Today is Groundhog day! For those of you who are unfamiliar with this grand custom, the origins of Groundhog Day come from the pagan tradition of watching the weather on the day half-way between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Later, in Europe, people watched the hedgehog as a predictor of the weather for the rest of the winter. For American settlers, there were no hedgehogs, so the groundhog was named the new weather forecaster. **
In only a few short hours, Wiarton Willy will be telling Canada how many more weeks of winter we'll be having.
In other news, The Flatmate (who is also a colleague) was on the phone with somebody who finished their conversation by saying (in a lovely Irish accent) "You sound like a real professional lady" which, in Germany where she comes from, means a prostitute.
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