Groundhog Day
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
The world is becoming more and more serious and stressful every year. Politics, religion, nationalism, disease, rich vs. poor, etc... We need to keep every stupid light hearted tradition we can - just for the sake of our own sanity. As for the movie... it truly rocked.
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The world is becoming more and more serious and stressful every year. Politics, religion, nationalism, disease, rich vs. poor, etc... We need to keep every stupid light hearted tradition we can - just for the sake of our own sanity. As for the movie... it truly rocked.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
We need to keep every stupid light hearted tradition we can
Yeah!
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Copywriting Services
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Yea. The movie rocked.
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Yea. The movie rocked.
Yea. The movie rocked.
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Ian Shlasko wrote:
So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel.
Hey, don't knock the woodchucks. I don't know how accurate the 'real' weather forecasters are in your parts, but hereabouts I'd be willing to bet Phil would do no worse. ;P ;) :-D
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
my birthday's today, so I don't mind. better having my birthday with a small lazy rat with paranoia issues than having it on christmas :)
///////////////// Groucho Marx Those are my principles, if you don't like them… I have others.
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
So, did Phil see his shadow? Al Gore needs to know!
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So, did Phil see his shadow? Al Gore needs to know!
Well, according to Wikipedia[^], we now have at least 11 different weather-predicting groundhogs, and in close alignment with the rules of probability, it was as close as possible to a 50/50 split. 5 saw their shadow, 6 didn't. Phil, specifically, saw his shadow... So it looks like Pennsylvania is doomed to suffer through a long winter... Unless of course the whole thing is meaningless :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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Yea. The movie rocked.
Yea. The Movie Rocked.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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I thought the groundhog predicting the weather was just something made up for the movie. They seriously do that? :laugh:
Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.
Yes, they actually do. Scary, huh?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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I thought the groundhog predicting the weather was just something made up for the movie. They seriously do that? :laugh:
Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.
Yeah, but not so bad. The Meteorolgical Office in the UK has two massive Super Computers (called "The Cray Brothers") that spend all their time telling us what it might be like in three days. Given their track record over the "Barbeque Summer" and the "Mild Winter" I put my money on Punxatawney Phil! :)
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Yes, that's right... It's that time again... Time for the dumbest "holiday" ever invented by a human being. This is when thousands of people with far too much free time gather around a small hole in the ground, waiting for a magical rodent to predict the weather. For those of you in countries with better things to do, here's the gist of it. The superstition is that when a groundhog comes out of its hole on the morning of February 2nd... If it sees its shadow (Because it's sunny out), there'll be six more weeks of winter. If not (Cloudy), it'll be an early spring. Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait... So it's just nice to know that while we have a global network of weather stations, thousands of satellites in orbit, and probably hundreds of thousands of people whose sole profession it is to predict these things... We still get our weather reports from an over-sized rat. Sure would be funny if that rat had a TV in his hole, and was just watching the Weather Channel. But hey... The movie[^]was funny!
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Ian Shlasko wrote:
Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait...
For truly pathetic you actually have realize how Punxy treats it. The entire worthless town revolves around it. They've got a freaking statue of the overgrown rat. School is allegedly canceled today because everyone spends the entire night before partying. X|
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
But hey... The movie[^]was funny
Really? I have that with me for long time. I tried watching it as well. But never felt like watching it till end.
"No matter how many fish in the sea; it will be so empty without me." - From song "Without me" by Eminem
d@nish wrote:
But never felt like watching it till end.
It's about the redemption of a man, through works rather than faith.
Jon "You're the kind of people the import police come asking about later. I don't like talking to the import police. They make me nervous, and my pseudopods sweat." ~ Bog, Factor for the Interstellar Trading Co. Soap Box 1.0: the first, the original, reborn troll-less
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
Now, this moronic superstition has been dressed up over the years, and now we have NAMED groundhogs... The most famous of which is Punxsutawney Phil, unsurprisingly from a town with the inexplicable name of Punxsutawney (Yes, I had to look up the spelling). They have weather reports, news articles, and even pointless forum posts! Err, wait...
For truly pathetic you actually have realize how Punxy treats it. The entire worthless town revolves around it. They've got a freaking statue of the overgrown rat. School is allegedly canceled today because everyone spends the entire night before partying. X|
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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d@nish wrote:
But never felt like watching it till end.
It's about the redemption of a man, through works rather than faith.
Jon "You're the kind of people the import police come asking about later. I don't like talking to the import police. They make me nervous, and my pseudopods sweat." ~ Bog, Factor for the Interstellar Trading Co. Soap Box 1.0: the first, the original, reborn troll-less
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Yeah, but not so bad. The Meteorolgical Office in the UK has two massive Super Computers (called "The Cray Brothers") that spend all their time telling us what it might be like in three days. Given their track record over the "Barbeque Summer" and the "Mild Winter" I put my money on Punxatawney Phil! :)
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Dan Neely wrote:
School is allegedly canceled today because everyone spends the entire night before partying.
I approve! Any excuse for a party :-D
Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.
Boro_Bob wrote:
Any excuse for a party
Your dog's dead. Now is there going to be a party?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
