# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/161 "2013-02-03T18:05:36Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > What is sex with a sea otter like? Wet. And sand gets in everywhere. ---
**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, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/162 "2013-02-03T20:14:08Z")
_Gosh_, you’re an upbeat lady! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/163 "2013-02-03T20:38:16Z")
Does he have to use the words “poopy-pants”? ---
**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, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/164 "2013-02-04T00:31:04Z")
Well, my dad was a piano _mover_, so… ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/165 "2013-02-04T17:19:54Z")
A couple of things I’ve noticed on the umpteenth time viewing this classic - When Phil gives Larry the cameraman (the Chris Elliott character) a countdown “On me in 3 - 2 - 1” he counts down on his fingers. The count of 1 is the middle finger extended - Phil gets hit on the head with a shovel when trying to make a phone call after the blizzard has started. Is it the resulting concussion that’s being shown for the rest of the movie? (I hope not - that’d be too boring) ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/166 "2013-02-04T22:48:12Z")
Every year, when I wake up and it’s February 3 after but a single iteration of Groundhog Day, a little bit of me dies. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/167 "2013-02-05T13:42:47Z")
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:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/168 "2013-02-05T13:54:43Z")
Jelly Doughnut? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/169 "2013-02-06T03:08:28Z")
My favourite part is the armoured car… ---
**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 6, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/170 "2013-02-06T03:24:52Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > My favourite part is the armoured car… Herman, the guard on I think it was the left, the one who scratches his ear in befuddlement, was [Chet Dubowski](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259021/), an executive producer on the film. ---
**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, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/171 "2013-02-06T16:37:08Z")
I always drink to World Peace. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/172 "2014-02-02T07:28:10Z")
- 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, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/173 "2014-02-02T14:28:05Z")
“This is [one time](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15963493&postcount=127) where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting 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 2, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/174 "2014-02-02T14:31:43Z")
Not hardly! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/175 "2014-02-02T15:03:18Z")
[Check out the music in the background (most noticeable @ around 1:40).](http://www.weather.com/video/how-phil-came-to-his-decision-44020?collid=/news/groundhog-day) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/176 "2014-02-02T17:07:40Z")
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:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/177 "2014-02-02T17:58:17Z")
Watch out for that first step! ---
**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, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/178 "2014-02-02T19:17:01Z")
[Too early for flapjacks?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEwkNIcHUg) ---
**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, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/179 "2014-02-02T19:42:09Z")
What, is it snowing in space? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/180 "2014-02-02T20:26:32Z")
I like to say a prayer and drink to world peace. World peace… …Amen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350.md?page=10)