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  • Skerik
    Living in this tube
    • Mar 2004
    • 5215

    #1

    Happy Groundhog Day!

    Phil's official forecast as read 2/2/07 at 7:28 a.m. at Gobbler's Knob:

    Originally posted by Punxsutawney Phil
    El Nino has caused high winds, heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures in the west.
    Here in the East with much mild winter weather we have been blessed.

    Global warming has caused a great debate.
    This mild winter makes it seem just great.

    On this Groundhog Day we think of one thing.
    Will we have winter or will we have spring?

    On Gobbler's Knob I see no shadow today.
    I predict that early spring is on the way.
    Hooray! Happy Groundhog Day everyone!

    http://www.groundhog.org/prediction/
    Helen: Everyone's special, Dash.
    Dash: [muttering] Which is another way of saying no one is.
  • Beantown
    #DoYourJob
    • Feb 2005
    • 31523

    #2
    Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

    I'm still waiting for winter to start.

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    • daflyboys
      Banned
      • May 2003
      • 18238

      #3
      Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

      Groundhogs rule.

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      • TJdaSportsGuy
        Hall Of Fame
        • Dec 2002
        • 11146

        #4
        Re: Happy Groundhog Day!



        Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.

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        • cjonesfan921
          UGH, next year
          • Jan 2005
          • 20081

          #5
          Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

          Yeah, i'm still waiting for winter to arrive as well.

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          • nyisles16
            All Star
            • Apr 2003
            • 8317

            #6
            Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

            woot.. both the main "hog" (Phil) & our local "Hog" (Malverne Mel- lame) both say early spring !!!!
            Last edited by nyisles16; 02-02-2007, 02:01 PM.

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            • Double Eights
              Banned
              • Nov 2005
              • 5733

              #7
              Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

              Originally posted by Longhorn
              I'm still waiting for winter to start.
              Originally posted by cjonesfan921
              Yeah, i'm still waiting for winter to arrive as well.
              It's been snowing off and on everyday for at least a week here. I hate it.

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              • Jistic
                Hall Of Fame
                • Mar 2003
                • 16405

                #8
                Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                Originally posted by cjonesfan921
                Yeah, i'm still waiting for winter to arrive as well.
                It's gonna be -7 here on Sunday....without windchill. I'll show you some winter....
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                • dales
                  GOAT
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 1938

                  #9
                  Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                  Originally posted by TJdaSportsGuy


                  Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.
                  I just finished watching that on Comedy Central. Forgot how good it was.
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                  • Karlos05
                    -
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 5814

                    #10
                    Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                    Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.

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                    • skitch
                      Fear Ameer
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 12349

                      #11
                      Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                      Who the hell came up with the idea for Groundhog Day?

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                      • cjonesfan921
                        UGH, next year
                        • Jan 2005
                        • 20081

                        #12
                        Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                        Originally posted by Jistic
                        It's gonna be -7 here on Sunday....without windchill. I'll show you some winter....
                        Well we got to the single digits, but it just doesn't feel right without snow. And Sucre, it has been snowing off and on here for the last week or so, but its like 1 inch or a coating every time. Basically, not enough to have school closing, but enough to tick me off and make driving treacherous.

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                        • ndeezlo
                          Fum police
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 3272

                          #13
                          Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                          Originally posted by Kredit
                          Who the hell came up with the idea for Groundhog Day?
                          Around the fifth century, the European Celts believed that animals had certain supernatural powers on special days that were half-way between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.[citation needed] Folklore from Germany and France indicated that when marmots and bears came out of their winter dens too early, they were frightened by their shadow and retreated back inside for four to six weeks.[citation needed] This may have been adopted by the Romans as Hedgehog Day. In Scotland the hedgehog has long been revered for its healing powers (as referenced in Robert Burns' Ode to a Hedgehog).

                          The earliest known American reference to Groundhog Day can be found at the Historical Society of Berks County in Reading, Pennsylvania. The reference was made Feb. 4, 1841 in Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania storekeeper James Morris' diary: "Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate."

                          2007
                          6 more weeks of winter — Jimmy the Groundhog, Holtsville Hal, Dunkirk Dave
                          Early Spring — Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and General Beauregard Lee of Georgia, Malverne Mel

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                          • Double Eights
                            Banned
                            • Nov 2005
                            • 5733

                            #14
                            Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                            Originally posted by cjonesfan921
                            And Sucre, it has been snowing off and on here for the last week or so, but its like 1 inch or a coating every time. Basically, not enough to have school closing, but enough to tick me off and make driving treacherous.
                            Yeah that's how it's been here. I like cold weather and I like snow, but I cannot stand driving in it.

                            School never gets cancelled either, I just decide not to go.

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                            • elicoleman
                              Im The Baby/Gotta Love Me
                              • Sep 2002
                              • 34655

                              #15
                              Re: Happy Groundhog Day!

                              Every school around here was canceled because we had 1-2 inches of snow, most which melted off the roads by 8am. Very typical of the South though.
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