DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT HOLD YOU

NEW YORK CITY'S MAYOR, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, WAS BITTEN BY A GROUNDHOG YESTERDAY:

Let's be honest . . . Groundhog Day is just about the dumbest "holiday" ever and the only people who enjoy it are the politicians who get to hold up the groundhog . . . and use the event as a photo-op.

So it's fitting that yesterday, during New York City's Groundhog Day festivities at the Staten Island Zoo, a groundhog named "Staten Island Chuck" took a bite out of Mayor MICHAEL BLOOMBERG'S hand.

According to Chuck's trainer, "They were trying to lure [Chuck] out with corn but I guess he would have none of it. He was chewing on a bit of it and then he would run back in the house. "[Bloomberg and Chuck] were definitely wrestling there for awhile. They definitely looked like they were involved in a tussle."

A spokesman for the mayor's office says the bite only "nicked" Bloomberg's hand . . . and since he's up-to-date on his Tetanus inoculation, he just washed his hand and put a bandage on the bite. (Staten Island Advance)

(--Oh, and if you care, Chuck didn't see his shadow, which means spring is on its way. Of course, that's the opposite "prediction" made by Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania. Stupid, inconsistent groundhogs.)

(--Check out a video of Bloomberg "tussling" with Chuck. . .)