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When is groundhog day and what did the groundhog say this year?
On Feb. 2nd. This year the groundhog did not see its shadow, which is a predication of an early Spring.
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I want to chop up circle and square cakes into the shape of a groundhog for a belated Groundhog Day gathering. Has anyone ever made a groundhog-shaped cake before who can give me some tips? I already have some toasted coconut for the groundhog's fur. Should I use chocolate or vanilla frosting? There must be someone out there who has made a groundhog shaped cake. Please help me out. It'll be an easy 10-pointer.
Okay, this is what you do. Make two round cakes (8 inch). Chocolate. Cut one with a bit of a "slope" in it, sit this piece on top of the flat cake,for the body. Use a left-over edge for the head. Cut four round bits for the paws? or hands? You get the idea. Hersheys kisses for the eyes. Choco. frosting, good idea on the coconut, by the way, choco chip for the nose. I would use bits of pretzel sticks for claws, and little sticks around the plate. It should be CUUUTE. And fairly easy, the coconut and pretzels camoflauge mistakes fairly well.
This year both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address falls on the same day.
It's an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in
which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication.
The other involves a groundhog.
That would be ironic if it was true.
For years I've never understood why weathermen are needed for the six weeks following Punxsutawney Phil's forecast each groundhog day. Once we know Phil's forecast we can easily prepare for the next 6 weeks of weather.
No need for the weatherman to gobble up 7 or 8 minutes of valuable news time when the forecast is already determined. Does anyone know why all this air time, webpages & newspaper space is wasted on weather during this six weeks?
That is nuts. There is now way the groundhog predicts the weather. Get a life.
Groundhog Day with Bill Murray is one of my favorite movies. In the movie they do not specify how long Phil Connors is stuck in the time loop. Given that he learns to play the piano, ice sculpt, throw cards into a hat etc., what are your thoughts on how long he is stuck in the time loop for?
I love the movie and I have seen it over 20 times.
No-one knows exactly how many days. Some people say it lasted the 6 weeks, but that would make it impossible for him to learn piano, french and all the other things that he learned, not to mention personally know all the town folks.
I personally think it lasted exactly 1 year and this would make sense plus it is long enough for him to learn everything that he did.
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The idea came from 'The Gay Science', a famous book by Friedrich Nietzsche. In his book, Nietzsche gives a description of a man who is living the same day over and over again.