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It's Groundhog Day!

arogers
Adventurer C
Punxsutawney Phil Beanie Baby® What does Groundhog Day mean to you? For me, I think of having one day of my life repeated over and over and over again like Bill Murray in the 1993 comedy film, Groundhog Day. But, this year, I learned a few interesting facts about the holiday. Did you know… • On February 2, Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog, comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob to predict the weather for the rest of winter. • Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just imposters. • According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring. • How often is Phil's prediction correct? 100 percent of the time, of course! • How many "Phils" have there been over the years? There has only been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions for more than 120 years! • The celebration of Groundhog Day began with Pennsylvania's earliest settlers. They brought with them the legend of Candlemas Day, which states, "For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl in May..." Of course, Southwest Airlines couldn't let a holiday go by without celebrating! We teamed up with Ty Inc. for the second year in a row to provide Customers traveling through Philadelphia International Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday, Feb. 1, with the 2008 edition of the Punxsutawney Phil Beanie Baby®. Punxsy is a replica of the famed Punxsutawney Phil who forecasts the length of winter each year!
7 Comments
pberg
Frequent Flyer B
My apologies to anyone who had trouble leaving a comment here this morning. Let's try this again..."They say we're young and we don't know..."
blusk
Aviator C
Phil! Phil! Phil! Ned Ryerson.
IT4LUV
Explorer C
More quotes from GHD: You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life. There is no way this winter is *ever* going to end as long as that groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don't see any way out of it. He's got to be stopped. And I have to stop him.
blusk
Aviator C
I like to see a man of advanced years throwing caution to the wind. It's inspiring in a way. I've been stabbed, shocked, poisioned, frozen, hung, electrocuted, and burned. Every day I wake up without a scratch on me, not a dent in the fender...I am an immortal!
Owen_Brommer
Explorer C
The only reason phil saw his shadow was because of the TV lights. iwas with GROVER of pine grove loddge #5 it was very overcast I know be cause I was there.
Summer5
Explorer C
"Somebody asked me today, "Phil, if you could be anywhere in the world, where would you like to be?" And I said to him, "Prob'ly right here - Elko, Nevada, our nation's high at 79 today." Out in California, they're gonna have some warm weather tomorrow, gang wars, and some *very* overpriced real estate. Up in the Pacific Northwest, as you can see, they're gonna have some very, very tall trees. "
blusk
Aviator C
"This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather. "