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100 Years Ago: A bit of nonsense Government positions were open: Groundhog Inspectors & Doodlebug Callers By J.D. Gee In the early part of 1907, the Kentucky legislature had in the neighborhood of 500 bills to consider, but, much to the apparent disgust of the Eddyville Herald, undue attention was given a bill that would fix Groundhog Day either as February 1st, 2nd, or the 14th, "as there is a claim laid to each of these dates." The Herald proceeded, editorial wordstrop firmly planted in the editorial cheek, to inform the Legislature that the good people of Eddyville believed the passage of the Dirt Pig Day bill to be of much more importance than the other "half a thousand" pieces of legislation before that august body. With tongue planted even more firmly in cheek, the Herald then dipped the editorial pen a little deeper in the vitriol inkwell and went on to propose that immediately upon the passage of the Groundhog Day bill, "the office of Inspector of Groundhogs should be created at a salary of $3,000 a year, with at least two assistants drawing at least $1,800 each, to see that the day is properly observed and report if a shadow was made, and if so, whether it was a good one." Adair Countian George Henry Nell, not to be outdone by the erstwhile Eddyvilleians, upped the ante and stole the march by proposing that "a bill creating the office of Doodlebug Caller should be passed, and a liberal salary per annum should be fixed for each caller." (The proposed salary for the Inspector of Groundhogs would be a piddling $68,200 per year in 2010 dollars, a sum for which it would hardly be worth filling out the job application. Of course, the position of Head Doodlebug Piper would be considerably loftier and command a salary commensurate with the degree of loftiness, particularly if the applicant had done post-graduate work under the tutelage of Pete Walker.) This story was posted on 2010-10-17 22:29:21
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