Groundhog Day is coming up this Friday February 2nd and PETA…the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals…you know…the most annoying people on earth are still pissed off as usual about using real groundhogs to pretend-predict the weather.
They are once again calling for Punxsutawney Phil to be retired, and now they’re offering to replace him with a giant gold coin, which would be flipped, with one side calling for six more weeks of winter, and an early spring on the other.
Okay, so why a coin? Well, Punxsutawney Phil has been making predictions since 1886, and he’s only been right about 39% of the time. So they argue that we’d be better off with a coin.
PETA says, “Groundhogs can’t make heads or tails of the weather forecast and shouldn’t be jostled around by large members of a different species and thrust in front of noisy crowds for a photo op.”
Also, we’d need a new name for “Groundhog Day,” and PETA suggests something like, “Weather There’ll Be More Winter Day.”