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Punxsutawney Phil
« on: February 04, 2008, 03:30:50 PM »
I'm sorry, he isnt saying the winter will last six more weeks, its obvious he's telling everybody to bugger off and leave him alone.

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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - America's most famous groundhog emerged from his burrow early on Saturday and declared that winter will last another six weeks.

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow shortly before 12:30 p.m. British time to the cheers of more than 30,000 people from as far away as Alaska and Texas, one of the largest crowds in the 122-year history of the event in the central Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney.

The rodent was taken out of a tree stump on a hill called Gobbler's Knob, and delivered his prognostication to William Cooper, President of Punxsutawney's Inner Circle, who organizers say is the only person in the world who can speak "groundhog-ese."



Does that look like a happy groundhog to anyone? Or how about this one:



"Come on, just a little bit closer and I'll teach this arse to stop waking me up when it bloody cold outside"

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According to the tradition that may have links with the European festival of Candlemas, if the groundhog sees his shadow, it will mean six more weeks of winter. If not, there will be an early spring.

Cooper read a scroll containing the groundhog's prediction. It said: "As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me. Six more weeks of winter it will be."
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Re: Punxsutawney Phil
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2008, 03:31:46 PM »
Groundhog Day  cloud9:
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Re: Punxsutawney Phil
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2008, 03:33:17 PM »
Not too happy for the groundhog though. Imagine being woken up and the first thing you see is this

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Re: Punxsutawney Phil
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2008, 08:35:10 AM »
Where did you find that pic of Mrs Nick in her cosy pyjamas?
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Re: Punxsutawney Phil
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2008, 10:17:23 AM »
Nice jimmies but Mrs Nick could certainly do with a manicure.  ;)

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Re: Punxsutawney Phil
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2008, 10:18:44 AM »
Protective clothing required for that. Where is the anaesthetic dart gun when you need it, eh?
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