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Old 02-03-2010, 04:34 PM
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Nope, my mom was sick and needed me to take her to the doctor. Plus I'm packing to go to Tampa in the morning.

Groundhog Day: I read somewhere that it originated in Europe (which would favor the Pagan claim) but that the critter they observed was the hedgehog. Since hedgehogs are not indigenous to the Americas, they substituted groundhogs here. My opinion is that these are cute:



This is not such a good substitute:

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