ridiculous to think that a groundhog in Pennsylvania can predict the weather.

In Staten Island, NY, there is a groundhog named Staten Island Chuck. Staten Island Chuck [aka the Richmond Rodent] has an 85% accuracy rate over the last 25 years. Go with the smart money! Go Chuck!

Sorry, R.R. It's like VHS vs. Beta, Blue Ray vs. HD. Chuck may be more accurate, but he's lost out to Phil who has the name recognition.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Once again it's Groundhog Day. Once again, Punxsutawney Phil gets all the ink. It is, of course, ridiculous to think that a groundhog in Pennsylvania can predict the weather.

In Staten Island, NY, there is a groundhog named Staten Island Chuck. Staten Island Chuck [aka the Richmond Rodent] has an 85% accuracy rate over the last 25 years. Go with the smart money! Go Chuck!

Never heard of the "Butterfly Affect", did you, RR.

 

[R. Richard]

Never heard of the "Butterfly Affect", did you, RR.

No, and we are talking groundhogs here.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

No, and we are talking groundhogs here.

It's like this, RR. Phil comes out of his hole (which, for some reason, is in the library) and waddels around disturbing the air on the morning of Feb 2nd. This air disturbance amplifies around the earth and causes massive flooding in California, tonados in China and a typhone in the Philipines - or 6 more weeks of winter, whichever.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Once again it's Groundhog Day. Once again, Punxsutawney Phil gets all the ink. It is, of course, ridiculous to think that a groundhog in Pennsylvania can predict the weather.

In Staten Island, NY, there is a groundhog named Staten Island Chuck. Staten Island Chuck [aka the Richmond Rodent] has an 85% accuracy rate over the last 25 years. Go with the smart money! Go Chuck!

That's a Methuselah among groundhogs, just sayin'

The Old Man says;

"that's a holiday that that's missed out celbration-wise. Little kids wearing groundhog hats... jumping out of boxes in pagents...

 

[Carnevil9]

Punxsutawney Phil is nothing but marketing malarkey. He's like the Pauly Shore of rodents. Wait a minute, that's redundant, isn't it?

 

[R. Richard]

Punxsutawney Phil is nothing but marketing malarkey. He's like the Pauly Shore of rodents. Wait a minute, that's redundant, isn't it?

Yeah, but the difference here is that Pauly Shore Is Dead.

 

[Ootpic]

. . . Staten Island Chuck [aka the Richmond Rodent] has an 85% accuracy rate over the last 25 years. . .

Staten Island Chuck must be the Dread Pirate Roberts of groundhogs.

 

[Xelebes]

Shubenacadie Sam and Whiarton Willie both didn't see their shadow. Early spring for us Canadians!

 

[TheGreatRaja]

Ground Hog.... isn't that sausage?
just a thought

 

[Boxlicker101]

There is something about Groundhog's Day that has always puzzled me. If the critter comes out of his hole and it is a nice, sunny day, he will see his shadow. That means six more weeks of winter. If it is a dreary, rainy or snowy day, he will not see his shadow, and that means spring is just around the corner. In other words, sunny weather means a lot more winter, and rainy or snowy weather means just a little.

Wouldn't it be a lot more logical if it was the other way around? Of course, the whole concept of Groundhog's Day isn't that logical anyhow.

 

[R. Richard]

That's a Methuselah among groundhogs, just sayin'

The Old Man says;

"that's a holiday that that's missed out celbration-wise. Little kids wearing groundhog hats... jumping out of boxes in pagents...

Actually, Staten Island Chuck is really Staten Island Chuck VI. First the Staten Island groundhogs have to undergo a testing program to see if they have what it takes. Then, if they pass the strict training program, they are added to a roster of Staten Island Chucks. Only the very top Staten Island Chuck is used for the live prediction. It is not a matter of chance, but cold, calculated scientific selection.

