Ahoy all!
Happy Groundhog Day! (That’s Happy Jour de la Marmotte - if you’re French Canadian). Just to make sure that I am on the right page with these furry little creatures, I have taken some time off today from my studies to chat with Punxsutawney Phil, in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Marcella: Good Morning Phil!
Punxsutawney Phil: What’s good about it?
Marcella: Sounds like you’re in a bad mood! I am here to ask you a few questions, so I can teach the Australians about Groundhog Day.
Punxsutawney Phil: Tell ‘em that the origin of Groundhog Day is from European weather lore. In Europe the badger or sacred bear used to be the prognosticator, but when the German settlers arrived in America - the Americans didn’t have any sacred bears.
Marcella: So, you’re the procrastinator now?
Punxsutawney Phil: Not procrastinator, prognosticator! I forecast if spring will come early or not.
Marcella: Sound’s a little like Wicca to me.
Punxsutawney Phil: That’s what I said right before I signed the million dollar contract.
Marcella: A lot of people take to heart what you do.
Punxsutawney Phil: My forecasting responsibility is mainly for the farmers that don’t believe in the weather channel. They plant their crops according to my shadow.
Marcella: Any animals that you just can’t stand?
Punxsutawney Phil: I hate cats. They think they’re cute, but really they are just so annoying.
Marcella: Wow Phil, you sound strongly against cats. I would have thought coyotes or hawks?
Punxsutawney Phil: No, just cats. They call me Whistlepig!
Marcella: Some people call you Woodchuck.
Punxsutawney Phil: A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Marcella: So, can you chuck wood?
Punxsutawney Phil: No. I am a burrower, not a beaver!
Marcella: Apparently you can be quite aggressive?
Punxsutawney Phil: I look cuddly, but I’ll rip your face off!
Marcella: So are you going to join the 40,000 people celebrating Groundhog Day today in Punxsutawney?
Punxsutawney Phil: No. I am going back to bed for another 6 weeks.
Marcella: Sleep tight!
Punxsutawney Phil: Common! What do you think I am? An infant?! Whatever those cats told you is a lie! Good-day and good-night!
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February 2nd, 2009
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