# What the...? It's still Groundhog Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663 "2007-02-03T14:44:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/1 "2007-02-03T14:44:49Z")
So I woke up this morning, picked up the newspaper and saw that it’s still February 2nd. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/2 "2007-02-03T14:52:59Z")
Bwuh? Mine says that it’s January 34th, like normal. ---
**Author:** ![jacob\_wrestling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jacob\_wrestling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacob_wrestling)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/3 "2007-02-03T15:44:57Z")
Just be sure to put on your booties, because it’s _coooold_ out there today. It’s cold out there every day. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tyrrell_mcallister/32/16772_2.png) [@Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrrell_McAllister)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/4 "2007-02-03T18:55:58Z")
**JThunder**? I thought that was you. Don’t you say you don’t remember me. I sure as heck-fire remember you! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/5 "2007-02-03T20:31:45Z")
Oh, I see It’s Groundhog deja-vu day at Comedy Central right now. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/6 "2007-02-03T20:51:08Z")
[QUOTE=jacob wrestling] Just be sure to put on your booties, because it’s _coooold_ out there today. It’s cold out there every day. [/QUOTE] I don’t know where you’re going, Jacob, but if you could call in sick… ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/7 "2007-02-03T20:54:15Z")
What do you mean “still” Groundhog Day. It’s Groundhog Day again, of course, but it’s been a year since the last time it was Groundhog Day. Just like happens every year. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/8 "2007-02-03T21:30:56Z")
It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be gray, and it’s gonna last for the rest of your life. Scarlett where the temperature may or may not be a positive integer ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/9 "2007-02-04T05:47:27Z")
48 hours have passed now… and doggone it, it’s still Feb 2nd! And there’s nothing new on TV. Sigh. ---
**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 4, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/10 "2007-02-04T15:56:46Z")
Has anyone noticed that in the movie, each day clearly did NOT begin at 6am? It began at 5:59. The alarm just went off at 6. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tyrrell_mcallister/32/16772_2.png) [@Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrrell_McAllister)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/11 "2007-02-04T20:21:22Z")
**JThunder**? I thought that was you. Don’t you say you don’t remember me. I sure as heck-fire remember you! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/12 "2007-02-05T03:53:35Z")
Are you sure that someone’s not just repeatedly replacing your paper with a Feb 2 issue and piping a tape of Friday’s TV into your set? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/13 "2007-02-05T17:22:16Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] So I woke up this morning, picked up the newspaper and saw that it’s still February 2nd. What gives? [/QUOTE] Throw out the paper when you’re done reading it.. And go get a new one from downstairs. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/14 "2007-02-05T18:39:08Z")
So I woke up this morning, picked up the newspaper and saw that it’s still February 2nd. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/15 "2007-02-05T19:05:25Z")
Don’t drive angry! Don’t drive angry! ---
**Author:** ![Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tyrrell_mcallister/32/16772_2.png) [@Tyrrell\_McAllister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrrell_McAllister)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-still-groundhog-day/390663/16 "2007-02-05T22:11:57Z")
**JThunder**? I thought that was you. Don’t you say you don’t remember me. I sure as heck-fire remember you!