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发帖数: 18037 | 1 今天是Groundhog's day. 不知道春天来不来。 铲雪快铲疯了。 | p***y
发帖数: 18037 | 2 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/compost/2011/02/groundhog_day_
Posted at 9:09 AM ET, 02/ 2/2011
Groundhog day 2011 results: Spring!
By Alexandra Petri
Whenever I try to write about Groundhog Day, I always get the creeping sense
that it's been done before...
"Did the groundhog see his shadow?" everyone asks. "Will Mubarak remain in
office for seven more months?" I'm sorry, that's not the question. But the
answer is in!
But now the unspellable Punxsutawney Phil (and Staten Island Chuck) have
both peered from their holes and concurred: no shadow, no more winter!
For those of you who have been holding your breath about this, you can stop
now, although I urge you to take a moment to think about what this says
about you, and to maybe apologize to your family and co-workers. Are that
many calendars with inspirational daily messages a right or a privilege? Ask
yourself this.
Groundhog Day could be viewed as a commentary on the nature of modern
celebrity. A cute, hairy creature has become famous for doing something with
minimal accuracy because he is surrounded by men in funny hats. Subtract
two legs and a tail and that's the Justin Bieber narrative all over. Sure,
Phil is only right 39 percent of the time, but that's more than Mel Gibson.
Of course, you could also see this as a statement about our views on
prognostication. When it comes to the weather, we still seem convinced that
the old ways work best. Sure, we have doppler radar and weather balloons and
large, in-depth wall-sized graphics of pressure fronts and low-pressure
fronts and Amy Chua standing next to clouds looking disappointed, but do we
trust it? In most lives, the Weather Channel is just a form of continuous
fiction for people whose self-images prevent them from getting really
invested in General Hospital. And no matter what Thundersnow or
Snowpocalypse or Snowki or what-have-you our prognosticators conjure up,
whom do we trust?
A groundhog, surrounded by men in funny hats. I hope he's right.
By Alexandra Petri | February 2, 2011; 9:09 AM ET | p***y
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发帖数: 31586 | | k*****y
发帖数: 4550 | 5 Groundhog handler Ben Hughes watches Punxsutawney Phil after he did not see
his shadow predicting an early spring during the 125th annual Groundhog Day
festivities on Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
【在 p***y 的大作中提到】
: 今天是Groundhog's day. 不知道春天来不来。 铲雪快铲疯了。
| l**o
发帖数: 1380 | 6 No Shadow! great work Phil!
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Day
【在 k*****y 的大作中提到】
: Groundhog handler Ben Hughes watches Punxsutawney Phil after he did not see
: his shadow predicting an early spring during the 125th annual Groundhog Day
: festivities on Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
| k********a
发帖数: 7225 | 7 恩，这只够肥！
see
Day
【在 k*****y 的大作中提到】
: Groundhog handler Ben Hughes watches Punxsutawney Phil after he did not see
: his shadow predicting an early spring during the 125th annual Groundhog Day
: festivities on Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
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