How does Phil “seeing” his shadow work? If it is cloudy today, no shadow will appear, so by default spring arrives sooner. We don’t really need Phil if the sun doesn’t come out today. Then the “see shadow” scenario is based on whether he looks around. How do we know he has looked around and has a shadow encounter?
Then the story goes that when he doesn’t see his shadow, he stays outside. For how long? What does he do? No answers there. It made me think of “walk into a bar” jokes, as somehow Phil might appreciate a notable conclusion to his dutiful day.
It seems odd that we are excited about Phil in Canada. This forecast doesn’t hold much risk or reward for us. Six more weeks means spring comes mid-March. That seems fine. We’ve been known to get snow into April. The two standouts are: 20 cm in 2016 and 25 cm in 1979 - for the month of April. Last year had its own record - more snow in April than in March.
So Groundhog Day is something to distract us for a few minutes.
And how would Phil’s day conclude if he was in a “walk into a bar” joke. Here’s one that references the movie:
“Was it the day before or the day before that that a groundhog walked into a bar and said…”
More walk into a Bar hokes are HERE with all kinds of them - enough for everyone.
“Two friends are walking their dogs together. One has a big black lab, while the other has a minuscule chihuahua. They pass a bar and the lab owner says, "Let's get a beer." The chihuahua walker complains, "That would be great, but we can't take our dogs in there." The first responds, "Watch me." The lab owner strolls in with her dog and orders a beer. The bartender tells her, "Sorry, you can't bring your dog in here." "He's my seeing eye dog," the woman replies feigning offense. The bartender quickly apologizes and serves her the beer. The other woman follows, her chihuahua in tow, and orders a beer as well. Again the bartender says there are no dogs allowed in the bar. "He's my seeing eye dog," the woman replies. "Yeah, right,” the bartender says, “A chihuahua? Give me a break." Without missing a beat, the woman replies, "They gave me a chihuahua?”
February is an excellent month to celebrate roses.
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