# 01/02/04 is Groundhog's Day! Important! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080 "2004-02-01T20:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/1 "2004-02-01T20:03:19Z")
01/02/04 is Groundhog’s Day. Hooray. On this least important of American semi-holidays, I must ask each and every one of you Dopers— _Have you hugged your Groundhog today?_ And, if you _have_, did you tell it you love it? And, if you told it you love it, have you _kissed_ it? And… if you _kissed_ it… did you give tongue? 😛😃 Detailed answers only please! 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/2 "2004-02-01T20:17:27Z")
Hugged - check. Kissed - no. Tongue - check. Figure _that_ one out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/3 "2004-02-01T20:38:44Z")
**02/02/04** is Groundhog Day… time to put on my groundhog suit. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/4 "2004-02-01T20:43:13Z")
Oh, right, we’re supposed to get blown up Monday . . . Back to shredding my diaries . . ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/5 "2004-02-01T20:52:58Z")
I _ate_ my ground hog this morning. By that, I mean I had sausage links with breakfast. Ground hog - sausage - get it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/6 "2004-02-01T21:37:25Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#): > > **02/02/04** is Groundhog Day… time to put on my groundhog suit. Weird, I just had an online conversation with a friend last night on the topic of sex with Janet Reno involving one of those. You really don’t want to know the context. Actually, now that I think of it, there wasn’t really any context. ---
**Author:** ![barrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@barrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barrum)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/7 "2004-02-01T21:40:40Z")
[http://www.groundhog.org/](http://www.groundhog.org/) Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/8 "2004-02-01T21:45:58Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I _ate_ my ground hog this morning. > > By that, I mean I had sausage links with breakfast. > > Ground hog - sausage - get it? 😃 Was that ground hog meat, or groundhog meat? Because ground hog meat is taxed, but groundhog meat isn’t. And where ever you are in the USA, you’re _also_ in the the heart of Tax-es. 😃😛 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/9 "2004-02-01T21:46:00Z")
“No” to all the questions. But then, I’m not American! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/10 "2004-02-01T21:52:07Z")
Personally, I just love groundhogs and think they’re cute & funny as the dickens. But I have friends whose gardens have been utterly ravaged by groundhogs. It seems that you can love your groundhogs or love your lawn and garden, but not both. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/11 "2004-02-02T05:50:16Z")
It’s also Presentation of Our Lord day! Yeah, I have no groundhogs to speak of. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/12 "2004-02-02T05:56:59Z")
I did not. On account there are no groundhogs here. I’d like to hug, kiss and tongue Bill Murray, though. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/13 "2004-02-02T06:19:39Z")
It’s also the 31st anniversary of the Straight Dope. And the 29th anniversary of Happy. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/14 "2004-02-02T14:32:57Z")
Are you saying–that the Celestial Master **Cecil Adams** —is really— **a Groundhog!?!?** :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/15 "2004-02-02T20:32:49Z")
> [@gum](#): > > I did not. On account there are no groundhogs here. Ditto. > [@](#): > > I’d like to hug, kiss and tongue Bill Murray, though. Double ditto. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/01-02-04-is-groundhogs-day-important/227080/16 "2004-02-02T21:08:33Z")
Groundhog day, hmmmm. I think when I get home I’ll ask my husband to be my personal groundhog for the evening. :eek: “Predict something, honey!” Ah, the perks of being a newlywed. 😃 > [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > It’s also the 31st anniversary of the Straight Dope. > > And the 29th anniversary of Happy. And I wish **Happy Lendervedder** and the Straight Dope a very happy birthday!