Thursday, July 13, 2006

Forget the metaphysical questions ... these are far more pressing

I heard on the radio yesterday that Wireton Willy died after a bout of pneumonia or some such groundhog version of the ailment.

I was curious how they will go about picking Willy's successor. Do they hold auditions by shining a flashlight above the groundhog to see how they will react? Do they pick one of Willy's children? Did Willy have any say in who would follow in his hallowed footsteps? Do they attend some kind of metereology training academy? Will they announce it and have a great big press conference?

7 comments:

St. Dickeybird said...

They catch all the groundhogs they can, and give them bloodtests to find his heir.
And being famous, he was probably slutty and fathered many babies, so it'll take time.

Snooze said...

I guess it's a matter of figuring out who came from Willy's willy.

EarthMother said...

Dickey: But are there rules surrounding illegitimate children assuming his throne?

Snooze: You're such a silly girl!

St. Dickeybird said...

EM, good point. The Brits probably have a workaround.
:)

Greg the Surly said...

I'm certain that there is some Gov't/groundhog conspiracy afoot. They'll probably end up replacing said groundhog with one of the Kennedy's due to some new regulation. I'm just wondering how they'll get past the drug testing.

St. Dickeybird said...

Heehee, it's not the 'grassy knoll', it's the 'grassy hole'!
:P

EarthMother said...

Greg: I'm wondering if Willy faked his own death and went underground.

Dickey: Not all holes have grass on them.