Today is Groundhog Day!

[Rubycon]

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye​

Now, this Second Day of February, Two Thousand and Sixteen, the One Hundred and Thirtieth Annual Trek of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club….​

Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of All Prognosticators, was awakened from his borrow to the cheers of his thousands of faithful followers….​

In Groundhogese, he directed the President and the Inner Circle to the precise prediction Scroll, which translated reads:



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The inner circle goes to great ends
To keep me abreast of latest trends
Down in my burrow I never get bored
Riding on my hover board
And I sure have fun flying my drone
But weather forecasting is my comfort zone
Is this current warm weather more than a trend?
Per chance this winter has come to an end?
There is no shadow to be cast,
An early Spring is my forecast!​

 

[disappoint]

 

[sdifox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGpmsaj5b0

 

[dank69]

I prefer the beaver.

 

[Ken g6]

An early Spring is my forecast!

I agree. We're having something of a blizzard here in Colorado. That's spring weather here.

 

[Jeffg010]

Felt like spring on Sunday with 58 degrees in Pittsburgh. It was such a nice day. There was no way Phil was going to say 6 more weeks of winter.

 

[Krazy4Real]

so i know they say it's early spring or 6 more weeks of winter, but what does early spring mean exactly?

 

[kranky]

If you enjoy standing outside for hours in freezing weather while battered by strong winds, and walking around while dodging puddles of puke, then going to Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day is for you! They are hard-core partiers.

 

[Sonikku]

My favorite part is when the groundhog is driving.

 

[waffleironhead]

If PA Isnt to your liking, you could always visit the town where the movie was made. Looks cold and rainy today. http://www.wunderground.com/us/il/woodstock

 

[FerrelGeek]

Lousy rodent didn't see his shadow. Was so looking forward to posting this...

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

It's my favorite holiday, handing out fried eggs and beer to all the kids dressed up like groundhogs.

 

[Crono]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeb08cbUswk

 

[effowe]

Groundhog Day Marathon on Comedy Central right now.

 

[DigDog]

Marathon

so, what, do they keep playing the film over and over again?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

My favorite part in the movie was when the car full of old women got the flat tire then 2 seconds later the car is being jacked up and Bill Murray is outside with a spare tire. I'm giggling about it right now.

 

[AdamK47]

Groundhog Day Marathon on Comedy Central right now.

Thanks for the heads-up. I was thinking AMC would do it this year. I was sad to see that they weren't.

 

[sdifox]

so, what, do they keep playing the film over and over again?

Woukd be cool if they changed their clock to 6am as well :awe:

 

[Red Squirrel]

They should make the movie Groundhog Day 2. It would have a new cover and name, and actually be considered a new release and everything, but it would be the exact same as the first one. Do the same thing with 3, then release it as a triology. I would seriously buy that just because, and I rarely even buy movies.

 

[DigDog]

there's an italian version of the film, called E' Gia' Ieri http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374358/reference

honestly, i prefer it to the Bill Murray original; they made the lead much more of an asshole, and the whole "i'm a god" thing gets exagerated, thus more laughs. the beginning is also shorter and there's more of him doing weird things (like robbing a bank).

 

[DrPizza]

Groundhog day: Americans believe what a groundhog has to say about the weather, but don't believe 1000's of climate scientists with PhDs.

 

[JulesMaximus]

What a dumb tradition.

 

[drquest]

Day of the Groundhog!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0IE7y_qWmQ

 

[sdifox]

Groundhog day: Americans believe what a groundhog has to say about the weather, but don't believe 1000's of climate scientists with PhDs.

Cuz Trump :awe:

 

[Crono]

Cuz Trump

I'm not entirely sure Trump isn't two groundhogs operating a human meat suit. They are seeking the presidency to abolish the practice of Groundhog Day and get revenge on the humans...

EDIT: not my pic, but that just means I'm not the only one who's caught on to their plan...