The Fancy Bastard Forum

Part of me thinks I'd go on some sort of heinous crime spree. The other part of me says I'd always be afraid that THIS time would be the last time and wouldn't want to royally frak myself over. After the first couple dozen times, though, all bets are off. I mean I'd have to imagine I'd get pretty bored. There are only so many movies or shows one could watch. I imagine binging on food would get a little tiresome too. Eventually.

Assuming that Groundhog Day happens in 1993, that would put me at age 8. I think I would seek out an arcade cabinet of Street Fighter II and train until my fingers bled each day. Later, after I somehow escaped the time loop, I would find a Street Fighter II tournament and school everyone.

I'd also punch Ned Ryerson right in his Needle Nose Ned face.

I would sit in the library and read everything. Then learn languages and to play the piano. Watch every available movie.... Though if we're being accurate, in 1993 I would be... 12, so... actually it would be the same. Wow, I guess my time loop would be pretty boring.

Posted By: KristiI would sit in the library and read everything. Then learn languages and to play the piano. Watch every available movie.... Though if we're being accurate, in 1993 I would be... 12, so... actually it would be the same. Wow, I guess my time loop would be pretty boring.

This sounds like what I'd want to do, too. But in 1993, I'd be 10, and it would be a Tuesday—that means a school day for me. I lived out in the boonies, so it wasn't like I could just dart past the school, skip class, and hang out around town. Now if it were to happen in 2009, on the other hand, I'd be all over that.

Oh man, I have far too much unexpressed rage to be allowed unlimited do-overs. It'd be bad. Of course if it was 1993, I'd be 18, and I was waaay more passive back then. Now I'm all old and crotchety. Hey! Get off my lawn!

Groundhog Day 1993 would have made me a 16 year-old high school sophomore. If you give a sixteen year old boy free reign to do nearly anything he wants with nearly zero consequences...well...I would have been pretty tired at the end of that day.

Pfft. I don't need Groundhog Day to do that.

edit: I mean think about it. You would probably have to go to school that day, right?

On the DVD commentary for "Groundhog Day", they say they figure that Bill Murray's character had relived the same day for tens of thousand of years. I mean, think about it. How long is it going to take you to learn to play the piano when your teacher always thinks its your first day?
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Wait a minute. He paid her a huge sum of money so that she would kick out the student she already had. He got that money by robbing the armored truck. Which didn't matter because he was going to repeat that day anyway. But on the last day, the piano teacher says that he is her student, which means that he must have gone to her on that day. So when he broke out of the loop, was the story on the front page of the paper about the money that he stole from the armored car? I have to think that the two guards would lose their jobs over that. Did he ruin the two guards lives during his perfect day?
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Anyway, it would mostly be a great time. I've got some money in the back account. I could spend that much money every day doing whatever I wanted. It would seem like it was a Brewster's Millions situation. But knowing my luck, I'd be the homeless guy who ends up dying each day.

In 1993 I'd be -cough- um. Three. So I'd probably fall over and giggle or cry, then lead a very extraordinarily immature life after escaping tens of thousands of years as a three-year-old.

At a more advanced age, I'd probably just go insane. I think I used to have a recurring nightmare as a kid about a similar scenario.

Unemployment, for the time being, is almost like being caught in a loop. Most days are the same, with the occasional social outing. For the most part, I am sitting here, watching TV shows, or writing something, so it would not be a stretch for me. If I was in 1993, well, I would be six, and I can almost guarantee that I would be spending each day playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Which is also no different from when I was six...)

I'd be 11 in 1993, but I know exactly what I'd do. I'd fake a fever every morning, get out of going to school, and practice drawing the entire day. When I got out of the loop, I'd be a hell of a bitchin' artist. But if I spent the rest of my existence doing nothing but draw, I don't think I'd care if I never escaped, really.