Like, he pops out of his little hole, and just…his heart stops.
Do we get 6 more weeks of winter or not? Maybe we get an apocalypse instead?
That actually happened this year to the Punxsutawney Phil from… Tennessee I believe? Not the main one, but another groundhog event on the same day.
(A few moments later)
Looks like it was Kentucky. Link is pay-walled, but here it is if anyone is curious: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2024/02/05/kentucky-groundhog-dies-groundhog-day-2024-major-second-chances-wildlife-center/72477815007/
They put in the replacement groundhog and try again, and give the late p-phil an honorable burial. This will happen as many times as necessary for as long as necessary.
The same thing that happens no matter what a groundhog does. Because groundhogs don’t affect the weather.
Can I book you for parties? You’d be a great hit
I collect spores, mold and fungus.
Is this a line from Ghostbusters?
Of course not. That would be ridiculous. Everyone knows they can only predict it.
A fur/stump time paradox would occur.
Nuclear Winter. It is known.
I seem to remember reading an article saying that they have to replace Phil often, and they’re (the long line of Phil’s) always in poor health, because they get fed and absolutely shit diet.
Easily could be remembering a figment of my imagination, and I’m too tired and lazy to look it up. So I look forward to someone with more motivation than me proving my remembering one way or the other.
