When my now-deceased dog was young and spry, he went on a crazy groundhog-killing spree for two summers in a row. Apparently, I live on a property with a lot of groundhogs (my house abuts a golf course) and the groundhogs loved my neighbor’s garden. Well, no more. Those two summers, it was a groundhog holocaust. I don’t even remember how many my dog killed, but it was easily more than five.
Still, I’ve always liked groundhogs. They’re adorable, they’re so fat, and they basically half-waddle and half-slither because they’re so close to the ground. Today is Groundhog Day and here in America, we wait to see what Punxsutawney Phil has to say about winter. If Phil “sees his shadow,” that means we’ll get six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t see his shadow, spring comes early. Well that thick motherf–ker saw his shadow this morning. So, winter is coming. Hopefully, it’s not nuclear winter.
I hope you enjoy the groundhog photos!
Photos courtesy of Getty.
We may have to rely on groundhogs more often since apparently our administration does not believe in science or climate change.
“thick”, LOL! That little dude is a fat, pampered rodent.
He came out, saw Trump was president, and went back inside and killed himself. Winter permanently… or at least until the tiny grabby -handed orangutan is impeached.
Where I live, we can only dream of spring coming in six weeks. Try 10 at least…
Well here in Canada our Wiarton Willie predicted an early spring, so I’m going with that.
We have Shubenacadia Sam in NS. He is also saying early spring. Not that I’m going to put my hopes into a chubby little rodent, but it’d definitely be nice. Our winter has been SUPER reasonable this year as is though.
Staten Island Chuck says early spring.
He has a better record than Phil. I hope Chuck’s right this year.
BTW…fun fact /sarcasm…de Blasio promised to end the cruel horse carriages in NYC….he never did that, but, his first year in office, HE KILLED STATEN ISLAND CHUCK! (It was, purportedly, actually, Charlotte– a Chuck stand-in….either way…GROUNDHOG MURDERER!!!).Fucking de Blasio.
^THIS!!! I reccomend this article about “De Blasio: Alleged Groundhog Murderer” for a giggle, but also, poor groundhog:
http://blackbag.gawker.com/remember-when-bill-de-blasio-allegedly-murdered-that-1756645605
This makes me think of Groundhog day, that I just watched with my kids.
It is far better than I remembered btw. Hilarious and clever.
But I thought it was not a real tradition!
It exists!
*Wow*
I’ve been waiting for the first six weeks!!! West Texas is so unpredictable.
Um I live in Georgia, we haven’t even had a full week of winter. Just goes to show, you can never trust those pollsters
Right? My electric bill is in shambles from me turning the A.C. on one day then the heat the next.
Has anyone even had a real winter?
It’s been in 60/70s here 😟
Yeah, our winter has been *super* mild too. I’m only wearing a jacket so I don’t look weird in front of everyone else
(Nooooooo of course I’m not self-conscious….)
It’s been a feeble one in the DC area. Haphazard at best. Kind of annoying.
Next week in Palm Springs we’ve got 80 degrees on the books… Does your rule not apply to the desert, Phil?!?!
And Phil predicted 4 years of hell also.
Where I live, we have Woodstock Willie and he predicted 6 more weeks of winter, in other news…..if anyone knows any good recipes for groundhog, pass it along.
Why is this a thing? Ugh there’s probably an app for avoiding ladders too.
London Lance, the crack addict Hamster has not emerged from his cage yet, so I have no idea what the next six weeks is going to be like, weather wise.
The winter of our discontent. Can we get a peer review of Phil’s prediction?