Althouse: Stop pestering groundhogs!

February 3, 2015

Stop pestering groundhogs!

Possibly what "Jimmy" the groundhog was thinking when the mayor of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin put his ear next to the mouth of the little beast, who proceeded to take a brisk chomp.

21 comments:

lemondog said...: Did Jimmy survive the bite?; 2/3/15, 10:42 AM
Big Mike said...: What do you mean by giving this your "animals are jerks" tag? I think Jimmy behaved perfectly appropriately.; 2/3/15, 10:46 AM
Original Mike said...: "Did Jimmy survive the bite?"

Has the mayor had his shots?; 2/3/15, 10:47 AM
Amexpat said...: That's a Groundhog Day that the mayor won't want to repeat ad infinitum.; 2/3/15, 10:48 AM
NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...: Here's the youtube without the annoying TV banter.; 2/3/15, 10:50 AM
NotWhoIUsedtoBe said...: Don't drive angry.; 2/3/15, 10:56 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "What do you mean by giving this your "animals are jerks" tag? I think Jimmy behaved perfectly appropriately."

Only because it was appropriate to be a jerk.; 2/3/15, 11:01 AM
Curious George said...: All these copycat groundhog deals are stupid.; 2/3/15, 11:02 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Animals are jerks" is a category that shows animals as jerks basically from the perspective of human beings who can be rather stupid about animals, often seeing them as loving or spiritually aware.

The real meaning of the tag is: People are stupid.

The animals are only jerks if you adopt the stupid perspective.; 2/3/15, 11:03 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: I was one of those people shocked to learn the reality of Groundhog Day.

I really thought that camera crews, politician, scientists and well-wishers camped out near a groundhog burrow and then waited patiently -- reverently -- for the groundhog to emerge, make his prediction, and then return to his peaceful home.

Perhaps now would be a good time to mention that I used to think that my teachers lived at the school.; 2/3/15, 11:14 AM
BarrySanders20 said...: It's just a big rodent. Rodent gonna do what rodent gonna do. Not jerky at all.

Why fault the mayor as much as the idiot holder who shoved the rodent's snout in the mayor's ear. Mayor McCheese should have turned and kicked that guy right in the ass and gone all Tony Montana on him on camera.; 2/3/15, 11:29 AM
furious_a said...: Jimmy was lucky he wasn't being manhandled by Hizzoner de Blasio.

Poor little guy hung on for about a week or so.

Staten Island Chuck isn't taking any chances this year.; 2/3/15, 11:36 AM
Wince said...: I thought it was a preview from "Fifty Shades of Gray".; 2/3/15, 11:41 AM
HoodlumDoodlum said...: Hey, at least the WI guy didn't spike the rodent like de Blasio did...although if the Sun Prairie mayor had maybe he could have been named Person of the Year by PETA,, too.; 2/3/15, 11:43 AM
walter said...: Went all Tyson on him.; 2/3/15, 11:55 AM
William said...: That groundhog wouldn't have pulled that shit on DeBlasio. Say what you want about DeBlasio's issues with law and order, but he really knows how to keep groundhogs in line.; 2/3/15, 11:55 AM
Ipso Fatso said...: The ground hog should have lived and De Blasio died. Or whistle pig as they are also called.; 2/3/15, 12:11 PM
Bob Boyd said...: The Mike Tyson of groundhogs.; 2/3/15, 12:22 PM
Big Mike said...: The animals are only jerks if you adopt the stupid perspective.

I trust that my perspective is not stupid.; 2/3/15, 12:25 PM
Bob Boyd said...: Do you have an "Animals being mad impetuous fools" tag?

Well have a look at this:

Malcolm Brenner Chronicles His Sexual Relationship With Dolphin In 'Wet Goddess'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/23/malcolm-brenner-dolphin_n_974764.html; 2/3/15, 12:33 PM
policraticus said...: This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You're hypocrites, all of you! -- Phil "Yeah, just like the groundhog Phil" Conners; 2/3/15, 2:00 PM