do other countries have a groundhog day? do you all gather on February second and watch with bated breathe as a groundhog emerges from its hole? do you forecast the next six weeks of weather based on if the groundhog is frightened by its own shadow and returns to the hole?
is this some kind of thing American tumblr made up to prank us??
groundhog day is real the entire country watches a groundhog predict the weather
an entire country. bases its weather predictions on a glorified possum. like on whether that particular fancy possum is a coward or not. that’s a real american thing and australians get called weird for having weird slang words. what the fuck is going on over there
@epically-scottish-big-b literally didn’t know Groundhog Day was a thing until I mentioned how the term always confuses me.
His name is Punxsutawney Phil, by the way.
Once a year the eyes of the nation turn to this tiny hamlet in western Pennsylvania to watch a master at work. The master, Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous weatherman. A Groundhog who as legend has it can predict the coming of an early spring…