Today, stalwart climate clairvoyant Punxsutawney Phil — the Al Roker of puffy rodents — emerged from his stump, and in an ominous sign for those seeking a return to warm weather, the celebrity groundhog saw his shadow, thus ushering in six more weeks of inclement winter weather.
But not all is as it seems.
The Associated Press reports that Phil's Southern counterpart, Gen. Beauregard Lee of Lilburn, GA, had not in fact seen his shadow, which means winter will end early. Furthermore, this is the third year in a row that these groundhogs have split over meteorological predictions. Have the days of bipartisan groundhoggery passed? Or maybe is it time that The Punxy Philster be dethroned?
WHOSE SIDE DO YOU TAKE???
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Since I'm from PA, I'm going to have to side with Phil. That GA groundhog is probably a mentally deficient product of incestuous breeding anyway.
Well, zoobabe, since I'm from Ohio, guess I'll have to side with Buckeye Chuck who says Spring's on it's way! : )
don't stop believing. :)
You just don't mess with Phil. He's the O.G. (original groundhog)
I keep waking up and reading this same blog, in my same pj's, drinking my same tea. déjà vu.
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I gots to go with Phil -- there's no way winter's almost over. We got 31 cm of snow on Friday. damnit.
True, that, y'all. But either way you look at it, Spring IS only 6 weeks away. Always was--always will be. Don't belive me?...look it up on the calendar. Think Spring--Think fast!