# What the...? It's Groundhog Day again! **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 13
**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, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/241 "2017-02-02T05:03:12Z")
Too early for flapjacks? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/242 "2017-02-02T05:06:42Z")
Woooooohooooo! It’s my bday again! (yes, I’m on the west coast, but I was born in the Eastern time zone) ---
**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, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/243 "2017-02-02T05:06:46Z")
Not hardly! ---
**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, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/244 "2017-02-02T05:14:52Z")
Told ya: call me Bronco. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/245 "2017-02-02T14:35:42Z")
La fille que j’aimera Sera comme bon vin Qui se bonifiera Un peu chaque matin… ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/246 "2017-02-02T15:12:49Z")
When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn’t imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. ---
**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, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/247 "2017-02-02T15:18:47Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > La fille que j’aimera > Sera comme bon vin > Qui se bonifiera > Un peu chaque matin… > **[À propos de Bill Murray and French poetry in Groundhog Day](https://askafrenchguy.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/a-propos-de-bill-murray-and-french-poetry-in-groundhog-day/)** > > « You speak French! » Well, not really. It took me some time (and the help of the IMDB) to understand what Bill Murray says… Or try to say: « La fille que j’aimera Est comme un vin Qui … ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/248 "2017-02-02T15:48:30Z")
Que est-ce qui passe ici? On ne parle pas Français? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/249 "2017-02-02T16:40:33Z")
Come find me when you wake up. ---
**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 2, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/250 "2017-02-02T16:53:32Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn’t imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. Hey man, you touched me… ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/251 "2017-02-02T16:55:23Z")
“Do you ever have deja vu?” “I don’t think so, but I could check with the kitchen…” ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/252 "2017-02-02T17:35:40Z")
Change of departure today:… Eighty percent?.. seventy-five/eighty? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/253 "2017-02-02T17:57:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > [À propos de Bill Murray and French poetry in Groundhog Day | Ask a French guy](https://askafrenchguy.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/a-propos-de-bill-murray-and-french-poetry-in-groundhog-day/) What a waste of time! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/254 "2017-02-02T19:02:44Z")
That’s not bad for a quadruped. You gotta check your mirrors. Side of your eye, side of your eye… ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/255 "2017-02-02T21:59:16Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > Come find me when you wake up. :mad: (Actually, I _enjoy_ that variation on the GD theme, but: get your own thread!) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/256 "2017-02-02T22:01:45Z")
Somebody should remake Groundhog Day to set it in 2017. So every day you wake up _Donald Trump_ will be President. And _Groundhog Day_ will be the hottest West End musical! ---
**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, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/257 "2017-02-03T00:07:08Z")
Ned… Ryerson. “Needlenose Ned”? “Ned the Head”? C’mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn’t graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/258 "2017-02-03T01:55:38Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > :mad: > > (Actually, I _enjoy_ that variation on the GD theme, but: get your own thread!) but there isn’t a specific day for it! though i guess i could try again tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/259 "2017-02-03T02:19:05Z")
apologies if this has already been posted somewhere, but I just saw it for the first time today. [This video](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21uk89_how-many-days-does-bill-murray-spend-stuck-in-groundhog-day_shortfilms) based on [this article](http://whatculture.com/film/just-how-many-days-does-bill-murray-really-spend-stuck-reliving-groundhog-day) attempts to analyze exactly how many days Phil spent repeating Groundhog Day in the movie. The answer is probably more than you would guess: By their calculations, he spends about 33 years and 350 days reliving Groundhog Day! ---
**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, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/260 "2017-02-03T04:12:13Z")
This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You’re hypocrites, all of you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350.md?page=14)