It is Groundhog Day and sadly the weather-predicting groundhog named Fred la Marmotte who hails from Quebec died before he could make a prediction. Normally this is a sad and somber occasion but the jokes in response were killer…
Quebec's groundhog died late last night. RIP Fred. #GroundhogDay2023 pic.twitter.com/xjlhO42nOr
— Craig Gear (@KidCraig) February 2, 2023
RIP Fred.
Where was Bill de Blasio Last night? pic.twitter.com/SOIz5qudQU
— Patrick (@patricksp71) February 2, 2023
We legitimately laughed so long we could not type for a bit. For those of you unaware of the de Blasio Groundhog connection, basically, he dropped a groundhog and it died. You can google all about it if you are bored.
I was totally gonna do an oatmeal tweet this morning about the groundhog dying and us entering the next ice age but glad I didn't, might have been too soon. https://t.co/GEtZt64le6
— Jen The Feisty Librarian (@Feisty_Waters) February 2, 2023
Perpetual winter in Quebec seems like a legitimate concern with Fred’s death but predicting the death of the groundhog might have gotten her placed under suspicion.
Shubenacadie Sam: Six more weeks of winter!
Wiarton Willie: Spring is coming!
Fred la Marmotte: NUCLEAR WINTER https://t.co/ZTauioPxD2— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) February 2, 2023
UGGGH. This editor hates the cold, we would prefer a nice zombie apocalypse over a forever nuclear winter.
I DO WHAT I WANT, HUMANS https://t.co/asCWBDFDew
— Mike B (@nightflyblog) February 2, 2023
Groundhog: 1. / Humans: 0.
He’s not taking orders from anyone. Predict your own weather!
Shoutout to Canada for being honest about the mortality of their groundhogs https://t.co/FHTMBelzoJ
— Patrick Claybon (@PatrickClaybon) February 2, 2023
OK, but hear us out. What if Fred was just getting too old and being a drain on the healthcare system and they forcibly enrolled him in MAID and just didn’t tell anyone?
There's an alternate dimension in which a politician opened the box and pulled out the stiffened carcass of a groundhog before a room of horrified schoolchildren. https://t.co/cpuhR22w12
— Tyler Dawson (@tylerrdawson) February 2, 2023
Oh WOW. Those poor alternate-dimension children, and the poor groundhog, died in all the alternate universes. 🙁
This is obvs not the point, but the “about” is killing me https://t.co/Bs1jLuAtv5
— Nicole St. Denis (@nicosttweets) February 2, 2023
We know it isn’t the point but the about was very Canadian of them.
When you work one day a year for 10 minutes and you still can't bear the thought of going in. https://t.co/rfq8hCiRgS
— Stoli (@CRStoli) February 2, 2023
Talk about a TOXIC work environment! We hear he was not even given a livable wage, Fred had no choice but to get out the only way he knew how.
Happy Groundhog Day!
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