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Punxsutawney Phil Sees His Shadow
Yahoonews.com ^ | 2/2/05 | unknown

Posted on 02/02/2005 5:10:05 AM PST by beyond the sea

About 2,000 people gathered in Punxsutawney, Pa., on Wednesday morning for the updated winter forecast from the famous groundhog.

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and that means six more weeks of winter.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: echo; groundhog; groundhogday; punsxutawney; skyisfalling; superstition; touristtrap; winter
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To: Phantom Lord
Why does this rodent get money from the taxpayers?

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Does he? If so it's because he's cute and wise, and he's the 'Prognosticator of Prognosticators', the 'Seer of all Seers'. We could not do without him.

;-)

201 posted on 02/02/2005 7:31:06 AM PST by beyond the sea (Barbara Boxer is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and is the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: beyond the sea

Yes, the federal government gives this rodent our tax dollars. I can not remember the amount.


202 posted on 02/02/2005 7:32:34 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Advantages are taken, not handed out)
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To: Phantom Lord

This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Well, it used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to *eat* it. You're hypocrites, all of you!


203 posted on 02/02/2005 7:33:45 AM PST by Rightly Biased (I believe If you can't say something good about somebody your probably talking about Hillary Clinton)
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To: Rightly Biased
What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?

Are you talking about living in France?

204 posted on 02/02/2005 7:36:19 AM PST by the invisib1e hand ("What are you gonna believe, the media, or your own eyes?" -- Marx .............(Groucho))
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To: the invisib1e hand

My years are not advancing as fast as you might think.


205 posted on 02/02/2005 7:39:30 AM PST by Rightly Biased (I believe If you can't say something good about somebody your probably talking about Hillary Clinton)
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To: beyond the sea
Out of life’s great mysteries, no one knows just how the groundhog instinctively knows that there will be 6 more weeks of winter.

Some Zoologists think that the groundhog uses his finger to predict the weather, but they still cannot tell what part of the groundhog helps him determine that there will be 6 more weeks of winter.


206 posted on 02/02/2005 7:44:10 AM PST by Bommer (JFK - "Pay any Cost! Bare any Burden" TFK "I'll pay what you want and bare my @ss!")
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To: bd476

good laugh


207 posted on 02/02/2005 8:19:11 AM PST by q_an_a
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To: Rightly Biased

I'm thread hopping to the point ath I'm lost.


208 posted on 02/02/2005 8:28:10 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Naked Mole Rats have feelings too. Be nice to them.)
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To: Rightly Biased

I'm thread hopping to the point thAT I'm lost.


209 posted on 02/02/2005 8:28:20 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Naked Mole Rats have feelings too. Be nice to them.)
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To: Rightly Biased

Traditions die hard.


210 posted on 02/02/2005 8:28:40 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Naked Mole Rats have feelings too. Be nice to them.)
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To: sd-joe

Misty eyed, over come by emotion. Its a yiddish word made popular in the 'Coffee Talk' routine done by Mike Meyers on SNL. There...aren't you glad you asked? Is sd for San Diego? In which case, you must find us groundhog fans very amusing.


211 posted on 02/02/2005 8:57:48 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: beyond the sea

I love this day for two reasons: "Groundhog Day" is my favorite movie of all time. For you other fans out there, National Review's upcoming issue has a great piece by Jonah Goldberg on the brilliance of this movie. Secondly, Feb 2, 2002 is the day I met my future husband on a blind date. Not unlike Bill Murray's character in the movie, finding love on Feb 2 inspired me to become a better person in many ways :)


212 posted on 02/02/2005 9:21:34 AM PST by sassbox
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To: beyond the sea
just damn.

blazing sun up here in Maine too! the only day of the year I don't want to see it.

But I'm still holding out hope that since, based on moon phases, Easter is in March this year - we may still have an early spring...

213 posted on 02/02/2005 10:30:13 AM PST by maine-iac7 (...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
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To: sassbox
I met my future husband on a blind date. Not unlike Bill Murray's character in the movie, finding love on Feb 2 inspired me to become a better person in many ways :)

............... and the movie had a message............. make the time here matter!

Be well...... a great movie!

214 posted on 02/02/2005 1:01:13 PM PST by beyond the sea (Barbara Boxer is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and is the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: Bommer

that's a squiiiiiiirelll


215 posted on 02/02/2005 1:02:18 PM PST by beyond the sea (Barbara Boxer is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and is the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: SiliconValleyGuy
Even though the celebration isn't quite the same after the age of fifty, I appreciate the birthday wishes, Dave. :)

Haven’t been here much lately, so apologies for not being in touch or responding to pings of late. Between dealing wit the annual audit at work, putting the finishing touches on our upcoming recital, maintaining a daily bike regimen, and beginning construction on our new home (we are finally building on woodland that we purchased many years ago), sleep is about the only ‘luxury’ allowed just now. :)

Having never designed/built a home from scratch, we are learning the hard way that a township can dictate, via zoning ordinance, one’s every move, right down (practically) to the color you choose for your roof, and the length of the toilet tissue roll in your bathroom (slight exaggerations, but not by much). We’ve managed to successfully challenge some of their dictates, but not without spending significant time, energy and research in doing so.

I do manage to check in here several times a week, just to find out what’s happening in the world, and will probably be back into the fray in a month or so, so please keep my seat here warm in the interim, okay? :)

Again, thanks for the birthday wishes. (It appears that Punxatawny Phil did us proud out in the western part of the state this morning, predicting six more weeks of winter. Let’s assume that means much more snow, too … we haven’t received our fair share so far this winter. :)

~ joanie ...

(God bless the courageous voters of Iraq ... and the American military for making it possible for that courage to be demonstrated so vividly.)

216 posted on 02/02/2005 6:58:38 PM PST by joanie-f
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To: beyond the sea

Great quote from Santayana. In CA, I used to watch squirrels, study bird nests, study insect "homes" as indicators of the coming winter. What can I say? It never failed me, and over many years.


217 posted on 02/03/2005 5:05:12 AM PST by Alia
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To: sassbox

It is one of my favorite movies too. The message to make the best of your time on the earth is nicely delivered. The movie was great, and I being a male, loved seeing Andie McDowell. And Bill Murray was wonderful too!


218 posted on 02/03/2005 5:13:38 AM PST by beyond the sea (Barbara Boxer is Barbra Streisand on peyote ......and is the north end of a south bound mule.)
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To: joanie-f

Mail.


219 posted on 02/03/2005 5:34:15 AM PST by SiliconValleyGuy
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