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Assunto:  Re: Ryan and the Rodent
De:       Daryl Stout
Data:     Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:36:00 -0600
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 Ni> This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed
 Ni> when I was growing up.  I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or
 Ni> Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in
 Ni> 1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned
 Ni> what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do
 Ni> 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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