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  1. 02-02-2018, 12:53 PM #26
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    The thing I love about this is that the dude with the microphone today looks a lot​ like Bill Murray's brother who played "Buster" in the movie. Super great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DBdude View Post
    it's not a holiday douchebag
    This is the most "actually" thing I've seen in awhile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DBdude View Post
    it's not a holiday douchebag
    There are holiday douchebags?

    How do they differ from regular douchebags?
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    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point
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    Quote Originally Posted by reckless toboggan View Post
    There are holiday douchebags?

    How do they differ from regular douchebags?
    More twinkle lights.
    I still call it The Jake.
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    Quote Originally Posted by reckless toboggan View Post
    There are holiday douchebags?

    How do they differ from regular douchebags?
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    By DSMs reckoning Talk Like a Pirate Day must be a holiday.

    Hey boss do I get that day off as paid? Arrrrg Matey.
    I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.

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    Nice marmot.
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    This morning Punxsutawney Phil scurried out of his little marmot hole and saw his shadow. 6 more weeks of winter???!!!! Not for our area. The Climate Prediction Center is showing ABOVE normal temperatures and NORMAL precipitation over the next month.

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    Yeah well, it’s fucking freezing and snowy in western PA.
    I still call it The Jake.
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    Portland uses a hedgehog because they are more authentic and accurate.

    It says spring is here.

    http://katu.com/news/local/portlands...r-track-record
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    Quote Originally Posted by KQ View Post
    it makes no sense to me.

    If the groundhog sees his shadow, presumably because it's not cloudy and dark (i.e. sun?), he gets scared and runs back in his burrow indicating it will be another 6 weeks of winter.

    If it's cloudy and dark and he doesn't see his shadow he hangs out in the dank weather and calls it Spring.

    Silly groundhog. Shouldn't the opposite be true?
    Local word is: it's rigged! All of the TV lights make him always see his shadow! It is VERY cloudy in these parts, yet: he saw his shadow!!!!

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    It makes perfect sense...until you think about it.

    I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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    you gotta wonder if phil is drugged.

    I find it hard to believe being clawed or bit is not a concern if you're grabbing a groundhog.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SkiCougar View Post
    you gotta wonder if phil is drugged.

    I find it hard to believe being clawed or bit is not a concern if you're grabbing a groundhog.
    I heard he's got an emotional service human to help him with the anxiety.
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    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point
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    It is a holiday in Punxsutawney - maybe not a federal or fully declared holiday by act of US Congress though. The TV lights story is pretty much regularly mentioned as an excuse if it turns out wrong. 103 to 17 was the count of shadow vs no-shadow before today. As for the accuracy-

    https://www.livescience.com/32974-pu...-accuracy.html

    Compared to local weather forecasts for snow or rain chances he is just as good as they are in predictions.
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    Do any of these groundhogs work at NOAA or NASA? Because it sure seems like they should.
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    the situation strikes me as WAY too much drama at this point
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    Quote Originally Posted by reckless toboggan View Post
    Do any of these groundhogs work at NOAA or NASA? Because it sure seems like they should.
    No, he’s on the local community access weather beat.
    I still call it The Jake.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DBdude View Post
    it's not a holiday douchebag

    Sure was in college. Let's drink!
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    Quote Originally Posted by KQ View Post
    it makes no sense to me.

    If the groundhog sees his shadow, presumably because it's not cloudy and dark (i.e. sun?), he gets scared and runs back in his burrow indicating it will be another 6 weeks of winter.

    If it's cloudy and dark and he doesn't see his shadow he hangs out in the dank weather and calls it Spring.

    Silly groundhog. Shouldn't the opposite be true?
    I’ve thought this for decades. No fucking idea.
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    Next your going to tell me National Pizza Day is’nt a holiday.
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    When the hell did every other state get their own groundhog? I saw on the news this morning they have "Beau" here in Georgia (who according to this is the most accurate of em all), some wombat named Buckeye Chuck in Ohio and a whole mess of other weather predicting rats.

    Is there big t-shirt sales money in this or something?

    Too early for flapjacks?
    I still call it The Jake.
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    Apparently, Wisconsin has "Jimmy the Groundhog". If he doesn't see his shadow, he'll send a couple of beavers and a porcupine to mess you up.

    https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...ators-2/434145
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    Quote Originally Posted by KQ View Post
    it makes no sense to me.

    If the groundhog sees his shadow, presumably because it's not cloudy and dark (i.e. sun?), he gets scared and runs back in his burrow indicating it will be another 6 weeks of winter.

    If it's cloudy and dark and he doesn't see his shadow he hangs out in the dank weather and calls it Spring.

    Silly groundhog. Shouldn't the opposite be true?
    And if the whole thing is based on whether or not the sun is out why do we need the groundhog at all?
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