# Thats Right, Woodchuck-Chuckers, It's Groundhog Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935 "2008-02-02T01:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/1 "2008-02-02T01:23:58Z")
It is here anyway, almost 8:30am on the 2nd as I write this. The wife and I will see a couple of films today – _Sweeney Todd_, which just opened, and \*Cloverfield \* – and then head home for our annual ritual of watching Groundhog Day while imbibing copious quantities of beer that I’ve laid in for the occasion. (Well, _I’LL_ be drinking the beer; the wife doesn’t like it.) Gee, I wonder if we’ll have six more weeks of winter in Bangkok. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/2 "2008-02-02T01:35:09Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Gee, I wonder if we’ll have six more weeks of winter in Bangkok. [/QUOTE] SHUT. UP. 😃 Around these parts, I consider myself lucky if we ONLY have six more weeks of winter. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/3 "2008-02-02T10:14:36Z")
Well, I’ll have you know it feels pretty brisk having dropped down into the 90s. Would be good to know when it’s going to heat up again. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/4 "2008-02-02T10:51:40Z")
Woot! I thought I was the only one with the annual ritual. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/5 "2008-02-02T11:47:47Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] Woot! I thought I was the only one with the annual ritual. [/QUOTE] No way. We love this movie! I may watch it elsewhere in the year, too, and always while guzzling beer, for that Groundhog Day effect. But always on Feb 2 if at all possible, or as close to the day as possible otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/6 "2008-02-02T14:46:25Z")
So when the weather varies, which time of day counts for its, ahem, predictive value? We woke up this morning to grey skies and slippery sidewalks; by noon it was snowing; but now in mid-afternoon it’s sunny and clear. I’d say the question for Troll Country is whether our weather will settle down and just be winter any time in the next six weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/7 "2008-02-02T14:59:45Z")
So did Phil see his shadow this morning? The event must be over by now. Finished watching the film. It is truly excellent. I like all of the little touches, like the way he “blinks” with his hands when he steps in front of the truck. I can also forgive the little oddities that would bug me in a lesser film, such as asking Larry if he can keep a secret and confessing to thinking about quitting when his boss is sitting right there in the van behind him listening to every word. Or when he veers away from the train, what happened to the police car right behind him? Or his piano teacher’s apparent belief that she taught him to play that well in a single day. All of this can be overlooked, because the whole is so good. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/8 "2008-02-02T16:31:50Z")
BBC and CNN are both reporting that Phil has seen his shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/9 "2008-02-02T16:41:18Z")
The [Pennsylvania groundhog](http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0248293420080202) is a bit of a poet, it seems. The [Wiarton groundhog](http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_19211.aspx), on the other hand, predicts an early spring. It’ll be interesting to see if Phil’s losing it or not. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-right-woodchuck-chuckers-its-groundhog-day/435935/10 "2008-02-02T17:09:32Z")
5:59:58 am… 5:59:59 am… [6:00 am](http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=855403&id=855409&s=143441)