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XP-39 II - The Groundhog Day Thread
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We apologise for our extended absence - as it's Groundhog hunting season, a number of members have been fully engaged in this pursuit. We would like to reassure readers that no forum members were injured or maltreated during, or after, these events, and normal service will be resumed a soon as possible.
buffnut453
Captain
Hey...we're all back here again. It's GROUNDHOG DAY!!!! 
I'm not, I was just attacked by a groundhog.Hey...we're all back here again. It's GROUNDHOG DAY!!!!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Yes Sir!
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Benevolens Magister
You're lucky Marcel.
Had you been in my town, it might have been a Hippocroccofroghog ( which are all female ), a close relation to the dreaded Hippocroccofrog ( also all female ), but smaller, and not quite as dangerous.
If you are unfortunate enough to see a Hippocroccofrog ( and this town is full of them ! ), the normal initial reaction ( until one becomes accustomed to the sight ) is instant retching and vomiting, followed by slow dissolving of the retina, vertigo, dribbling, and finally, insanity, sometimes followed by a merciful death.
However, the Hippocroccofroghog normally just induces retching, and puts one off one's beer for around a week - which, of course, is bad enough !
Had you been in my town, it might have been a Hippocroccofroghog ( which are all female ), a close relation to the dreaded Hippocroccofrog ( also all female ), but smaller, and not quite as dangerous.
If you are unfortunate enough to see a Hippocroccofrog ( and this town is full of them ! ), the normal initial reaction ( until one becomes accustomed to the sight ) is instant retching and vomiting, followed by slow dissolving of the retina, vertigo, dribbling, and finally, insanity, sometimes followed by a merciful death.
However, the Hippocroccofroghog normally just induces retching, and puts one off one's beer for around a week - which, of course, is bad enough !
buffnut453
Captain
Hippocroccofrogs are NOTHING. It's the Kangarillapigs you need to watch out for....those things are DANGEROUS!!!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Which leads us to the Speed of Dark and could the P-39 exceed it? 
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Benevolens Magister
Nah, it only just reached the Speed of Standing Still............................
Dash119
Senior Airman
Which model, the 'C' or the needlessly overweight 'D'? Straight and level, or in a climb?Which leads us to the Speed of Dark and could the P-39 exceed it?
For those of us who have been following along, these are critical distinctions...
buffnut453
Captain
Hmmmm...if a groundhog exceeds the speed of dark, does it mean it can't see a shadow?
The question remains whether it's the C- or D-model groundhog that is capable of those speeds. My money's with the C but I'm still worried about CofG and the risk of tumbling groundhogs.
Does the "seeing shadows" indicator of groundhog speed perhaps suggest a conspiracy that there is more than one Punxsatawny Phil and, worse, that they are of different variants?
The question remains whether it's the C- or D-model groundhog that is capable of those speeds. My money's with the C but I'm still worried about CofG and the risk of tumbling groundhogs.
Does the "seeing shadows" indicator of groundhog speed perhaps suggest a conspiracy that there is more than one Punxsatawny Phil and, worse, that they are of different variants?
glennasher
Senior Airman
There are all kinds of groundhog variants, the Eastern (Marmota Monax) and the yellow-bellied marmots of the American West, there's a European variant, and a Himalayan variant, and those are just the ones I can think of, off the top of my head. All of those variants can have different colored fur, and some can be quite heavy, while the yellow-bellied Western ones are relatively smaller than the Eastern variants (American). I've always been interested in the groundhogs, even if their COGs are "off". They are all fun to shoot, and I've devoted quite a bit of time doing that. I have yet to shoot one out of a tree, although I know they climb them often enough. I've seen them sunning themselves on top of fenceposts a time or two, but they bailed quicker than I could get them shot. Groundhogs are fun.
Hey, there's something in this, we should start a thread on it...
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
... and we're back.
buffnut453
Captain
Some of us just can't stop ourselves...
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
You're welcome
All nice and fine, but will you be careful with their nutsacks?
Just noticed,Which leads us to the Speed of Dark and could the P-39 exceed it?
Geedee
removed the first post of that. Why would he do that?
buffnut453
Captain
Just noticed,
Maybe he's in on the Great Punxsatawny Phil Conspiracy and is hiding the evidence. I demand a recount!!!
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
A recount from the Grassy Knoll.
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