# 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:** 2
**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, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/21 "2010-02-02T15:32:13Z")
\*Rita: \*Believe it or not, I studied 19th-century French poetry. \*Phil: \*(laughs) What a waste of time! …I mean, for someone else that would be an incredible waste of time. It’s so bold of you to choose that. It’s incredible; you must have been a very very strong person. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/22 "2010-02-02T15:55:16Z")
Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/23 "2010-02-02T15:56:24Z")
“I am a god. I’m not “the” God…at least I don’t think so.” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/24 "2010-02-02T16:06:30Z")
“Phil?” “Ned?” _punch to the face_ Also: “Gobblers Knob” haha I said, “gobblers knob”. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/25 "2010-02-02T16:08:00Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Yeah, three cheeseburgers, two large fries, two chocolate shakes and one large coke. Too early for flapjacks? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/26 "2010-02-02T16:21:00Z")
Side o’ yer eye, side o’ yer eye. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/27 "2010-02-02T16:34:25Z")
Did he just call himself “the talent?” ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/28 "2010-02-02T16:50:01Z")
I love this movie and live very near the town where it was filmed. I used to hang out there a lot during the time the movie was filmed, but I never got a chance to see the actual filming. It was still cool, though. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/29 "2010-02-02T16:56:22Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > **What the…? It’s Groundhog Day again!** :dubious: No, it isn’t, cowan. It’s [Imbolc.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc) ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/30 "2010-02-02T16:57:31Z")
Good evening. Tonight on ‘It’s the Mind’, we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange feeling we sometimes get that we’ve lived through something before, that what is happening now has already happened. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/31 "2010-02-02T19:53:12Z")
You can stream this live from Netflix. One of my favorites. The part where he can’t keep the old man from dying is one of the best scenes ever in any movie. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/32 "2010-02-02T20:27:34Z")
“She makes noises like a chipmunk when she’s excited.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/33 "2010-02-02T20:29:19Z")
“Sometimes, people just die.” “Not today.” ---
**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, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/34 "2010-02-02T20:30:43Z")
Drunk is more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/35 "2010-02-02T20:40:03Z")
Hey Phil, if we wanted to hit mailboxes we could let Ralph drive What do you say? You little brat. You have never thanked me! ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/36 "2010-02-02T20:46:41Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Are there any radio stations that actually play Sonny and Cher at the time the alarm goes off in the movie? If I owned a station I would. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Not really- if you set your alarm to the same time as them movie (6:00?) then you need play it only once for those that set their clock radio correctly. > [@garygnu](#): > > You’d have to play it over and over and over, just to be sure you got it on the air when everybody’s alarms go off. No, what _I_ would do, just to be _really_ evil is play it at 6:00am on February 2 … and play it _again_ at 6:00am on February 3. Then sit back and watch the panic ensuing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Livardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/37 "2010-02-02T21:18:41Z")
Ned? NED RYERSON? ---
**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, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/38 "2010-02-02T21:32:34Z")
Rita: “Why would anyone steal a groundhog?!” Larry: “I can think of a couple reasons… pervert.” * * * Buster: “If you gotta shoot, aim high. I don’t wanna hit the groundhog.” * * * [Phil and Phil drive off the quarry] CRASH! Larry looking over edge: “Maybe he’s still alive.” FIERY EXPLOSION! ---
**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, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/39 "2010-02-02T22:40:11Z")
No, but my dad was a piano _mover_, so… ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/40 "2010-02-02T23:14:46Z")
You want a prediction about the weather, you’re asking the wrong Phil. I’ll give you a winter prediction: It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey, and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350.md?page=3)