# Happy(?) Groundhog Day, y'all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365 "2010-02-02T12:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/1 "2010-02-02T12:26:56Z")
Phil said 6 more weeks. Then he got a pettin on his head. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/2 "2010-02-02T12:43:38Z")
6 more weeks? I’m gonna drive to Pennsylvania and _kick_ that &$^ing rodent. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/3 "2010-02-02T13:01:20Z")
[Link](http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978026887&grpId=3659174697244816). Kind of overcast here - I’m finding it hard to believe the sun was shining enough for Phil to see his shadow out in Punxsutawney. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/4 "2010-02-02T13:09:24Z")
Then put your little hand in mine… There ain’t no hill or mountain we can’t climb… Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties 'cause it’s cooooold out there today. It’s coooold out there every day. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/5 "2010-02-02T13:29:41Z")
General Beau Lee in Georgia did not see his shadow, so the Southeast is in for an early spring. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/6 "2010-02-02T13:30:12Z")
😕 Happy Groundhog Day? 😕 I thought that was yesterday… ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/7 "2010-02-02T13:50:07Z")
I couldn’t see shadows here in Pittsburgh this morning, so I was hoping he wouldn’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/8 "2010-02-02T13:56:15Z")
When was the last time the big rat didn’t see his shadow? When was the last time we saw spring by February 16th? I’m thinking… Never? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/9 "2010-02-02T14:18:10Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > 😕 Happy Groundhog Day? 😕 > > I thought that was yesterday… It’s always on February 2nd. Which also happens to be a friend of mine’s birthday… Happy Birthday Debbie!! ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/10 "2010-02-02T14:28:38Z")
When does animatronic Phil takeover? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/11 "2010-02-02T14:30:51Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > It’s always on February 2nd. Wasn’t it February 2nd yesterday? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/12 "2010-02-02T14:31:09Z")
double post. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/13 "2010-02-02T14:32:54Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > When does animatronic Phil takeover? When the terrorists have finally won. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/14 "2010-02-02T14:37:52Z")
Groundhog day always makes me wax nostalgic for one place I used to work. Every Feb. 2nd they would have a “ground hog” breakfast for the employees with sausage (of course) eggs, hotcakes and all the fixin’s. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/15 "2010-02-02T14:40:20Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Kind of overcast here - I’m finding it hard to believe the sun was shining enough for Phil to see his shadow out in Punxsutawney. If you had all those TV lights on you, you’d see your shadow, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/16 "2010-02-02T14:41:11Z")
Phil said 6 more weeks. Then he got a pettin on his head. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/17 "2010-02-02T14:59:29Z")
Didn’t we just do this yesterday? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/18 "2010-02-02T15:14:04Z")
We do this EVERYDAY. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/19 "2010-02-02T15:20:59Z")
[sings] I got you to hold my hand… [/sings] ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365/20 "2010-02-02T15:24:48Z")
What that damned hedgehog impersonator’s track record, anyway? And do the idiots in Pennsylvania claim his weather predictions are nationwide? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-groundhog-day-yall/527365.md?page=2)