I'm Calling for an Abolishment of Ground Hog Day / myLot

Orangeville, Ontario

February 2, 2016 11:29am CST

Honestly, do we need this stupid day. A ground hog cannot predict the weather. Every ground hog comes up with a different prediction and the so-called predictions are irrelevant. I could never understand why seeing his shadow (which means the sun is out) would mean six more weeks of winter. You'd think the sunshine would mean early spring. But, six more weeks of winter... that's the middle of March. In past years that would be considered an early spring as we always have snow in March and even some times in April. These people who hold the ground hog day events look rather silly. These grown men yelling out these stupid predictions. Can we please get rid of this dumb day? Only North America is stupid enough to do this ridiculous tradition.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502729)

• Italy

2 Feb 16

I am for an abolishment because I find silly and abusive to wake up a poor groundhog before time.

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patgalca

@patgalca (18481)

• Orangeville, Ontario

2 Feb 16

I'm not really sure whether they are "waking them up", so to speak. They come in carrying this ground hog in a box so it seems the animal is kept in captivity all the time, which is even worse. The one in, I think, Pittsburgh today didn't even look for his shadow. Just took off like a bat out of hell.

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

2 Feb 16

@patgalca It always sounded like people waking them up to me.

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patgalca

@patgalca (18481)

• Orangeville, Ontario

2 Feb 16

@pgiblett Have you seen the actual ceremony? They're not going to a ground hog hole in the ground and waking them up. The ground hog is in an actual box on a pedestal or on the ground. It's like you said, a bunch of mumbo jumbo. A hoopla for nothing.

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50970)

• Holiday, Florida

2 Feb 16

i never understood it either. obviously we just like to celebrate anything. lol

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Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

2 Feb 16

The curse of humanity I guess?

Peter B. Giblett

@pgiblett (6524)

• Canada

2 Feb 16

I have never really believed in the groundhog mumbo jumbo. Why? We pay weathermen (and ladies) thousands of dollars and they still can't forecast it right.