MRMOTE, KAD ĆE PROLEĆE? Ako vam se čini da vam je život totalna ruti- na i da je svaki dan isti, verovatno ste bar jednom izjavili da ste upali u Dan mrmota. Misleći pritom, sigurno, na film koji ove godine slavi 25. rođendan, a u kojem briljira Bil Mari zaglavljen u jednom da- nu, mesecima ga proživljavajući iznova i iznova. Glumac u filmu stiže u gradić Panksatoni u Pen- silvaniji da bi izvestio o tome šta kaže mrmot Fil, koji svakog 2. februara predviđa koliko će trajati zima. Ako vidi svoju senku, zima će navodno po- trajati bar još šest nedelja, a mnogo kraće ako Fil ne ode u svoj brlog jer je vreme oblačno. Ukoliko vam je sve ovo poznato, to je zato što i mi imamo sličnog meteorologa. U Srbiji na Srete- nje, 15. februara, iz svoje jazbine izlazi mečka. Sve ostalo je slično kao u Americi. I ona će se uplašiti svoje senke i vratiti na spavanje, što znači da pro- leće neće tako brzo. U suprotnom, radovaćemo se ranim visibabama. Ako budete u prilici, ne propu- stite vremensku prognozu iz prve ruke. A u među- vremenu, nemojte biti zaglavljeni u Danu mrmota, neka vam svaki dan bude iznenađenje.
HEY GROUNDHOG,
WHEN WILL SPRING ARRIVE?
If it seems that your life boils down to total routine and that every day is the same, you’ve probably said at least once that you’re stuck in Groundhog Day – in refer- ence, of course, to the film that is this year celebrating its 25 th birthday, in which Bill Murray spends months stuck in a single day, doomed to experience it over and over again. In the film, the actor plays a weatherman who arrives in the Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney to report on the announcement of a local groundhog, Phil, who predicts how long winter will last every 2 nd February. If he sees his own shadow, winter will supposedly last at least another six weeks, but it will end much sooner if Phil stays in his burrow due to overcast weather. If all of this seems familiar to you, that’s perhaps be- cause we have a similar meteorologist. In Serbia every 15 th February a bear emerges from its den. Everything else is the same as in America – it will either be startled by its shad- ow and go back to sleep, signifying that spring won’t ar- rive so soon, or, if the opposite occurs, we can look forward to early snowdrops. So, provided you have the opportuni- ty, you shouldn’t miss out on this first-hand weather fore- cast. And in the meantime, don’t get stuck in Groundhog Day; allow each new day you experience to be a surprise.
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