Groundhog Day
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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.
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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.
Christmas isn't the worst time to have a birthday - my wife has hers on January 1st. This causes two problems: 1) We always started her birthday with a hangover. (When we were drinking) 2) I have to be thoughtful and imaginative (and generous) twice in very close proximity!
All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!
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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.
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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
Dalek Dave wrote:
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
FTFY The amount of wood that woodchucks would chuck on a given day varies greatly with the individual woodchuck. However, using the formula:
(W + I) * C
where: W = the constant of wood, which is well known to be 61, as agreed in many scientific circles. I = the variable in this equation, and stands for the word "if" from the original problem. As there are three circumstances, with 0 equaling the chance that the woodchuck cannot chuck wood, 1 being the theory that the woodchuck can chuck wood but chooses not to, and 2 standing for the probability that the woodchuck can and will chuck wood, we clearly must choose 2 for use in this equation. C = the constant of Chuck Norris, whose presence in any problem involving the word chuck must there, is well known to equal 1.1 of any known being, therefore the final part of this calculation is 1.1. As is clear, this appears to give the answer of (61 + 2) * 1.1 = (63) * 1.1 = 69.3. However, Chuck Norris' awesome roundhouse kick declares that all decimal points cannot be used in formulas such as this, and so it must be rounded to the final solution of 69 units of wood. How Chuck Norris got involved: A woodchuck would only chuck as much wood as Chuck Norris would allow it to, because the woodchuck shares Chuck's name. Therefore, Chuck must punish it and make it chuck as much wood as Chuck can. So, a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as Chuck could.
All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. My :badger:'s gonna unleash hell on your ass. :badger:tastic!
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"If you can see the hills, it is going to rain. If you can't see the hills, it is raining".
------------------------------------ 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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Sure. We just called it a 'wake' though for propriety. Here's to Rover. Cheers.
Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.
That's a happy Tail
------------------------------------ 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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That's a happy Tail
------------------------------------ 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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Don't be so Ruff on me!
------------------------------------ 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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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
I agree; my wife doesn't, but I'll keep her anyway.
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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.
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Don't be so Ruff on me!
------------------------------------ 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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Ain't my dog that's dead.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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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
I wouldn't call it about redemption. He is changed by his experiences forcing him to look at life in a new perspective. I think whether or not he did good deeds is irrevalent. He changed because he saw his situation as futile and made the best of it.
