Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 02, 2022

Happy groundhog day

Punxsutawney Phil

Wiarton Willie

Shubenacadie Sam

Balzac Billy

That’s a beaver with its tail frozen off!

Punxsutawny

Why anyone would go with the mind reading interpretations of the one translating the groundhog’s thoughts, which in my part of the world is only accurate less than 40% of the time, instead of the more accurate weather prediction method of flipping a coin, is beyond me.

There’s just no escape for the poor groundhogs.

I’ve had my Phil of Groundhog Day jokes -

People just seem to repeat the same ones endlessly.

R.I.P. Milltown Mel, Punxsutawney Phil’s New Jersey counterpart, who died on the eve of his big day … I wonder what that says about the coming weather … Half-and-half? A new season to be fit between winter and spring?

Just don’t let him see his shadow!

Found-hog Day? Almost Drowned-Hog Day? If he’s found (pulled out alive), winter is over?

That’s what you get when you cut a square ice fishing hole.

Once while ice fishing, a muskrat came up in the hole, for a breath. Scared something out of me, wasn’t my shadow either!

See you in 6 weeks! Maybe I’ll follow the Red Sox equipment truck down to Fort Meyers for spring training. IFF the lockout ends…

Man, that’s cold… BTW… 6 MORE WEEKS OF FRIGGIN WINTER! Starting with this next storm. As if living up north isn’t bad enough!

looks like his feet are doing the another 6 months of climate change and snow dance

That is a hole cut either old school with an ice chisel or redneck with a chainsaw. Looks like the other fellow used an auger.

That’s not a Groundhog, it’s a River Otter. Wiley otter no bettor

That’s not a ground hog. It’s a tail-less beaver. Very uncommon. I think it’s a sign of good luck. Now put it back before it kills you Earl.

I don’t see a shadow.

What kind of bait was he using?

It’s a cartoon!

Wife’s awesome meatloaf uses a 2:1 ratio hamburger to ground hog…

How do you make a groundhog float?

Two scoops of ground hog and root beer

First guffaw of the day! Thanks, Wiley.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/groundhog-day-predictions-of-spring-no-better-than-chance

I’m looking out the window at a snowstorm…. That means Spring will be the day after tomorrow!

Oh good, someone drowned the groundhog who nearly always gets it wrong anyway.

No!

Six more weeks of ice cubes.

Punxsutawney may have seen his shadow, portending 6 more weeks of winter, but Chester, the local groundhog in Newport News, VA (as in Chesapeake) came out into fog and overcast skies, i.e. no shadow. We may have had two snowfalls, but a warm-up is in the forecast.

Watch the movie. You know theoretically he could have done all bad things and would have worked and left him in a worst state.

Look at a calendar, no need for a buck toothed rodent to tell us the equinox is exactly 6 weeks from today. When my dad, an MS meteorologist, turned PhD physical oceanographer, told me that when I was 10 years-old, I was quite indignant! Almost as bad as finding out Santa, the Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy are fictional characters.

Miltown Mel local celebrity from NJ "crossed over the rainbow bridge just days before he was to make his prediction. He had performed this duty seven times which is a rather long time for a groundhog.

That is one of those elusive Polar Groundhogs.

Well, at least he didn’t see his shadow…

When Candlemas breaks fair and bright winter gives another fight.