Forget the shadow, let’s gauge the length of winter by how many teeth marks.
Whenever working with animals, you always have to prepare for the unpredictable.
A mayor in Wisconsin received a surprise when the groundhog wrangler held the animal too close to his face. It is not yet clear whether the groundhog bit the cheek or pulled a Mike Tyson and went for the ear.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought the duration of winter is supposed to be assessed by the shadow, having nothing to do with getting near the business end of that creature.
The embarrassment continued as the handler disagreed with the mayor’s prediction, saying that it will be several weeks of winter longer than the original prediction. The city later issued a statement saying only the mayor can translate the groundhog’s prediction. I bet he also has Biff’s sports book from Back to the Future, too.
Well, after that bite, we may all get six more weeks of winter, but I’m guessing the groundhog will only have six more days of living.
Image courtesy of Sage via Flickr, Creative Commons.
Go, groundhog, go!
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Yes, I saw the video, and while I hate seeing people get hurt, I did feel some humor there. :D
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I kinda feel sorry for the Mayor. Next time, respect boundaries!
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Reblogged this on Landon Knows Best and commented:
I know that had to hurt like hell!!!
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OUCH!!!
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Is a groundhog what we, in the UK, call a meteorologist? There are some meteorologists (definitely female) who I would happily bite on the bum, whatever their arcane predictions, though it is probably politically incorrect to say so……..
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Ha. No, a groundhog is like sort of like a beaver, but without the lady-parts reference.
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So as I suspected much like a meteorologist but with the lady-parts reference :D
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Can I watch? :D
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You find your own meteorologist/groundhog! ;-)
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In Michigan we had to have the state’s backup official groundhog give the prediction, because the state’s main official groundhog was taken ill. Also, Michigan has an backup official groundhog.
The Cohanzick Zoo in southern New Jersey goes out a day early and uses a coati, which is the Latin American model of the raccoon, for its predictions. They had started it years ago when they remembered February is a pretty dull time for zoos, and they didn’t have a groundhog, but they did have a coati. I love the “yeah, what the heck” attitude of all this.
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I’m like that when someone wakes me up. And if they do it year after year and ask me the same dumb question, “Are we going to get six more weeks of winter?” Yeah, I’d be waiting for my chance too. The answer is, “I haven’t a clue, but you are going to get my teeth in your cheek.”
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