This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed
when I was growing up. I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or
Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in
1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned
what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do
that. :P
Quite a few of those things in the movie were obviously absurd.
But, that is their big tourism money maker each year.
In the wake of Phil's forecast for 6 more weeks of winter, there
have been a ton of memes on Phil's fate, including:
1) Witness Protection Program.
2) Jailed with repeated charges of escape attempts.
3) Caught a flight to Mexico, where it was warmer.
4) His ex-wife, divorcing him, as he was "a pathological liar".
5) Dressed up in military fatigues, with a bulletproof vest,
a rifle, and magazines of shells.
6) A wolf in the snow that said "he ate the groundhog, as he
had said '6 more weeks of winter'".
In short, Phil must have a lot of cousins or impersonators!! Of
course, he's not the only groundhog, but that's a yearly ritual.
Another cartoon had a groundhog in his underground burrow,
rapidly running between computers with weather data.
I will say that "the girlfriend" in the movie was rather cute. :)
Daryl
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