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Old 02-02-2006, 04:42 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Happy Groundhog Day!!

Well, Phil supposedly saw his shadow, which means, were in for 6 more weeks of winter... Considering how lame winter has been so far... Not so very cold.. Ok more snow than I like, but it melts before it turns all brown and crusty...

Celebrate today! Remind your loved ones how special they are! throw a snowball... Dance naked under the light of the moon...

Happy ground hog day!!
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Old 02-02-2006, 05:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Dance naked under the light of the moon...
I would...but nobody wants to see that

Yesterday, I told my boss that, as a former Pennsylvanian, I should get tomorrow off with pay. He looks at me stupidly (as if he ever looks at me any other way), and I remind him that it's Groundhog Day. He say's "So, take a vacation day". The man has no sense of humor.
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Old 02-02-2006, 05:34 AM   #3 (permalink)
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unclephil saw his shadow? Is he even out of bed yet?


/me waits for Wiarton Willie , Shubenacadie Sam and Balzac Billie to speak up (stand up for Canada you cheeky rodents).
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Old 02-02-2006, 05:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
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yeah willie.........get your shit together man.
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:23 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Has there ever been a time when he didn't see his shadow?
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:26 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Of course not. That's the whole point.
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:28 AM   #7 (permalink)
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It's our 4 year wedding anniversary today... I didn't see my shadow this morning so I went to work.
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:29 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Shubenacadie Sam of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, didn't see his shadow this morning. Bullocks to you, my dear Bill! Apparently spring is just around the corner.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...og-060202.html
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:35 AM   #9 (permalink)
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http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicl....96/facts.html
What's so special about Feb. 2?

Celestially speaking, Groundhog Day on Feb. 2 is a "cross-quarter" day, about halfway between the winter solstice in December and the ver nal equinox in March, and is celebrated in some cultures as the mid point of winter. It's not far from the time many groundhogs end their hi bernation anyway, around the second week of February.


What's the wake-up call?

The groundhog's internal clock is believed to be affected by annual changes in the amount of daylight. Hormonal responses to cyclic changes in production of melatonin, a sleep-related hormone, are thought by some to be the signal to wake up.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

About 700 pounds. Compared to beavers, groundhogs/woodchucks are not adept at moving timber, although some will chew wood. (At Cornell, woodchucks that gnaw their wooden nest boxes are given scraps of 2-by-4 lumber.) A wildlife biologist once measured the inside volume of a typical woodchuck burrow and estimated that -- if wood filled the hole instead of dirt -- the industrious animal would have chucked about 700 pounds' worth.


From what else I can find- Phil is right 40 percent of the time... which for a groundhog, I guess that sucks...
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:35 AM   #10 (permalink)
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It's our 4 year wedding anniversary today... I didn't see my shadow this morning so I went to work.

so are you the elusive pothole pete?
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:40 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I never understood this day. If he sees his shadow we have 6 weeks of winter and if he does not we have what? 6 weeks until spring? March 20 is the first day of spring, which happens to be just about 6 weeks from today anyway.
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Old 02-02-2006, 07:45 AM   #12 (permalink)
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ours down here (General Lee) didnt see his this morning, so ya'll can have more winter, WE are going to have an early spring
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Old 02-02-2006, 08:33 AM   #13 (permalink)
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ours down here (General Lee) didnt see his this morning, so ya'll can have more winter, WE are going to have an early spring
Hah. Our Spring started December 20th after the last cold front ended and it started hitting the 70's and 80's regularly.
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Old 02-02-2006, 08:47 AM   #14 (permalink)
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I don't know if I can take six more weeks of drastic temperature changes, oh, wait, that's been happening every day for the past 6 years here.
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Old 02-02-2006, 09:12 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Hah. Our Spring started December 20th after the last cold front ended and it started hitting the 70's and 80's regularly.

grrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Old 02-02-2006, 12:05 PM   #16 (permalink)
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You mean we're going to have six more weeks of 72 degree sunny weather? Stop the horror!!!!
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Old 02-02-2006, 12:22 PM   #17 (permalink)
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happy groundhog day!!

someone sent me this quote and i love it hehehehehe

"This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occur on nearly the same day.
As Air America Radio pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition of
events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a
creature of little intelligence for prognostication while the
other involves a groundhog."


cheers

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Old 02-02-2006, 12:31 PM   #18 (permalink)
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happy groundhog day!!

someone sent me this quote and i love it hehehehehe

"This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occur on nearly the same day.
As Air America Radio pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition of
events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a
creature of little intelligence for prognostication while the
other involves a groundhog."

For shame -- bringing up politics on this most special day...
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Old 02-02-2006, 12:32 PM   #19 (permalink)
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For shame -- bringing up politics on this most special day...
especially when I think of getting married over and over and over on this day... LOL
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Old 02-02-2006, 12:33 PM   #20 (permalink)
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For shame -- bringing up politics on this most special day...

my deepest regrets hehehehehehe

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Old 02-02-2006, 12:33 PM   #21 (permalink)
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especially when I think of getting married over and over and over on this day... LOL

lol.... my apologies....

and happy anniversary!!

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Old 02-02-2006, 01:00 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Has there ever been a time when he didn't see his shadow?
Punxutawney Phil's record since 1887

Saw Shadow: 95
No Shadow: 14
No Record: 9

Plus one shadow for this year, of course.
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Old 02-02-2006, 01:01 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Punxutawney Phil's record since 1887

Saw Shadow: 95
No Shadow: 14
No Record: 9

Plus one shadow for this year, of course.
Thanks for the stats!

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