It’s Groundhog Day!
By Wyatt Earp | February 2, 2010
The little rat bastard saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter – and snow is in the forecast for today and Friday. Swell. Maybe we could have avoided all of this if PETA has its way:
The animal rights group PETA says Punxsutawney Phil is being badly treated by the crowds and noise at the annual Groundhog Day festival on Feb. 2 and should be replaced with a robotic groundhog .
Gemma Vaughan, Animals in Entertainment specialist for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said in a letter to organizers of the annual spectacle in Punxsutawney, PA, that groundhogs, which are normally shy and spend much of their time in burrows, “become stressed when they are exposed to large, screaming crowds; flashing lights from perhaps hundreds of cameras; and human handling.”
Idiots. I wish we could replace the filthy, dirty hippies at PETA with robots. At least robots serve a purpose. PETA? Not so much.
Topics: Movies | 10 Comments »
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:36 pm
I love the scene in Groundhog Day where he eats all of the desserts in the diner.
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:39 pm
“This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Well, it used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You’re hypocrites, all of you!”
-Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Groundhog Day (1993)
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:00 pm
<— packin up the rifle and scope for a road-trip to Punxsutawney. little bastard's gonna pay…
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Wasn’t that the theme of the Democrat National Convention in Denver in ‘08?
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:18 pm
props to proof for saying Democrat, not Democratic.
*high five*
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 pm
This ain’t my first rodeo, Mr. Hippie!
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:09 am
My ex was born on Feb.2nd and he, too was a hairy rat.
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Randal – “You’re God?” “No, I’m a god, not the God.”
John D – I would pay money to see then eat it.
Smite – Snow last night and a big storm coming on the weekend – allegedly.
Proof – BOOSH!
MeToo – Another winner!
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:10 pm
A groundhog that’s been dead for 2 days smells better than any hippie!
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:47 pm
i concur!
though really, the bar is set pretty high there.. anything smells better than a damned dirty-hippie. heh.