# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/121 "2012-02-08T14:52:43Z")
You’re not God. This is twelve years of Catholic School talking! ---
**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 9, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/122 "2012-02-09T05:25:47Z")
We’d better get going if we’re gonna stay ahead of the weather. ---
**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 10, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/123 "2012-02-10T01:36:52Z")
I make the weather! All of this moisture coming up out of the Gulf is gonna push off to the east and hit Altoona. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/124 "2012-02-10T02:22:40Z")
Did you wanna talk about the weather or are you just making chitchat? ---
**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 10, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/125 "2012-02-10T02:25:21Z")
Chitchat. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/126 "2013-02-02T14:41:38Z")
- It’s coooold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach? - Not hardly. And you know, you can expect hazardous travel later today with that, you -know, that, uh, that blizzard thing. - That blizzard - thing. That blizzard - thing. Oh, well, here’s the report! The National Weather Service is calling for a “big blizzard thing!” - Yeees, they are. But you know, there’s another reason why today is especially exciting. - Especially cold! - Especially cold, okay, but the big question on everybody’s lips… - On their chapped lips… - On their chapped lips, right: do ya think Phil is gonna come out and see his shadow? - Punxsutawney Phil! - That’s right, woodchuck-chuckers - it’s GROUNDHOG DAY! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/127 "2013-02-02T15:10:37Z")
“This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.” ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/128 "2013-02-02T15:55:03Z")
Hey to Chicago folks, the beautiful neighborhood movie palace Patio Theater at Irving Park and Austin will be showing Groundhog Day this afternoon at 3:00pm, and the admission is only $2.00! I’ve seen this movie multiple times, but never on the big screen, with a crowd of people who love it too, so even though it’s all over TV and we own the DVD, I am so there. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/129 "2013-02-02T15:59:50Z")
Ned! Ryerson! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/130 "2013-02-02T16:39:20Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Ned! Ryerson! Needle-nose Ned? Ned the Head? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/131 "2013-02-02T16:50:13Z")
Ned, I would love to stay here and talk with you… but I’m not going to. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/132 "2013-02-02T16:55:35Z")
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, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/133 "2013-02-02T16:59:37Z")
“He could still be alive.” BOOM “Yeah…now…now he’s probably not.” ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/134 "2013-02-02T16:59:47Z")
Don’t drive angry. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/135 "2013-02-02T17:09:03Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Hey to Chicago folks, the beautiful neighborhood movie palace Patio Theater at Irving Park and Austin will be showing Groundhog Day this afternoon at 3:00pm, and the admission is only $2.00! I’ve seen this movie multiple times, but never on the big screen, with a crowd of people who love it too, so even though it’s all over TV and we own the DVD, I am so there. Drats. I’m on a secret mission to do something fun with my son today and I think he’s just a little too young to apreciate this movie. Maybe in a couple years. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/136 "2013-02-02T17:30:15Z")
**Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties 'cause it’s cooooold out there today**! - It’s coooold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach? - Not hardly. And you know, you can expect hazardous travel later today with that, you -know, that, uh, that blizzard thing. - That blizzard - thing. That blizzard - thing. Oh, well, here’s the report! The National Weather Service is calling for a “big blizzard thing!” - Yeees, they are. But you know, there’s another reason why today is especially exciting. - Especially cold! - Especially cold, okay, but the big question on everybody’s lips… - On their chapped lips… - On their chapped lips, right: do ya think Phil is gonna come out and see his shadow? - Punxsutawney Phil! - That’s right, woodchuck-chuckers - it’s GROUNDHOG DAY! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/137 "2013-02-02T17:50:35Z")
“They say our love won’t pay the rent…” ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/138 "2013-02-02T18:02:00Z")
Too early for flapjacks? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/139 "2013-02-02T18:11:29Z")
Whoah-ho-ho-ho! Watch that first step, it’s a doozy! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/140 "2013-02-02T18:12:15Z")
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=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350.md?page=8)