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Posted February 02, 2014
It's silly but, eh, who's it harming? I guess the groundhog might get slightly annoyed...

And at least we got a really good movie out of it :)
Posted February 02, 2014
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tinyE: ...but the fact we do this every year put's us on an evolutionary par with fecal bacteria and used-car salesmen.
I would agree in terms of those people that would actually put stock in the prediction.
Post edited February 02, 2014 by 1322
Posted February 02, 2014
Oh and as for an answer to the question.. I don't think the Dutch have anything really similar.
We do have the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qd8C2SjMRM]duik, but a lot of countries have dumb people diving into ice cold water so that's not particularly unique.
Post edited February 02, 2014 by Smannesman
Posted February 02, 2014
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tinyE: Please tell me there is a European equivalent to this profoundly stupid tradition?!
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real.geizterfahr: At least in Germany we have something similar stupid. It's called "Siebenschläfertag" (you could translate this as "day of the seven sleepers", or something like that). Our farmers say that the weather on this special day (end of June, I don't know the exact day) determines how the weather will be in the next seven weeks.
Oh yeah, here, whatever the weather is like on St. Swithun's Day is supposedly going to be the same for the next 40 day

I find that Wikipedia is an overused source so here's a link to the website of a junior school - in Kent!
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stswithun.html
Post edited February 02, 2014 by Fever_Discordia
Posted February 02, 2014
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tinyE: Please tell me there is a European equivalent to this profoundly stupid tradition?!
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real.geizterfahr: At least in Germany we have something similar stupid. It's called "Siebenschläfertag" (you could translate this as "day of the seven sleepers", or something like that).
The animal is called "edible dormouse" not "seven sleeper", that would be the literal interpretation. And I don't think we throw parties for them. (Or do we? I'm not one, that cares too much for local and/or ancient customs.)

Edit: before someone asks: Apparently people thought the edible dormouse hibernates for seven months.
Post edited February 02, 2014 by golea
Posted February 02, 2014
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golea: The animal is called "edible dormouse" not "seven sleeper"
That's nice for the animal, but Siebenschläfertag isn't about the animal Siebenschläfer, it's about the Seven Sleepers ;)
Post edited February 02, 2014 by real.geizterfahr
Posted February 02, 2014
It's so important that you didn't even have time to 'p'.
Posted February 02, 2014
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andysheets1975: It's silly but, eh, who's it harming? I guess the groundhog might get slightly annoyed...

And at least we got a really good movie out of it :)
He's got a good point here. For better or worse that is a great movie, IMHO, and we have today to thank for it.
Posted February 02, 2014
It is sunny here today.
Posted February 02, 2014
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real.geizterfahr: That's nice for the animal, but Siebenschläfertag isn't about the animal Siebenschläfer, it's about the Seven Sleepers ;)
Germany has all kinds of useless farming weather traditions though. The one I know is "Ein Oktoberhimmel voller Sterne hat warme Ofen immer gerne" (An October sky full of stars likes a warm oven/fire).
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tinyE: He's got a good point here. For better or worse that is a great movie, IMHO, and we have today to thank for it.
And believe it or not, people in the UK understand "Groundhog Day" more to mean that a day is repeating itself than anything to do with Phil. Here in Germany we also say "täglich grüßt das Murmeltier" ("The Groundhog says hi every day") when you get a sense of déjà vu - that comes from the German name for the film.
Post edited February 02, 2014 by jamyskis
Posted February 02, 2014
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golea: The animal is called "edible dormouse" not "seven sleeper"
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real.geizterfahr: That's nice for the animal, but Siebenschläfertag isn't about the animal Siebenschläfer, it's about the Seven Sleepers ;)
Well, what do you know? And they are suposed to have slept for 195 YEARS! I never got along with these abstruse legends. And there is no connection to the rodent either. someone really screwed up the naming.
Posted February 02, 2014
We don´t have that rodent in here, but we have THIS ONE, so, we don´t have groundhog days nor groundhog sayings :P
Posted February 02, 2014
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jamyskis: Germany has all kinds of useless farming weather traditions though.
I bet country sayings are a global phenomenon (except the USA, they probably imported the european ones)
Posted February 02, 2014
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jamyskis: Germany has all kinds of useless farming weather traditions though.
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golea: (except the USA, they probably imported the european ones)
It's more like european's exported them to the USA :p
Posted February 02, 2014
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golea: (except the USA, they probably imported the european ones)
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1322: It's more like european's exported them to the USA :p
Edit: screw this. completely missread it :D And yes, that's what I meant.
Post edited February 02, 2014 by golea
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