Jan 28 2010Bad Ideas: PETA Wants Punxsutawney Phil Replaced By Robotic Version Of Himself
PETA wants spring-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil replaced with by a robotic version. I can see it now: Well, did he see his shadow? I don't know, but he did kill 14,000 bystanders.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands of revelers each Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, a tiny borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. PETA is suggesting the use of an animatronic model.
But William Deeley, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, says the animal is "being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania."
Uh, how exactly is the average child treated in Pennsylvania? Because if it's anything like a red-headed stepchild we might want to go rescue ol' Punxsutawney. And speaking of which, 'Groundhog Day'. That Bill Murray, such a riot. "Correct me if I'm wrong Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers they'll lock me up and throw away the key." Wrong movie? I don't care.
PETA wants a robot Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day [dailyrecord]
Thanks to Existential Extrovert, Pat, Barbara, Cambria, Melissa, Pepe La PEWPEW and Sarah, who are all smart enough to know robotic groundhogs don't even cast shadows. Or ballets. You hear me? YOU WILL NEVER VOTE!
Reader Comments
1. Closet Nerd - January 28, 2010 4:00 PM
PETR.... People for the Ethical Treatment of Robots
2. Closet Nerd - January 28, 2010 4:02 PM
I prefer M.E.A.T. Mankind for Ethical Animal Treatment..... just sayin
they taught a lion to eat tofu!
3. Closet Nerd - January 28, 2010 4:05 PM
It's the same thing your whole life: "Clean up your room. Stand up straight. Pick up your feet. Take it like a man. Be nice to your sister. Don't mix beer and wine, ever." Oh yeah: "Don't drive on the railroad track."
4. uhh - January 28, 2010 4:11 PM
...or we could replace PETA with robots.
5. Closet Nerd - January 28, 2010 4:13 PM
@4 I think the members of P.E.T.A. ARE robots..... they seem to lack common sense..... just sayin
6. Sevrin - January 28, 2010 4:13 PM
P.E.C.K.E.R.H.E.A.D
People for the Extensive Cloning and Kindness of Extremely Rare Hot Extinct Awesome Dinosaurs
JOIN US!
7. Snotnarok - January 28, 2010 4:14 PM
Screw you PETA
8. Lily - January 28, 2010 4:23 PM
PETA needs to STFU
9. Pat - January 28, 2010 4:26 PM
I have no doubt that Punxsutawney Phil is treated better than any other groundhog in the world. He's practically a national treasure.
10. xmdmae - January 28, 2010 4:30 PM
just because peta opened its fat mouth ima drive from cali all the way out there and punch that groundhog in the face. and the same goes for any other animal that they speak up about..
i don't think i'm having a very good day
11. Richard McBeef - January 28, 2010 4:32 PM
those assholes come up with this shit and the sea kitten thing and whatever else as a publicity stunt. they know everyone is gonna talk shit about lunacy of their idea and post it on their blog and whatever else. it's free advertising.
sadly some jetta with a kayak rack driving, iphone talking, autofellating sack of douche will think, "yeah that's mean that they make that groundhog come out of a hole once a year" and send PETA a check. Mission accomplished, the cycle continues.
12. The Nick Bailey Experience - January 28, 2010 4:33 PM
Umm... I think it's "ballots," not "ballets." I once saw a groundhog ballet once. Cutest thing ever. I mean, the dancing was terrible. But the tutus!
13. Autofellating sack of Douche - January 28, 2010 4:40 PM
Yeah, that's mean that they make that groundhog come out of a hole once a year. I'm sending PETA a check after I'm done Kayaking and talking on my iPhone. I've got my checkbook in the Jetta.
14. Richard McBeef - January 28, 2010 4:42 PM
You see that shit... I FUCKING TOLD YOU.
15. rivermind - January 28, 2010 4:52 PM
That groundhog is living the life! Growing up about 25 minutes from Punxsutawney I can tell you that Phil (even though he's a she now a days) is the happiest and safest groundhog in the universe. If PETA had their way the thing would be released only to be shot some day by some farmer or hunter looking for some target practice in the area, then wouldn't PETA be sad? Let the poor little groundpig alone in her nice heated den so others (like myslef a few times) get drunk all week and party while waiting for her appearance.
Seriously the schools are closed for groundhog day there...
16. Nye - January 28, 2010 4:54 PM
Dear GW. Thanks for not giving me credit for sending you the link YESTERDAY. You suck. Just Kidding, I don't care and are not a glory houndzor.
Please do not smite me.
17. skeletor - January 28, 2010 4:58 PM
i am all for good treatment of animals, but FUCK PETA! They are retards.
18. Gargamel - January 28, 2010 5:07 PM
Let's eat him.
19. Some thing smells fishy - January 28, 2010 5:10 PM
PETA wants to Ban fishing...enough said.
20. timmy the dying boy - January 28, 2010 5:16 PM
I've noticed that PETA itself has no such aversion to crowds and bright lights.
21. therush - January 28, 2010 5:17 PM
GODDAM IT SHUT THE FUCK UP PETA!!!
22. G - January 28, 2010 5:21 PM
PETA are such jackasses. In essence, they don't want people to own any animals at all. They're just looking for some vague reason to speak up about any animal in particular.
Check out the euthanization stats on their "shelter" (kill hole). They seriously do not want people to own animals, even if it means killing all the animals themselves.
23. Kenneykenken - January 28, 2010 5:25 PM
What???!!!?? That fucking groundhog lives better than most people i know.
24. Donk Donkerson - January 28, 2010 5:28 PM
Well I want PITA to shut the fuck up but it doesn't mean I'm going to get it.
