# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/341 "2019-02-05T17:01:17Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > He probably did, at least once. Found out that the overwhelming number of choices of things to do in the 24 hours or so allotted was just too much to contemplate. :eek: He said he always passed out around 3-4 am anyway. But he could have gotten a flight to California and spent the evening there. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/342 "2019-02-05T18:15:21Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > He said he always passed out around 3-4 am anyway. > > But he could have gotten a flight to California and spent the evening there. No flights, because of the Blizzard. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/343 "2019-02-05T18:17:33Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > The scene annoys me, because she clearly presents it as a ridiculous major. Also, I hate when she gets mad that he didn’t propose a toast to world peace. Actually, she doesn’t. She simply is used to people thinking it’s pretty weird and obscure. But she is ok with it. And I will point out to someone who ridiculed it upthread (how often does she use it in her job) that going to college wasn’t _supposed_ to be about majoring in something that advanced your career. It was about finding something that interested you and becoming learned in it. After that, you made your way into the world and found something to do (maybe related, maybe not), or you followed up by learning even more about it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/344 "2019-02-05T20:38:58Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > He said he always passed out around 3-4 am anyway. > > But he could have gotten a flight to California and spent the evening there. It does not fit with the basic theme of the story, though, which is about how this winter has us in its steel grip and will not let go. The winter just seems endless, lying on a warm beach an unreachable phantasm. And the only thing we can do to make this cold, dark, grey prison tolerable is to find ways to make ourselves better. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/345 "2019-02-05T23:08:52Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It does not fit with the basic theme of the story, though, which is about how this winter has us in its steel grip and will not let go. The winter just seems endless, lying on a warm beach an unreachable phantasm. And the only thing we can do to make this cold, dark, grey prison tolerable is to find ways to make ourselves better. I’m going to give you a prediction about this winter: It’s going to be cold, it’s going to be dark and it’s going to last you for the rest of your lives! ---
**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 6, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/346 "2019-02-06T05:10:32Z")
No, but my dad was a piano _mover_, so… ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/347 "2019-02-07T22:00:32Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > No flights, because of the Blizzard. 😃 Punxatawny has a population of less than 7,000. The only airport is non-commercial, for small private planes only. To go somewhere, he’d have to find someone with a plane and hire him to fly him to Pittsburgh, which was shut down because of the blizzard. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/348 "2019-02-07T23:08:37Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > Punxatawny has a population of less than 7,000. The only airport is non-commercial, for small private planes only. To go somewhere, he’d have to find someone with a plane and hire him to fly him to Pittsburgh, which was shut down because of the blizzard. Your typical small aircraft has a range in excess of 500 miles. Pittsburgh is a 75 mile flight from Punxsutawney. Depending on what they might have in the hangars, he might be able to get a flight out as far as Charlotte, even Atlanta, perhaps much farther. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/349 "2019-02-07T23:39:24Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > No flights, because of the Blizzard. 😃 Nah, you wake up at 6am and rush to the airport, and take the first plane to somewhere warm. Then you hang out there all day until you pass out and the day starts again. Groundhog day has some benefits. You can get drunk and high all the time and never have any consequences. ---
**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 8, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/350 "2019-02-08T02:55:32Z")
She makes noises like a chipmunk when she’s excited. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/351 "2019-02-08T03:25:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > She makes noises like a chipmunk when she’s excited. It’s true. 😛 ---
**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 8, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/352 "2019-02-08T05:23:02Z")
Phil: Ned Ryerson - I have missed you _so much_. [hugs him] I don’t know where you’re headed, but… can you call in sick? [keeps hugging him and rubbing his back] Ned: Uh… I gotta get going. ---
**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 8, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/353 "2019-02-08T15:34:36Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Nah, you wake up at 6am and rush to the airport, and take the first plane to somewhere warm. Then you hang out there all day until you pass out and the day starts again. Fly to the Virgin Islands. Meet a girl. Eat lobster, drink piña coladas. At sunset, make love like sea otters. ---
**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 8, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/354 "2019-02-08T16:09:55Z")
Drunk is more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/355 "2019-02-08T16:51:37Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Fly to the Virgin Islands. Meet a girl. Eat lobster, drink piña coladas. At sunset, make love like sea otters. Did you see they used that as a movie quote clue in a Jeopardy! this week? I think they left out the sea otter part, though. ---
**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 8, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/356 "2019-02-08T21:10:57Z")
I can think of a couple reasons… pervert. ---
**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 2, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/357 "2020-02-02T12:06:44Z")
Too early for flapjacks? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/358 "2020-02-02T14:21:04Z")
Here’s the marvellous jazz piano. 🆒 ---
**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, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/359 "2020-02-02T20:58:42Z")
We’ll rent to start. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/360 "2020-02-03T00:35:38Z")
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