I’ve decided that Groundhog day should be a statutory holiday. If spring is around the corner, wouldn’t it be great to have a day off to enjoy the last remnants of snow – skiing, snow shoeing, skating outdoors, or even do some spring cleaning? If we have another 6 weeks of winter, then I might want the day off to plan a vacation to someplace sunny and warm! And, if Super Bowl Sunday happens to land on the previous day, I could use the day to clear some cobwebs – a totally different kind of spring cleaning!
It really is crazy isn’t it? We’ve put so much pressure on a creature that could care less about when spring will arrive. In fact, it’s only reason for popping his head out of his warm and cozy den is to see if his basic and primal needs can be met…food and well, sex. Yup, procreation is higher on his list than weather predictions. It’s not surprising when his predictions are a little less than stellar. He has other things on his mind!
The poor little marmot (woodchuck, groundhog, whatever you want to call it) sees the light at the end of the tunnel and is bopping away, listening to Mick Jagger belt out “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” on his iPod. He pops his head out and lo and behold…he is greeted by the stares of thousands of people, all with anxious looks on their faces, their blood vessels ready to pop as they hold their breath a few seconds longer! What? Not again!! Crazy voyeuristic humans!! Give a guy a break and…a little privacy, if you don’t mind!
And then I think…did these people really take the day off to be in Wiarton or Punxsutawney to watch ‘it’ all unfold. Could they possibly be taking a sick day, maybe a mental health day? Or, are they just out-right playing hooky?
It’s time to make it a real national holiday, but we’ll toss the English name and in honour of 'Groundhog Love' (different than 'Muskrat Love'), we'll give it the much more romantic-sounding :
Jour de la Marmotte!
Ou-la-la. It’s sounds so…je ne sais quois…maybe French!? Love is in the air…and it smells like spring-time, or maybe winter. It could be spring-time, no winter… Whatever…I’m off to do some spring cleaning because there are way too many cobwebs today.
À bientôt
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