# Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks.
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**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301 "2009-02-02T05:57:40Z")
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### Author:  [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/1 "2009-02-02T05:57:40Z")
☹ Damn groundhog…
[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GROUNDHOG\_DAY?SITE=CADIU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GROUNDHOG_DAY?SITE=CADIU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
## PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) – The world’s most famous groundhog saw his shadow Monday morning, predicting this already long winter will last for six more weeks. Punxsutawney Phil emerged just after dawn in front of an estimated 13,000 witnesses, many dressed in black-and-gold to celebrate the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl victory the night before. “There’s significant buzz from the Steelers win and quite a few Terrible Towels floating from the crowd,” said Mickey Rowley, deputy secretary for tourism in Pennsylvania. The annual ritual takes place on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny hill in Punxsutawney, a borough of about 6,100 residents some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced the forecast in a short proclamation, in which Phil acknowledged the Steelers’ 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals. According to German superstition, if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2 - the Christian holiday of Candlemas - winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow was seen, legend said spring would come early. Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn’t seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Rowley said the Groundhog Day festivities is Pennsylvania’s largest tourist gathering in the winter. And if Phil’s forecast proves correct it should bring even more tourists to the state. “It’s six more weeks of skiing,” Rowley said.
On the Net: [http://www.groundhog.org](http://www.groundhog.org/)
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/2 "2009-02-02T06:05:34Z")
PHIL? PHIL CONNORS?
NED?
👊
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### Author:  [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/3 "2009-02-02T06:05:42Z")
this dude sucks
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### Author:  [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/4 "2009-02-02T06:07:04Z")
awesome, now I can answer if someone asks. lol
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/5 "2009-02-02T06:07:09Z")
OMG No I can’t stand any more or these cold 60 degree days. 🙂
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### Author:  [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/6 "2009-02-02T06:09:04Z")
YESSSSSS! hopefully its gray and cold and snowy here till July!!!
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### Author:  [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/7 "2009-02-02T06:10:11Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> OMG No I can’t stand any more or these cold 60 degree days. 🙂
Drop dead
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/8 "2009-02-02T06:48:34Z")
They need an action that says “12 more weeks of winter cause you stupid fucks still live in buffalo”
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### Author:  [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/9 "2009-02-02T06:48:41Z")
> [@Avatar](#):
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> Drop dead
LoL
I’m glad no one was in my office because I was seriously laughing at this.
It has been ~70 here for the past 3 days. I actually got a little tan over the weekend.
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/10 "2009-02-02T06:49:48Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> OMG No I can’t stand any more or these cold 60 degree days. 🙂
+1, 64 yesterday and today is already 50… but I know it won’t last.
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### Author:  [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/11 "2009-02-02T07:34:16Z")
ground hog = fggt…
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### Author:  [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/12 "2009-02-02T08:16:00Z")
Phil is awesome, throws a pretty good party.
X…
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### Author:  [@9c1ny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1ny)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/13 "2009-02-02T08:30:22Z")
> [@Joe](#):
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> They need an action that says “12 more weeks of winter cause you stupid fucks still live in buffalo”
yeah no shit “only” 6 more would almost seem bearable
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/14 "2009-02-02T08:45:42Z")
i seem to recall it being decent enough to put my car on the road in mid march…?
maybe?
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/15 "2009-02-02T08:55:24Z")
i seem to remember it snowing when i got home from vacation in april
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/16 "2009-02-02T08:56:53Z")
fuck this shit
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### Author:  [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/17 "2009-02-02T09:51:11Z")
You know what would be awesome, if a hawk swooped down and nabbed the little bastard when the dude held him up.
Fuck you and your shadow Phil!!
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### Author:  [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/18 "2009-02-02T09:53:12Z")
34 outside right now - feels like 64 to me 🤓
yay “spring”!!
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/19 "2009-02-02T09:55:19Z")
I wanna drop kick that ground hog through a glass sliding door
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### Author:  [@Syrup](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Syrup)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/punxsutawney-phil-says-6-more-weeks/62301/20 "2009-02-02T11:32:03Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> LoL
>
> I’m glad no one was in my office because I was seriously laughing at this.
>
> It has been ~70 here for the past 3 days. I actually got a little tan over the weekend.
wow i wish i was a hick that lived in texas and had a sand lawn and red neck
but i live in buffalo ☹
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