Every year on 'Groundhog's Day', in a manner seemingly right out of the film by the same name, people make jokes about the year the former New York Mayor, Bill De Blasio, dropped and killed a helpless groundhog.

Rest in Power, Chuck.

That was not the fault of the groundhog.

His wife has left him. This man has been through enough.

The story takes a turn when acclaimed author, Joyce Carol Oates, weighs in dropping knowledge about the heartiness of the groundhog. Who knew she was also an expert in garden varmints? Also, Twitter is worth every penny of the subscription fee just for takes like this. Since Twitchy aggregates the best tweets of the day for you here, you should definitely buy VIP access. Use code SAVEAMERICA for 50% off right now. Back to our story.

Rudy was the last of the good ones.

Not surprisingly, Joyce does not agree with that appraisal of Rudy.

How the groundhog landed is really important context, though. It was head down for those who did not witness the fall.

The murderer speaks.

What do they have on her?

Not until Chuck is avenged.