25. Donk Donkerson - January 28, 2010 5:28 PM
Well I want PETA to shut the fuck up but it doesn't mean I'm going to get it.
26. your mom is my whore - January 28, 2010 5:35 PM
e-mail bluedolphin@yahoo.com to piss them off
the person here just told me that geekologie.com sucks
help me revenge the fallen, and destroy this persons e-mail box
CHARRRRRGE *pew pew*
27. VaultDweller13 - January 28, 2010 5:43 PM
This is insane? PETA wants us to give control over the seasons to robots? Why don't we just hooks ourselves up to the Matrix while we're at it.
28. Lastfinder35 - January 28, 2010 5:50 PM
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights"
Next step, banning all zoos?
29. yarp - January 28, 2010 6:17 PM
PETA IS RETARDED. GOD DAMN. I CAN RANT FOREVER ABOUT THE RETARDEDNESS OF PETA.
30. Qazzy - January 28, 2010 7:30 PM
Well, aint that just the Gobbler's Knob?
31. Randal(l) - January 28, 2010 7:45 PM
Fuck You PETA!
I'm raping a stupid ground hog right now. How do you like them apples. I know punxoiuDASFugfklaslukgvkurg phil likes them apples. Oh, and by apples, I mean my balls in his stupid fucking mouth. Then when I'm done stretching that little bastard, I'm going to KFC ordering three buckets of extra abused chicken, throw two of them away, and viciously jack off with the grease and souls from the chicken in the third bucket.
Randal(l)
32. FIRSTY - January 28, 2010 7:57 PM
@31 Shut up bitch!
33. Morpheus - January 28, 2010 7:58 PM
@27 We are already jacked into the Matrix asshole. If you jump off a bridge you will be set free.
34. Eva - January 28, 2010 8:39 PM
Phil the groundhog doesn't look like she gives a shit what PETA says.
35. RighteousJoana - January 28, 2010 9:10 PM
LOLPETA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ijLulwUTY
36. Richard McBeef - January 28, 2010 9:18 PM
@31 - I would totally go gay for you.
37. dukes1 - January 28, 2010 10:02 PM
god damnit PETA.. STEP THE FUCK OFF!
38. TheRealMeatbagArmy - January 28, 2010 10:38 PM
UNFAIR to the animal? Too bad nature doesn't give a flying fuck about fair. I'd paid money to see members of PETA locked in a cage with a hungry lion & a gun. Oh to crush beliefs....
39. Jiakasuma - January 29, 2010 12:10 AM
I think everyone in PETA has a hamster up their ass
40. John Prime - January 29, 2010 3:29 AM
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands of revelers
When did they put this groundhog on Jersey Shore?
Peta jerks are just jealous that a groundhog lives better than all of them.
41. Khephran - January 29, 2010 5:37 AM
i hate peta for this kind of stuff. That's like saying that sled dogs shouldn't compete in the iditarod. and this is once per year...
42. ciao - January 29, 2010 7:03 AM
PETA - People Eating The Animals
Well why do you think they strive so strongly to save the animals and place them in their "centers"?
43. Tina - January 29, 2010 7:27 AM
PETA does not know who they are taking on. This is rural America, where every other person carries a gun on their person! We know that animals are wonderful creatures and respect their habitat, however we also know that animals are hunted to feed families and the fur keeps us warm in below zero temperatures like today. I wish PETA would spend more time investigating the meat packing plants and the way those animals are pumped full of chemicals to get them to market faster. That is cruelty!
44. tednugent - January 29, 2010 7:57 AM
Peta needs to turn the bestiality browser off. Just because they discovered that Groundhogs will lick the PB&J off their unmentionables doesn't mean we need to save everyone of them... Wasn't PETA the organization that tried to compare meat packing plants with the holocaust saying that the cows had it worse? PEEP... People for the Ethical Extermination of PETA.
45. zips - January 29, 2010 8:43 AM
Why hasn't anyone made the obvious joke? Kate Gosselin and her litter live in PA - surely when you compare poor Phil's time in front of a camera and Gosselin's offspring's time, Phil's got it easy! Maybe PETA need to go around to Kate's house and protest (or switch Kate's brood to robotic versions - let's face it - she isn't going to notice) - I mean, she got enough kids to qualify as a herd/litter/flock.
46. Asherael - January 29, 2010 9:31 AM
God, I love PETA. There's something wonderful about an organization that advocates putting naked women in cages. What's their deal with groundhogs?
47. Closet Nerd - January 29, 2010 10:47 AM
@45 Probably because no one on this site watches that travesty of a show
@44 why does it have to be "ethical"... i prefer as "unethical" as possible... just sayin
48. Gamer - January 29, 2010 11:56 AM
Hey PETA, go jump off a cliff! Oh btw I am eating a cow right now. Thats right a whole cow. And I am using my fur coat as a napkin. While sitting in my baby seal skinned chair...
49. Lone Wolf - January 29, 2010 1:35 PM
Why do people support People For The Killing of Animals? Are they that stupid?
50. Lone Wolf - January 30, 2010 12:52 AM
The link didn't make it into the comment (good think I checked this) PITA kills animals, believe it or not they do. Google it.
51. thisisonlyatest - January 31, 2010 10:48 PM
I don't think the people of PETA have ever been to that part of Pennsylvania. If they have, they wouldn't suggest any animal be in the wild... Seriously... that's where I grew up. (not Punxsy but close to it) and if that groundhog hits the ground there's gonna be some hardcore lunatics with long range rifles waiting for him to pop up out of his hole so they can blow him to pieces.
So, when are they planning his release? And where? I'm wondering so I know when to start building my blind... you know... for hunting... groundhogs... famous groundhogs.