# What the...? It's Groundhog Day again!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [February 2, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350 "2010-02-02T06:37:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/181 "2014-02-02T23:01:11Z")

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I’m betting he’s going to swerve first.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/182 "2014-02-03T00:13:38Z")

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It’s like déjà vu all over again!

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/183 "2014-02-03T02:12:29Z")

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Don’t drive angry!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/184 "2014-02-03T03:55:13Z")

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This is a _man_ we’re talking about, right?

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**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/185 "2014-02-03T20:52:05Z")

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I want to see his chart!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/186 "2014-02-04T02:48:01Z")

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No white chocolate. Got it.

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**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/187 "2014-02-04T03:30:52Z")

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Larry, after Phil drives the truck with the groundhog over the cliff in the quarry:

Larry: “He might be ok.”  
\<BIG EXPLOSION AND FIREBALL\>  
“Well, no. Probably not now.”

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**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 4, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/188 "2014-02-04T03:38:38Z")

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Oh, let’s not spoil it!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/189 "2014-02-04T05:31:31Z")

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Well, I sure as heckfire remember you!

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/190 "2014-02-04T06:21:40Z")

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I bought you. I own you.

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/191 "2014-02-04T06:25:44Z")

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… but why are you still here?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/192 "2014-02-04T14:15:12Z")

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Morons! Your bus is leaving!

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/193 "2014-02-04T14:24:28Z")

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I’m not _the_ God.

I’m a god.

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**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 4, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/194 "2014-02-04T14:55:39Z")

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It’s kind of an honorary title.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/195 "2014-02-04T15:11:04Z")

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Uh… I gotta go.

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**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 4, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/196 "2014-02-04T15:17:29Z")

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I’m sorry to hear that, Felix.

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/197 "2014-02-04T18:15:33Z")

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> [@Wargamer](#):
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> I want to see his chart!

It was multiple viewings before I noticed that the kid with a broken leg in the background at the hospital is the one he catches falling from a tree later.

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**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/198 "2014-02-04T18:19:41Z")

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> [@epbrown01](#):
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> It was multiple viewings before I noticed that the kid with a broken leg in the background at the hospital is the one he catches falling from a tree later.

I still hadn’t! Will watch for that next time. And there will be a next time…

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/199 "2014-02-04T18:56:23Z")

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Don’t drive angry!

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/200 "2014-02-04T20:57:08Z")

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What if there\* is\* no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today!

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