Punxsutawney Phil, the wisest of all groundhogs, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators has proclaimed that his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers are World Champions AND that there will be six more weeks of winter, Bitches.
local groundhog who isn’t looking at his shadow by jjp178. Is it really called "Gobbler’s Knob"!? Too… many… joke… possibilities!
Thanks for the update, Phil!
Hee… Rachel Maddow ref, cool. ^_^
Chuck, the Staten Island groundhog, did NOT see a shadow… I’d like Chuck to be right, please.
Favorite. movie. EVAR.
But he’s cute too.
Look at the teef! The teef!!!
Woo hoo! Only six more weeks of winter! Here in the frozen upper midwest it’s exciting if winter is on it’s way out by mid-March. Thanks Phil!
General Beau Lee from Atlanta has predicted an early spring for the South! Hooray!
It was Hedgehog Day first!!!! *stomps foot* Where are da hedgies?
Even though Phil is super cute..
Dude, here in Cali, winter has been gone since New Years.
Tell Phil to head out this way. There’ll never be a question of winter out here!
Well, at least it isn’t “Knob Gobbler’s.”
lindr, my neighbor: I hear that! The way I see it, six more weeks is GOOD news. If the groundhog claims winter is over, we know it’s just completely bogus. At least this way, there’s some hope.
*snort*
Shame, that.
My Dad got to see Phil’s act in person once. He brought me back a T-shirt and everything.
Don’t drive angry! DON’T DRIVE ANGRY!!!
*curls up in a ball on the floor and weeps and weeps and weeps*
JUNO!! Ya just had to, din’tcha!
Into the corner you go!
Wiarton Willie gave us Canucks the same bad news today.
is this the REAL Phil?
cuz last time i saw Phil on the TV he was so FAT he couldnt even walk.(how could he MISS his shadow???)
so what?, did he do nutra-system or somethin?
The sun is actually shining in Buffalo today. I can handle six more weeks of winter. It’s when it’s still snowing in May that it drives me crazy.
We love Phil, but our little dude, Staten Island Chuck, is calling an early spring!
Why Phil why!?!?!?!
*Shakey fist!!*
The teeth are too cute. He looks like he’s up to some serious business.
Not sure what part of Cali you’re in, Ruby, but I needed the heater when I got up, but when I walked home for lunch, I was overdressed. Silly schizophrenic weather! Wonder what sort of a critter could predict Cali coastal weather…?? A ground squirrel? Pelican? Cat in a sunbeam?
The one in Atlanta predicted an early spring.
I feel more sorry for this poor critter every. Such a rude awakening.
And I REFUSE to let winter end until I get some of that snow everyone is getting. I demand it, I say!
Well, SOMEBODY had to say it!
Shubenacadie Sam, the resident Nova Scotian Marmota Monax Meteorologist, also predicts 6 more weeks.
Bitches.
Woodstock (IL) Willie saw his shadow today!
Not that a prediction of 6 more weeks of winter around here is exactly going out on a limb….
lol brian
cain’t touch this
heheheh you said Gobbler’s Knob.
He’s positively regal!
Phil’s only one really cool thing ’round there. Stop into Sykesville during deer season, get the pancake & sausage breakfast. Beautiful country.
Oh, and all you other rodent prognosticator-wannabes are shams. Phil knows more than Santa, but only shares a small portion of his vast weather knowledge with us mere mortals.
Not only is it called “Gobbler’s Knob,” but you can get MARRIED on Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney by the officials who preside over the groundhog, and your marriage certificate would have a little groundhog embossed on it.
I REALLY tried to talk my husband into this during our engagement, but no go. We live in PA so we’d only have to drive, but – no.
I’m okay with six more weeks of winter as long as it’s six more weeks of the current winter weather. It’s in the 70′s and sunny in SoCal.
Rub it in, why don’t you.:p
I went to Florida a couple of weeks ago, and it was the coldest week there in years. My first night there, it was the same temp in Ft. Lauderdale as it was in Bismarck, ND!!
It’s a tad nippy out on the campus of UCSB….the co-eds are wearing clothing that covers their shoulders, though many mid-driffs are still exposed. Still, signs point to an early summer, as the skaters have all switched from sweats to shorts.
hi peeps i’m new heer
Hi, Neko; I sure as hell ain’t.
for the Californians, if you don’t like the weather, wait for a few minutes it changes! or move to Las Vegas, no don’t do that we don’t have any jobs here either, but come to visit, rooms are cheap! and today is my mom’s birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
Seriously?? Gobbler’s Knob is for reals???
There’s no emoticon for what that makes me feel. ICBTCIGK!!!
In Cali, winter can mean rain, and we NEED rain. We’re havin’ a drought. So I hope Phil is right…
BTW, does he look just a bit disapproving?
“Whither art thou, Spring?”
Not down here in the Southern hemisphere.
Oh, wait…this is California…nevermind!
Staten Island Chuck is a total bad a$$. Today is his big day of the year and what does he do?
Unrepentantly bites the hand feeding him. Chuck Norris would be proud.
Why do they keep dragging that little guy out of his hole every year? (shakes head in dismay)
Up your nose with a rubber hose, Phil. I’m tired of winter already!
Is there really a reason for foul language here peeps? I realize people can talk what ever way they wish but their are familes with small children that do look at this web page.
I was going to reply “in before complaining about profanity” but now I see I am too late.
We don’t have any animal predictictors in the UK. But for the record I’M PISSED OFF WITH WINTER. Sorry for shouting.
Its been snowing HARD CORE in the UK, snow flakes the size of tuppennies, its BRILLIANT!
Punxsutawney is my hometown (although I don’t live there anymore). I’ve been to the main event more than once, and yes, Gobbler’s Knob is the location’s real name. It’s not in the middle of town like in the movie, though, and Phil doesn’t live there. He and his wife Phyllis live in the town library. Another fun fact: although Groundhog Day was not filmed in Punxsutawney, there was once a plywood groundhog “statue” in town just like the one that Bill Murray drives through.
@Punxsy native: I live close to where the movie was filmed (Woodstock IL). Every year since then, the town has had G-Hog Day celebrations with events from the movie (like the bachelor auction, walking tours of the filming locations, etc.) and Woodstock Willie, who according to the newspaper, tried to escape yesterday before the festivities, LOL!
@neko: Welcome! Are you named after the little cat that would follow a mouse pointer around? That must have been 10 years ago. Or the Jurassic Age in computer years! Neko was CUTE![google google google] Yes! I was right! 1998. And there are links that seem to say you can still download him. A true classic!
Damn. It.
I’m am so ready to break up with winter.
Meh – the two groundhogs (one chocolate & one blonde) living under my mom’s shed told me just yesterday that spring will be here March 20, 2009 which is six weeks away anyway…
Phil, Willie, Chuck & the boys don’t impress me with their weather prognositcations, sorry.
(They’re indredibly cute, though LOL)
Stupid giant rat. I (and my several feet of snow in the front lawn) hope he’s wrong.
Did he watch his shadow?
Well, OUR local groundhogly prognosticator saw his shadow too – but you know, if you know that there IS an end in sight, it’s much easier to take, non?
Heeelp!! Now I can’t get that Groundhog Day tune out of my head.
To people in the UK: you really don’t have groundhog day? How do you forecast the weather?
Rooanne. we use seaweed.