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Let's shoot the groundhog, warm the planet
and eradicate winter

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Posted By: Big Bopper, 2/4/2022 1:28:20 PM

A verminous, potentially rabid rodent in Pennsylvania crawled out of his hole in the ground this week, saw his shadow and, according to the local vermin whisperers, gloated that he’s entitled to another six weeks of dreamy winter sleep. Everyone clapped. I say shoot him. I have to admit that this creature’s cryptic weather forecasts are more accurate than those of a British climatologist who predicted 22 years ago that snow would become extinct in Britain within a few years. He was dramatically wrong.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: red1066 2/4/2022 1:51:47 PM (No. 1061471)
Glenn doesn't even mention the shoveling and the scraping that goes along with cold weather, or the accidents and heart attacks for that matter. People don't flock to Florida just because of the tax rate. Colorado is beautiful. I've been there many times, but I don't usually go in the winter. The mountains look just as nice in the summer as they do in the winter. I do prefer hiking in the winter, but if I had a choice, I'd take warmer weather over colder weather any day of the week.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: snakeoil 2/4/2022 1:53:05 PM (No. 1061472)
One of the reasons the warmies oppose Global Warming aka Climate Change is they love polar bears. I hate polar bears. To a warmie polar bears are one of the beautiful species of life on Earth. To a polar bear you are lunch.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Kate318 2/4/2022 2:50:00 PM (No. 1061502)
Oh Lord, people. It’s winter. Get a grip. If you don’t like it, move somewhere without it. Some us actually love the snow and cold.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chance_232 2/4/2022 4:24:05 PM (No. 1061578)
Leave the groundhog alone. Other than that, spot on.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Rumblehog 2/4/2022 7:00:17 PM (No. 1061721)
I would love for any of sandal-wearing, Margarita sipping liberals to go spend a few nights in the Arctic north, inside two sleeping bags, where you sleep not knowing if you might become a "pig in a blanket" dinner for foraging Polar Bear. Those who whine the loudest have never been. By the way, we need a whole lot more fresh water to drink, and what better place than to mine the polar ice!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: udanja99 2/4/2022 7:19:50 PM (No. 1061744)
Having spent 3 of the coldest, snowiest winters on record at the time behind the Iron Curtain with no heat, no hot water and no gas in our stove, I’ll take 100 degrees and 99% humidity any day. DH and I are getting up there in age and a few years ago we moved 600 miles south and left the snow shovel to the new owners of our farm.
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