Steve Re: Punxsutawney's Phil, meet Janesville's Chevy Suburban
I assume that everyone knows about the famous Punxsutawney Phil, the grizzled thickset marmot, who, each February 2nd is pulled out of his hole in Pennsylvania and asked whether or not he needs his Foster Grants. He is purportedly supposed to be able to tell us how long it will be before spring-like weather arrives. Phooey-ptuuui! Road kill!
While crossing Janesville's Veteran's Memorial Bridge after work the other evening, it dawned on me that we here have a tradition to predict the onset of the oncoming Spring that is a much superior prognosticator-- using a device that is built right here in 'The City of Parks'.
Each Winter the Kiwanas Club parks a Janesville-built Chevrolet Suburban on the ice in the middle of the Traxler Park Lagoon. When the vehicle plunges into the murky depths, Winter is over and Spring is here! 100% accuracy. Phil, the SUV (Surly, Unlovely Vermin) should hit the unemployment line bricks and damage W's reputation.
And besides, the Suburban provides a much smoother ride. (Although, I hear that groundhog tastes more like chicken. Maybe Al could tell us from his experience as a 'pioneer' preparing that famous Norwegian delight, lutewoodchuck.)
2 comments:
I've never used groundhog for my Lutewoodchuck. Good idea!
It's gotta be better than last years' gopher/mole concoction.
BTW. I'm Finnish, not Norwegian. There's a whole country of interlopers between our respective cousins. (The Lapps shield us from the north.)
The classic Finnish delicacy is boiled balogna (Makara, in Finnish, but there's no difference in the recipes).
Al, 'Finnish-American' sounds too close to 'Death to America'!
In the U.S., Makara is called Spam.
Gopher/mole on a bed of lichen, with a moss salad-- Mmmmm!
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