Thursday - Groundhogs Day
Feb. 2nd, 2006 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ninanevermoreToday on my drive into work, I stopped at The Red Light and looked over at The Carney. I noticed that there was a groundhog standing next to him, nuzzling up to his cowboy boots. I hoped it wasn't the famous one from Pennsylvania, though I'm sure he gets retired and replaced from time to time. After all, a large rodent can only be expected to live so long, though the website for Punxsutawney Phil claims that he is at least 120 years old and continues to live through the powers of some "magic" punch that he drinks every summer.
I'm always surprised at how large a groundhog actually is. It sounds like it should be something small, like the squirrels I am used to seeing here in Texas (groundhogs are in the squirrel family). But groundhogs are from 12 to 15 pounds worth of squirrel, which is larger than some dogs that I've seen.
The groundhog stood up on its hind legs and The Carney reached down and scratched him behind his ears. Then the Carney reached into his shirt pocket and pulled something out and handed it to the groundhog, which accepted the treat in his mouth and used his two front paws to rotate it as he gnawed with great enthusiasm.
When I got into the office and got on the Internet, I learned that Phil had predicted 6 more weeks of winter. I also saw that is counterpart in Canada had contradicted him with a prediction of an early spring this year.
In my opinion, a match off should be staged on neutral territory (perhaps on a boat in the middle of one of the Great Lakes) between both groundhogs and they should try again until they come to an agreement. Otherwise, the current U.S. administration may feel an obligation to invade Canada, overthrow their groundhog and replace it with a groundhog that reflects U.S. values and opinions.
I would hate to see this happen, frankly. I've always rather liked Canadians in general and judging from the weather in my neck of the woods, I think that their groundhog just may be right in this case.
I'm always surprised at how large a groundhog actually is. It sounds like it should be something small, like the squirrels I am used to seeing here in Texas (groundhogs are in the squirrel family). But groundhogs are from 12 to 15 pounds worth of squirrel, which is larger than some dogs that I've seen.
The groundhog stood up on its hind legs and The Carney reached down and scratched him behind his ears. Then the Carney reached into his shirt pocket and pulled something out and handed it to the groundhog, which accepted the treat in his mouth and used his two front paws to rotate it as he gnawed with great enthusiasm.
When I got into the office and got on the Internet, I learned that Phil had predicted 6 more weeks of winter. I also saw that is counterpart in Canada had contradicted him with a prediction of an early spring this year.
In my opinion, a match off should be staged on neutral territory (perhaps on a boat in the middle of one of the Great Lakes) between both groundhogs and they should try again until they come to an agreement. Otherwise, the current U.S. administration may feel an obligation to invade Canada, overthrow their groundhog and replace it with a groundhog that reflects U.S. values and opinions.
I would hate to see this happen, frankly. I've always rather liked Canadians in general and judging from the weather in my neck of the woods, I think that their groundhog just may be right in this case.
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Date: 2006-02-03 06:15 am (UTC)I know, right? We had them in our backyard when we lived upstate, and I was like "What the hell is that?"
I mean, I'm used to seeing sewer rats, and they freaked me out a bit...