As to the celebration thing. I have been trying to convince the Staten Island Zoo to add a bit of entertainment to the presentation. Specifically, Staten Island Chuck would dance the old soft shoe, once the all important prediction was done. Unfortunately, groundhogs/woodchucks tend to have nasty tempers and no fuse at all. The traininghas proven t be a bit problimatical.

 

[R. Richard]

As to the question you all missed, I finally have the answer to the age old question.

"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

The answer is. alas, moot. There is a clause in the woodchuck union agreement forbidding a woodchuck from chucking wood. Thus, the answer is zero wood, because of the union clause thing. However, the question of whether a woodchuck can chuck wood remains.

 

[loafingexec]

A false bottom

There is something about Groundhog's Day that has always puzzled me. If the critter comes out of his hole and it is a nice, sunny day, he will see his shadow. That means six more weeks of winter. If it is a dreary, rainy or snowy day, he will not see his shadow, and that means spring is just around the corner. In other words, sunny weather means a lot more winter, and rainy or snowy weather means just a little.

Wouldn't it be a lot more logical if it was the other way around? Of course, the whole concept of Groundhog's Day isn't that logical anyhow.

Sometimes it looks like it's over, but it's just to shake out the gullble. Kind of like, it looks like the housing mess is over, and then somebody else goes bankrupt. That's the thing with Groundhog Day, and the groundhog is a kind of contrarian. Like most of us on this site.

However, Boxlicker, there is obviously nothing false about your bottom.

C'mon, how you can dismiss a holiday that glorifies furry things and holes?

 

[starrkers]

Having never heard of Groundhog Day before the Bill Murray flick, I've always wondered - who the hell thought up this insane concept?

 

[R. Richard]

Having never heard of Groundhog Day before the Bill Murray flick, I've always wondered - who the hell thought up this insane concept?

Groundhog Day is actually an ancient day called Candlemas day. Someone [possibly in Germany] had observed that a clear Candlemas day, usually meant a long winter. A cloudly Candlemas day usually meant an early spring. It had nothng to do with groundhogs/woodchucks, who only live in the New World, zoos excepted.

Presumably the Germans who settled in Pennsylvania transferred the old belief to the groundhog. Why the groundhog? As I explained before, union contract.

 

[starrkers]

Groundhog Day is actually an ancient day called Candlemas day. Someone [possibly in Germany] had observed that a clear Candlemas day, usually meant a long winter. A cloudly Candlemas day usually meant an early spring. It had nothng to do with groundhogs/woodchucks, who only live in the New World, zoos excepted.

Presumably the Germans who settled in Pennsylvania transferred the old belief to the groundhog. Why the groundhog? As I explained before, union contract.

That makes sense. The furry rodent is only window dressing on an observed trend. Hmm, wonder if that holds true for the southern winter...I'll have to do some research.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Sometimes it looks like it's over, but it's just to shake out the gullble. Kind of like, it looks like the housing mess is over, and then somebody else goes bankrupt. That's the thing with Groundhog Day, and the groundhog is a kind of contrarian. Like most of us on this site.

However, Boxlicker, there is obviously nothing false about your bottom.

C'mon, how you can dismiss a holiday that glorifies furry things and holes?

That's not my bottom in my AV. That's my girlfriend's bottom, and there is nothing false about it or anything else about her. That's my head and my face buried in her crotch, earning my name.

I'm not dismissing the holiday, I'm just saying it isn't logical. It is fun, though.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I must have missed it... did he see his shadow? Do we have six more weeks of Bill Murray?

 

[MarshAlien]

Having never heard of Groundhog Day before the Bill Murray flick, I've always wondered - who the hell thought up this insane concept?

You mean having someone try to predict the weather? Or having it done by a small rodent? Eh, six of one . . .

 

[R. Richard]

You mean having someone try to predict the weather? Or having it done by a small rodent? Eh, six of one . . .

The record of forecasters trying to prediuct the weathe has not been good.

The Staten Island Chucks currently have a record of some 85%.

By the way, the Staten Island Chucks are not small rodents. In fact they are quite large for a rodent.