I suppose that's why they are old to begin with.
Truth is timeless.
A couple of months ago, I wrote a column about groundhogs. Specifically, I proposed that we stop celebrating them as we do every Feb. 2 and begin treating them for what they are, destructive, nuisance creatures that can play havoc with a farmer's pasture, riddle an old building's foundation with holes and mow down a vegetable garden slicker than a Lawnboy. I have twice been the victim of a ravenous rodent, losing a garden each time. Eating groundhog is certainly nothing new. Henry David Thoreau did it and wrote about it when he lived in the woods beside Walden Pond.