Rise and shine, campers, and don't forget your booties

[Meltman]

Cause it's cooooold out there today.
It's cold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?

Not hardly. So the big question on everybody's lips.

On their chapped lips

their chapped lips is, does Phil feel lucky? Punksatawney Phil, thats right wood chuck chuckers its

GROUND HOG DAY
GROUND HOG DAY

For those curious, he DID see his shadow today, so, 6 more weeks of winter.

[Graphite]

Yeah, the rat saw his shadow. Which for me is absolutely hillarious. This is the warmest winter I can ever remember. Its barely gotten cold enough for snow most of the year. Imo winter hasn't even started yet. "Six More Weeks of Winter."

Ha.

[Meltman]

Hey, 6 more weeks of 40-50 degree weather, I can handle.

[MikeKAY]

That n00b is the biggest fraud I have ever seen... plus he has no neck. Never trust someone without a neck. :look:

[Solario]

Damn you guys, this winter has been horrible here. Top five of the worst ones I've experienced at least.

[Poison]

Same here, Sol.

[Remianen]

Hey, 6 more weeks of 40-50 degree weather, I can handle.

Indeed! I've heard the forecasters cautioning about a severe drop in temperature but if a "severe drop" is from 60 to 50, I'll take that. :)

[Elemento]

We have a cloudy day today so obviously no shadow forthcomin from our groundhog.:)

Even so, I wouldn't be able to shovel anyway so it's good.

[Graphite]

Heh. I blame El Nino. Its been what, 10 years since the last one? And I want my snow so I can go sking dagnabit. That and its more purdy to look at then all this ugly ugly mud.

[Plasma Wisp]

Groundhog blood smells like stale cinnamon.

[suburbanhell]

I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster and drank pina coladas. At sunset we made love like sea otters. THAT was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over again...

[Remianen]

At sunset we made love like sea otters.

That's that sloppy sex. Does it resemble muskrat love?

[Poison]

I was in the Virgin Islands once. So if you were IN the Virgin Islands, are they still alowed to call themselves that? :p

[razoras]

Man, the isles are lying. They've been laying for years. I checked the bedsheets!

[WingedAvenger]

They've been laying for years.Freudian slip? :P

[Druid]

yea... I'm in Florida.. so It's all 70 degrees and clear skies with a nice cool breeze. Warm in the sunlight, cool in the shade. So.. yea.. *flees*

[Xielos]

Its been kinda nippy here in Orlando (by nippy, I mean 65). I've had to wear my jacket everyday. Problem is that by 11 am its too hot for a jacket....

[Krypto]

Haha, fags. Winter. It was like 67 degrees here in MISSOURI.

[Yin]

That n00b is the biggest fraud I have ever seen... plus he has no neck. Never trust someone without a neck. :look:

LOL!

Love it.

[Gold Rush]

For those curious, he DID see his shadow today, so, 6 more weeks of winter.

I think I've seen the main ceremony (on TV; bits of it) once or twice. There are like...around 3 men in dark long coats with top hats near the entrance. With these guys, are many audience members a few yards away. Mixed here and there are news reporters and their cameras.

Now, with ALL these people, don't you think he'd be scared of something OTHER than his own shadow?? :P

I think for the past few years, he's ALWAYS been suppossedly "scared of his own shadow". Also, I think I heard that it's sorta rigged, meaning somehow the ground hog is nudged/gently shocked/frightened out of it's den. This is so that many people don't have to actually sit and wait for him to leave his den (he shouldn't be able to come out of hibernation precisely the same day every year at the same time, should he?)

And then, to make matters worse, when he finally DOES either "get scared" (likely) or stay out, either option, one of the men in the long coats reaches into his den and pulls him out, then raises him over his head, showing off this frightened ground hog to the whole audience while people are taking photos and the audience is cheering. Adding insult to injury.

Heck, I'd stay in if I were this hog! :P

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Gold Rush

[Malibu Sally]

At sunset we made love like sea otters.
So did you two cover yourselves with fur and make twittering "otter noises" the whole time? :P

[Plasma Wisp]

Freudian slip? :P

What about him?

[suburbanhell]

That's that sloppy sex. Does it resemble muskrat love?

So if you were IN the Virgin Islands, are they still alowed to call themselves that? :p

So did you two cover yourselves with fur and make twittering "otter noises" the whole time? :P

Is Meltman the only other one of us that's actually seen Groundhog Day? :P

[Charon]

No, no, It's my favourite movie, actually.

It kinda gets on my nerves when people don't get Groundhog Day references. ;)

[Meltman]

I think I've seen the main ceremony (on TV; bits of it) once or twice. There are like...around 3 men in dark long coats with top hats near the entrance. With these guys, are many audience members a few yards away. Mixed here and there are news reporters and their cameras.

Now, with ALL these people, don't you think he'd be scared of something OTHER than his own shadow?? :P

I think for the past few years, he's ALWAYS been suppossedly "scared of his own shadow". Also, I think I heard that it's sorta rigged, meaning somehow the ground hog is nudged/gently shocked/frightened out of it's den. This is so that many people don't have to actually sit and wait for him to leave his den (he shouldn't be able to come out of hibernation precisely the same day every year at the same time, should he?)

And then, to make matters worse, when he finally DOES either "get scared" (likely) or stay out, either option, one of the men in the long coats reaches into his den and pulls him out, then raises him over his head, showing off this frightened ground hog to the whole audience while people are taking photos and the audience is cheering. Adding insult to injury.

Heck, I'd stay in if I were this hog! :P

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Gold Rush

Actually the guy wears a mesh glove (like you'd use to handle hawks or eagles) and reaches into the heated (yes, heated) stump and pulls him out.

And considering Steeler fans from around the world came there this year to wave the Terrible Towel around, I'm sure there was alot more things for him to be frightened of.

Such as this:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/Meltman/017.jpg

Any more questions?

Yes! Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors.

How often is Phil's prediction correct? 100% 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 over 120 years!

Punxsutawney Phil gets his longevity from drinking "groundhog punch," a secret recipe. Phil takes one sip every summer at the Groundhog Picnic and it magically gives him seven more years of life.

On February 2, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob - in front of thousands of followers from all over the world - to predict the weather for the rest of winter.

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.

No! Phil's forecasts are not made in advance by the Inner Circle. After Phil emerges from his burrow on February 2, he speaks to the Groundhog Club president in "Groundhogese"(a language only understood by the current president of the Inner Circle). His proclamation is then translated for the world.

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..."

Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the 1800s. The first official trek to Gobbler's Knob was made on February 2, 1887.

So the story goes, Punxsutawney Phil was named after King Phillip. Prior to being called Phil, he was called Br'er Groundhog.

From www.groundhog.org

[suburbanhell]

No, no, It's my favourite movie, actually.

It kinda gets on my nerves when people don't get Groundhog Day references. ;)

Same here, but then it gets on my nerves when people don't get any of my references, but then Joe molests children, so... :D

[Meltman]

I wouldn't say it's my favourite...but it's definately in the top 20. And definately one of my favorite to quote/reference.

[suburbanhell]

Well yeah I didn't mean it's my favorite, but it's up there. My favorite would probably be Clerks though Dodgeball and Office Space are not far behind.