Do you mean you just figure out that the ground hog can not predict weather? Dude, it is a tradition dating back a long time and these people only try to make it into a festival, a celebration for enjoyment and create some business for their little town. It's in a smaller scale but not any different than any other religious holidays.
I didn't "just" figure that out. My problem is how technical do you want to say about the change in seasons. Considering the first day of spring is the 21st of March (or around that as some places will say the 20th and others the 22nd), you take the 2 of February, add 26 for the rest of this month plus 20 for March and you have 46 which is a little over 7 weeks. So, the idea of a rodent being able to predict weather is laughable to me as regardless what happens to him, we still have 46 days or so to get to spring. And the temperatures vary so much that I don't see how anyone seriously would really know if the predictions of an early spring holds true. We will probably have some spring like temperatures before the 21st of March but also will still have some cold temperatures as well. But yea, you are right - it is just an excuse to have a festival. I just think it is a lame one and incredibly stupid and dorkish that these old dudes dress up for it and even have some "club". As surfguy eluded, they obviously don't have anything better to do with their time.
psst....santa clause isnt real. A fairy doesnt bring you money for losing a tooth. A bunny does not hide colored eggs from you. And not everyone is really irish on St. patricks day.
Wow... I don't think I've ever heard someone so negative towards a rather innocuous tradition. Do you get worked up over St. Patrick's Day or the Coney Island Hot Dog eating contest?
Do they wear top hats and shiver their asses off in cold temperatures looking like dorks the entire time? If the answer is no, then no I don't get worked up over those 2 events. If the answer is yes, well....
PeTA actually want that to happen. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unl...nic-punxsutawney-phil-peta-groundhog-day.html [rquoter] PETA wants to replace famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil with an animatronic replica. If there's one organization that loves animatronic technology more than Disney, it's definitely People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The controversial animal-rights group -- which just a few months back asked the University of Georgia to replace its recently deceased bulldog mascot with a robotic one over concerns for a real dog's welfare -- is at it again. This time around, PETA's target is a seemingly innocuous band of revelers: The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Yup -- PETA wants to take Punxsutawney Phil away from Gobbler's Knob and give the little guy a dignified retirement at an animal sanctuary. In his place, you guessed it: A robot groundhog. Gemma Vaughan, PETA's animals in entertainment specialist, fired off a letter to groundhog club president William Deeley this week, asking for his promise that the group will forgo the use of real rodents in future Groundhog Day celebrations. Little Phil, Vaughan wrote, is a pretty unhappy fellow, "forced to be on display year round at the local library and is denied the ability to prepare for and enter yearly hibernation." Groundhogs are typically shy creatures, Vaughan goes on to explain, and they can become easily upset when confronted by throngs of people, loud noises and camera flashes. Interestingly, Phil made several attempts to escape his home at the Punxsutawney Library last year, perhaps yearning for the greener pastures of rodent retirement. His fellow prognosticating groundhog, a resident of the Staten Island Zoo named Charles G. Hogg ("Staten Island Chuck" to his friends), seemed similarly displeased with his career as a weatherman when he bit New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a 2009 Groundhog Day celebration. (Bloomberg wasn't badly injured, but he did appear to bear Chuck some ill will, referring to him at a news conference later as a "terrorist rodent that might very well have been trained by Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.") So maybe PETA's onto something when it suggests that Phil isn't exactly living the high life? Deeley scoffs at that notion; he told the Associated Press that the famous groundhog is "being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania" and, further, is inspected every year by the state's agriculture department. According to PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman, an animatronic Phil "would attract new and curious tourists" to Punxsutawney's annual event. We're not sure about all that, but we'd like to take this opportunity to propose an alternate plan: Phil (who, if you believe his press, has been making predictions for more than 120 years and could probably use a rest) can retire to a sanctuary and simply alert his fans to the coming of spring via text message. He's planning on doing that anyway, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced this year. And a text-messaging groundhog, strange as it may seem, is still far preferable to a creepy, robotic one. Are we right, or are we right?[/rquoter]
SO dorky, I agree! They could put down the tophats and head to the interwebz to start a thread about what albums people have been listening to lately! :grin:
I'm going to rep you for that, smartass. And for your information, I would NEVER wear a top hat as I am posting what CDs I am listening to. I might be just wearing a thong only but not a damn *****ing top hat! EDIT - Goddang rep system..."You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to B-Bob again." Someone rep that man for the post I quoted.
I have decided to make a concession, B-Bob, on the tophats. I am not completely against wearing a tophat and especially wearing one while posting the latest CDs I have been listening to. HOWEVER, I would only wear a tophat if I have on a giant eyeball mask and a tux and I am joined by 3 other people who are dressed in the same fashion. That is the ONLY way that it would be acceptable to wear a tophat and especially in wearing one while posting on the BBS at the same time.
Haha, have you seen this? :grin: <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MFzIdZbypNk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MFzIdZbypNk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>.
