The (Late) Obligatory Groundhog Day Post

Over dinner last night, I mention that I had heard that the irascible rodent saw his shadow and we were to have 6 more weeks of winter. I didn't know that this groundhog thing was such a touchy subject for my mother.

"That was the Punxsutawney Phil from Pennsylvania. But Chuck from Staten Island didn't see his shadow! Chuck is more accurate! I don't know why this Phil is more famous, his predictions are only 50/50 at best. Chuck's accuracy rate is around 80%!"

I stared at her, mouth agape, for a few seconds before I managed to get "Groundhog Day. That's why, uh, Phil is famous." To which she replied, "But he's not accurate!"

I think she finally heard the vehemency in her own voice because she looked almost embarrassed as she said, "And, uh, yeah. A groundhog. Heh."

Silly groundhog! You need to back up your theories with scientific data! No more of this willy nilly predicting. Someone might think you didn't know what you were doing or something.