Thursday, February 2, 2012

Happy 'Pull The Weather Rat From The Ground' Day


This has to be the stupidest 'day' that we notice each year. I never really understood enough about Feb 2nd to explain the whole point of it. I especially hate watching them yank some half sedated rodent into the cold early morning just to show him off. Then instead of asking him if he saw his shadow, the people just assume he did and then it's back into the cage for another year. It's not forecasting, it's abuse.

7 comments:

DrGoat said...

The movie was good anyway. Classic Bill Murray.

Kara said...

Whether he see his shadow or not - there's ALWAYS another 6 weeks of winter...

Nathan said...

Yeah, I always thought it was weird that the legend involves the groundhog having to see his own shadow, but with all those cameras and such there's no way he possibly could.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Yeah, but the pay is good. That groundhog eats like a king for the whole year because of his star status. LIKE A KING!

csmith2884 said...

Been there they have 2 spare rodents in case one kicks. And they live attached to town hall with glass toward the street. Not a bad live for a rodent.

Cora said...

See, now I wanna go google and find out how that weird tradition even started.

Nathan said...

I've never been to Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day, but I have been through there before, and seen the groundhog museum they have. There was a family there, if I remember correctly.