Groundhog Day

[Bartmanhomer]

Happy Groundhog Day everyone.

[Juniper]

Re: Groundhog Day

I didn't pay attention... did he see his shadow or no?

[Hawkfeathers]

Re: Groundhog Day

I didn't pay attention... did he see his shadow or no?

Yes, 6 more weeks of winter. Someone needs to smack that little rat upside the head!

[Bartmanhomer]

Re: Groundhog Day

Yes, 6 more weeks of winter. Someone needs to smack that little rat upside the head!

I don't understand how a rodent can predict the season by its shadow.

[B. de Corbin]

Re: Groundhog Day

I don't understand how a rodent can predict the season by its shadow.

Ah...

You know rodents. Their teeth twitch in cold weather.

[Bartmanhomer]

Re: Groundhog Day

Ah...

You know rodents. Their teeth twitch in cold weather.

That still doesn't explain how a groundhog predicts a season with its shadow.

[anunitu]

Re: Groundhog Day

same way daylight savings can make a rug longer by cutting a piece off the end and sewing it on the other end thus making the rug longer simple no?

[B. de Corbin]

Re: Groundhog Day

That still doesn't explain how a groundhog predicts a season with its shadow.

The shadow thing is a myth.

To predict the weather, you have to look closely at the teeth, and count the chatters-per-second. This worked fine until the late 1950s with the invention of television. When the teeth-chatter count was filmed for television, the producers were afraid it would frighten children.

They decided to do the chatter-count privately and, on film, pretend it was all about shadow-seeing.

Now, nobody remembers the real history of this tradition.

- - - Updated - - -

That still doesn't explain how a groundhog predicts a season with its shadow.

The shadow thing is a myth.

To predict the weather, you have to look closely at the teeth, and count the chatters-per-second. This worked fine until the late 1950s with the invention of television. When the teeth-chatter count was filmed for television, the producers were afraid it would frighten children.

They decided to do the chatter-count privately and, on film, pretend it was all about shadow-seeing.

Now, nobody remembers the real history of this tradition.

[monsno_leedra]

Re: Groundhog Day

The shadow thing is a myth.

To predict the weather, you have to look closely at the teeth, and count the chatters-per-second. This worked fine until the late 1950s with the invention of television. When the teeth-chatter count was filmed for television, the producers were afraid it would frighten children.

They decided to do the chatter-count privately and, on film, pretend it was all about shadow-seeing.

Now, nobody remembers the real history of this tradition.

- - - Updated - - -



The shadow thing is a myth.

To predict the weather, you have to look closely at the teeth, and count the chatters-per-second. This worked fine until the late 1950s with the invention of television. When the teeth-chatter count was filmed for television, the producers were afraid it would frighten children.

They decided to do the chatter-count privately and, on film, pretend it was all about shadow-seeing.

Now, nobody remembers the real history of this tradition.

Now that is something I didn't know. Personally I like the Jack Frost story line better though he he he

[B. de Corbin]

Re: Groundhog Day

We live in the post reality age.

Anything you can say with a straight face is true for the rabble.

[Rick]

Re: Groundhog Day

That still doesn't explain how a groundhog predicts a season with its shadow.

Um, Feb 2 is approximately 6 weeks after winter solstice and 6 weeks before the vernal equinox, ergo, shadow or not, there's still 6 weeks til spring.

I eat sausage on Ground Hog day, myself...

[Juniper]

Re: Groundhog Day

The shadow thing is a myth.

To predict the weather, you have to look closely at the teeth, and count the chatters-per-second. This worked fine until the late 1950s with the invention of television. When the teeth-chatter count was filmed for television, the producers were afraid it would frighten children.

They decided to do the chatter-count privately and, on film, pretend it was all about shadow-seeing.

Now, nobody remembers the real history of this tradition.

Is it bad that I didn't even know about any of this until I saw the film Groundhog Day with Bill Murray?

[B. de Corbin]

Re: Groundhog Day

Is it bad that I didn't even know about any of this until I saw the film Groundhog Day with Bill Murray?

Nah.. No.

GHD isn't a bling holiday.

You buy nobody nothing, nobody buys you nothing, nobody decorates their front yard with a tableau of wise men going to visit the ground hog with gifts of frankincense and myrrh, and the childers sleep easily at night with dreams of standard cartoony adventures involving psychotic cats and stoopid dogs.

All the ground hog has is Bill Murray.

No shame in that...

[anunitu]

Re: Groundhog Day

i always knew about it because it is my sisters birthday

[monsno_leedra]

Re: Groundhog Day

Nah.. No.

GHD isn't a bling holiday.

You buy nobody nothing, nobody buys you nothing, nobody decorates their front yard with a tableau of wise men going to visit the ground hog with gifts of frankincense and myrrh, and the childers sleep easily at night with dreams of standard cartoony adventures involving psychotic cats and stoopid dogs.

All the ground hog has is Bill Murray.

No shame in that...

Well the Ground Hog has a small role in the Jack Frost cartoon. He sort of narrates the cartoon for a bit then old man winter says the ground hog tells him when his time is up.