Here's some fascinating Groundhog Day history for you all:
The newest Wiarton Willie died last summer, concluding a violent time in office. This same Willy killed two of his would-be sucessors in 2003.
The town of Wiarton held an absolutely retarded memorial service, which included a song written, approriately enough, by someone with the unfortunate name of Sheila Balls.
The previous Willie kicked the bucket in 1999, two days before Groundhog Day. So what did the resourceful residents of Wiarton do? In a moment of Weekend At Bernie's-ish ghoulishness, they trotted out his casket and opened it up to see if his shadow was visible. Then, adding to the country-fried hick foolishness of it all, it later turned out that the corpse was a fake; the real Willie was too decomposed to make a public appearance.
Who knew this day had so much salacious history to it?
4 comments:
Canadian tax dollars at work. I love it. What's the difference between a groundhog and a gopher anyway?
Gopher tastes like chicken. Groundhogs are a little gamier.
they called latest groundhog "an albino marmot."
Hey Steve.
What does a marmot taste like? Maybe you could pitch a "Rodent 101" feature at your next ed. meeting.
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