"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

On 2/3/2017 4:07 PM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>> OB Food: I don't cook anything special for Ground Hog Day.
>>
>> I just make the same thing every time. Over and over.
>
> lol Nancy! I got your joke. Funny too because AMC showed that movie
> all day long, back to back, for about 18 hours yesterday.

I should have known someone would!

> I figured they were just cheapskates to slack on programming.
> Then I read your post and realized that they were probably just
> doing a parody of the movie....each day repeats so each movie
> repeats.

Pretty funny now that you think of it.

> I like that movie but I actually didn't watch it at all
> yesterday. I found a few other good ones on.

I did like the movie, I should watch it again.

nancy

===

I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))

What I am unsure about is ... is there an actual ground hog day? If so,
what is it about?

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On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 3:27:56 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
> On 2/3/2017 4:07 PM, Gary wrote:
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> >>
> >> jmcquown wrote:
> >>> OB Food: I don't cook anything special for Ground Hog Day.
> >>
> >> I just make the same thing every time. Over and over.
> >
> > lol Nancy! I got your joke. Funny too because AMC showed that movie
> > all day long, back to back, for about 18 hours yesterday.
>
> I should have known someone would!
>
> > I figured they were just cheapskates to slack on programming.
> > Then I read your post and realized that they were probably just
> > doing a parody of the movie....each day repeats so each movie
> > repeats.
>
> Pretty funny now that you think of it.
>
> > I like that movie but I actually didn't watch it at all
> > yesterday. I found a few other good ones on.
>
> I did like the movie, I should watch it again.
>
> nancy
>
> ===
>
> I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
> thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))
>
> What I am unsure about is ... is there an actual ground hog day? If so,
> what is it about?

February 2 is Groundhog Day. What it is about... Well, what it really is
about is people being tired of winter. However, the legend is that a
groundhog pops his head out of his hole on February 2. If he sees his shadow,
there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow,
there will be an early spring.

Various small municipalities have capitalized on the legend to have
a festival where they trot out a groundhog and proclaim his (or her)
results to be the definitive answer. Punxsutawney Phil is the most famous:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil>

It would seem that early February is actually a little early for groundhogs
to break hibernation, but nobody lets that stand in the way of an
opportunity to have their small town on national TV.

Cindy Hamilton

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 3:27:56 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
> On 2/3/2017 4:07 PM, Gary wrote:
> > Nancy Young wrote:
> >>
> >> jmcquown wrote:
> >>> OB Food: I don't cook anything special for Ground Hog Day.
> >>
> >> I just make the same thing every time. Over and over.
> >
> > lol Nancy! I got your joke. Funny too because AMC showed that movie
> > all day long, back to back, for about 18 hours yesterday.
>
> I should have known someone would!
>
> > I figured they were just cheapskates to slack on programming.
> > Then I read your post and realized that they were probably just
> > doing a parody of the movie....each day repeats so each movie
> > repeats.
>
> Pretty funny now that you think of it.
>
> > I like that movie but I actually didn't watch it at all
> > yesterday. I found a few other good ones on.
>
> I did like the movie, I should watch it again.
>
> nancy
>
> ===
>
> I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
> thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))
>
> What I am unsure about is ... is there an actual ground hog day? If so,
> what is it about?

February 2 is Groundhog Day. What it is about... Well, what it really is
about is people being tired of winter. However, the legend is that a
groundhog pops his head out of his hole on February 2. If he sees his
shadow,
there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow,
there will be an early spring.

Various small municipalities have capitalized on the legend to have
a festival where they trot out a groundhog and proclaim his (or her)
results to be the definitive answer. Punxsutawney Phil is the most famous:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil>

It would seem that early February is actually a little early for groundhogs
to break hibernation, but nobody lets that stand in the way of an
opportunity to have their small town on national TV.

Cindy Hamilton

===

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Ophelia wrote:
>
> I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
> thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))

To my knowledge, the "over and over" thing originated with the movie.
Someone must have told you about the movie? So there certainly was
the film about it.

You might enjoy the movie...it's good, funny and rated G.
I've watched it several times but not this time.

"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
>
> I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
> thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))

To my knowledge, the "over and over" thing originated with the movie.
Someone must have told you about the movie? So there certainly was
the film about it.

You might enjoy the movie...it's good, funny and rated G.
I've watched it several times but not this time.

===========

Thanks, but no, I hadn't heard of a movie

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In article >, Gary > wrote:


> To my knowledge, the "over and over" thing originated with the movie.
> Someone must have told you about the movie? So there certainly was
> the film about it.
>
> You might enjoy the movie...it's good, funny and rated G.
> I've watched it several times but not this time.

It's the most memorable movie that Bill Murray will make. If Ophelia
thinks of it as over and over, the movie has become the cultural
equivalent of deja vu.
I forced my grand groundhog to watch it with me this summer. She didn't
appear to remember it, "this" time.

leo

"Leonard Blaisdell" wrote in message
...

In article >, Gary > wrote:


> To my knowledge, the "over and over" thing originated with the movie.
> Someone must have told you about the movie? So there certainly was
> the film about it.
>
> You might enjoy the movie...it's good, funny and rated G.
> I've watched it several times but not this time.

It's the most memorable movie that Bill Murray will make. If Ophelia
thinks of it as over and over, the movie has become the cultural
equivalent of deja vu.
I forced my grand groundhog to watch it with me this summer. She didn't
appear to remember it, "this" time.

leo

====

Yes, deja vu is how I would have described it)

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On 2/4/2017 3:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

> I did like the movie, I should watch it again.

> I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
> thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))

Cindy explained the folklore part very well, but the movie is the
part about repeating the day over and over. It doesn't have to do
with the actual groundhog day, it's just when the movie is set.

If that explains it.

nancy

On Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 8:32:41 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 2/4/2017 3:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> > "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
> > I did like the movie, I should watch it again.
>
> > I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
> > thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))
>
> Cindy explained the folklore part very well, but the movie is the
> part about repeating the day over and over. It doesn't have to do
> with the actual groundhog day, it's just when the movie is set.
>
> If that explains it.

In the movie, Bill Murray's character is a newsman (or weatherman, perhaps)
who simply hates covering Groundhog Day (and is not a very nice person).
As a plot device, the universe makes him repeat Groundhog Day over and over
until he learns to be a better person.

Cindy Hamilton

"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

On 2/4/2017 3:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote in message ...

> I did like the movie, I should watch it again.

> I got it because I understood 'ground hog' day to be about doing the same
> thing over and over. What i didn't know was there was a film))

Cindy explained the folklore part very well, but the movie is the
part about repeating the day over and over. It doesn't have to do
with the actual groundhog day, it's just when the movie is set.

If that explains it.

nancy

==

Yes, thank you

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