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Groundhog Day 2018: Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter
CBS 19 TV ^ | 2/2/2018 | Joel Shannon (played by Bill Murray)

Posted on 02/02/2018 4:42:39 AM PST by advance_copy

YORK, Pa. — The results of Groundhog Day 2018 are in: According to legend, we're in for six more weeks of winter because Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.

The Pennsylvania groundhog isn't the only weather-predicting rodent in this quirky American tradition, but he is the most famous. And according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, his opinion is the only one that matters.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; groundhogday; localnews; weather
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Six more weeks of cold weather! Can somebody just shoot that dang ground hog, please?
1 posted on 02/02/2018 4:42:39 AM PST by advance_copy
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2 posted on 02/02/2018 4:43:56 AM PST by mewzilla
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Six more weeks of cold weather! Can somebody just shoot that dang ground hog, please?

If they are looking for volunteers I'm in. I'm also driving distance.

3 posted on 02/02/2018 4:44:46 AM PST by Fzob
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4 posted on 02/02/2018 4:45:43 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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They should haul Al Gore out of his hole. He can’t see $hit!


5 posted on 02/02/2018 4:46:14 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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6 posted on 02/02/2018 4:47:21 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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General Lee agrees with him this year. Definitely sees his shadow today.


7 posted on 02/02/2018 4:48:00 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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That’s the thing with groundhogs here in PA.

You shoot ‘em and shoot ‘em and there’s still more to shoot!

Greasy buggers. Got to get them young if you want to eat them.


8 posted on 02/02/2018 4:49:11 AM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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He’s got some of Al Gores Secret Service Agents protecting him.


9 posted on 02/02/2018 4:51:18 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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I thought I saw him glancing at a Weather Channel app in his phone just before he came out of the hole.

He cheated!


10 posted on 02/02/2018 4:53:10 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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ROTF! If you’re on Twitter, you should tweet that!


11 posted on 02/02/2018 4:54:09 AM PST by mewzilla
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Who needs a marmot to know that there are six weeks until the Vernal Equinox?


12 posted on 02/02/2018 4:55:03 AM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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"Dammit!"


13 posted on 02/02/2018 4:56:17 AM PST by COBOL2Java (DemocRATs can only win if they learn to love America more than they hate Trump)
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Damn.


14 posted on 02/02/2018 4:57:05 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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15 posted on 02/02/2018 5:00:05 AM PST by COBOL2Java (DemocRATs can only win if they learn to love America more than they hate Trump)
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Punxatawney Phil is as “settled science” as much as global warming.


16 posted on 02/02/2018 5:00:56 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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So did General Lee


17 posted on 02/02/2018 5:03:38 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Yeeeees


18 posted on 02/02/2018 5:04:12 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Now that’s just plain funny


19 posted on 02/02/2018 5:04:55 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Saw of Fox this morning that Phil is only right 39% of the time.

At least he is better than Al Gore is predicting the climate!


20 posted on 02/02/2018 5:06:17 AM PST by dan on the right
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