Happy Groundhog Day from OneTubeRadio.com!

A hundred years ago today, at least in Albuquerque, the groundhog saw his shadow, meaning that there was to be six more months of winter. The paper quoted the full reasoning behind the forecast method: “If Candlemas is fair and clear, Ther’ll be two winters in the year.”  The picture appeared in the February 2, 1921, issue of the Albuquerque Evening Herald.

In other scientific predictions, the paper quoted eminent scientist Dr. Eugene Lyman Fisk, who predicted that within a comparatively short time, the average human life would be 2000 years. Recognizing the potential for overpopulation, the good doctor came up with three possible solutions:

Controlling the birthrate by determining sex.

“Selective euthanasia,” or putting people to death by lot.

Conveying selected persons in projectiles to other planets.

The cartoon shows a scientist talking to an elderly gentleman with the caption, “science will remove the unfit.”  Perhaps we’ll take the groundhog’s advice and just go back to bed for another six weeks.