Groundhog Day
This is something I've wondered about for a few years. Why is it that Punxatawny (unsure of spelling) Phil,or any of the other groundhogs that are subjected to this ritual, have never bitten anybody. Or at least peed on them for heaven's sake. Frankly I'm not sure I'd blame them. Here they are snoozing peacefully dreaming sweet groundhog dreams of the springtime to come and all of a sudden some yahoo reaches in, yanks them out of their nice cozy bed and demands a weather forecast?
Of course a friend of mine who was there this year told me that actually it's not a burrow that he's living in, it's a safe little enclosed home. Which makes sense, they're not going to actually go around pulling wild groundhogs out of the ground or they probably *would* get bit.
She also said that PETA is trying to convince 'them' (whichever 'them' is in charge of this) to get a robot groundhog for next year.
While I think this is a good idea for poor Phil's sake I also think that it's pretty sad that now computers are even going to be taking jobs away from groundhogs!
Of course a friend of mine who was there this year told me that actually it's not a burrow that he's living in, it's a safe little enclosed home. Which makes sense, they're not going to actually go around pulling wild groundhogs out of the ground or they probably *would* get bit.
She also said that PETA is trying to convince 'them' (whichever 'them' is in charge of this) to get a robot groundhog for next year.
While I think this is a good idea for poor Phil's sake I also think that it's pretty sad that now computers are even going to be taking jobs away from groundhogs!