Your Phil……..

Way more than you ever ever wanted to know about Punxsutawney Phil.

Tradition started in 1887. “They” say “there is only one Phil, and all the other groundhogs are imposters".. This is interesting since the life expectancy of a groundhog is 6 years.

Phil’s wife is Phyllis (of course) and their daughter is Phelicia (uh huh). Their home is actually a couple miles East of Punxsutawney.

Groundhog Day was actually filmed in Woodstock, Illinois.

In 1995, Phil flew to Chicago for a guest spot on Oprah.

In March of 2013 an Ohio County prosecutor sent an email calling for Phil to get the death penalty for “misrepresentation of an early Spring, an Unclassified Felony, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Ohio.” (Temps that day reached a record low, snow fell.. and temps remained below seasonal average for some time.)

In February of 2015, the Merrimack Police Department in New Hampshire issued an arrest warrant for Punx for having failed to disclose the extreme amounts of snow that would ensue after Groundhog Day.

Phil has now made predictions for 120 years. He’s predicted an early spring (no shadow) only 18 times (including this year, an early Spring, 2016). Those keeping tabs say his predictions have proved correct 39% of the time. This is significantly worse than chance – and the traditional interpretation of Punxsutawney Phil’s predictions should be reversed.

Crap. 6 more weeks of winter. At least, he’s as accurate as Busby, Lezak, Thompson.

Your Phil for today. Quick, close your eyes. Can you spell Punxsutawney?

Victurd