Tomorrow is Groundhog Day. I think this is the holiday I hate the most. Before you whip up the spinach dip, think about this:
1. Why the groundhog? Why not a chipmunk, or even a ferret?
2. Why the hell is a rodent going to look at its shadow?
3. How do you know if it sees its shadow or not? Does its pupils dilate or something?
4. They've been doing this for almost 200 years in PA. They've called the groundhog "Phil" for all those years. Now, unless there's something I don't know about the life expectancy of the groundhog (or if Phil is somehow a supernatural groundhog, which would actually help this holiday make MORE sense), it seems disrespectful to name groundhog after groundhog "Phil". It's not even all that great of a name. It's like those people who replace their pet, and then just name them their old pet's name. Tiger, Tiger 2, Tiger 3, etc. If you can't get excited enough to name it something new, you probably just shouldn't get it. Do you hear me, George Foreman?
2. Phil doesn't just appear on the morning of February 2. He's pulled from his stump! You mean to tell me that for 200 years, some Pennsylvania asshole has just found this groundhog in the stump? Phil's planted there!
And you thought Valentine's Day was a manufactured holiday that leaves you with a sense of disillusionment.
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Apparently German famers used to watch the hedgehogs to see if the day was bright enough for them to cast a shadow. If it was, spring was coming soon, if it was too cloudy, more winter on the horizon.
As for the date, it's half way between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Nuff said.
Oh yeah I agree with you,Phil is totally being reincarnated artificially.
Take that cloning!
that dude deserves to be bitten on the nose.
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