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Entry bubble An Open Letter to Punxsutawney Phil (THE Groundhog)

By: Colleen | February 04, 2009 | Category: Fun

Dear Mr. Phil from Punxsutawney,phil

I'd like to commend you for all your years of season-predicting service. I often wonder what it must be like to be the most famous groundhog in the world. While it seems that you have a pretty cushy set-up in that den of yours, it has to be a bit unnerving to be yanked from one's cozy bed in the frigid early morning hours of every February 2nd.

While your service record is impressive, I can't help but notice a consistent pattern when reviewing your performance. You tend to always see your shadow and retreat back into your comfortable abode, thus leaving us common-folk with yet another six more weeks of winter.

Perhaps it should be brought to your attention that your anxiety about your shadow has dismal consequences for those of us who must leave our cozy beds EVERY frigid early morning, and not just on the second day of February.

Have you considered counseling? I have a somewhat unreasonable disdain for grocery stores, so I sympathize with your apprehension when confronted with your shadow. However, my fear doesn't have the same consequences as yours - think of all those other who are, quite frankly, dreading another six weeks of winter. Surely something can be done to ease your fears. Our new President has asked us as a nation to help each other. So, on behalf of millions of shivering Americans, please let me know of any way which I can be of service, or aid in your plight. I would never suggest you had adopted this behavior as the easiest means to return to slumber in your hollow. I just want to volunteer to help.

We'll all be rooting for your next February 2nd - you can do it! Don't let the shadow get the best of you!

With respect and optomism for a shorter winter in 2010,

Colleen

 

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blue comment bubble Posted by Jess on February 04, 2009 at 07:40 AM EST

Awesome post Colleen! I feel the same way about our good friend Phil.

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blue comment bubble Posted by justducki on February 04, 2009 at 08:58 AM EST

LOL! What a great giggle this morning, after coming to work when it's -10 outside (before windchill!)...

Monday, my girls anxiously awaited the proclamation and then were subsequently disappointed... I think I heard one of them threated ground hog steaks :0)

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blue comment bubble Posted by CarolynK on February 04, 2009 at 10:30 AM EST

You've outdone yourself!!!!!

This is a very well written post! I love love love it!!!

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blue comment bubble Posted by holalola on February 04, 2009 at 06:03 PM EST

Loved your entry! You're way kinder and funnier than I was when I heard the news of Phil's prediction.

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blue comment bubble Posted by Nancy on February 04, 2009 at 06:04 PM EST

I think he just does it for the attention.

If the guys with the top hats and the dancing school children and all of the tv cameras would just go away and leave him alone, I think he'd change his ways. Rodents of unusual size should never be rewarded for their bad behavior.



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blue comment bubble Posted by Spencer P. on February 04, 2009 at 08:14 PM EST

How could you not put a link to a National Weather Service website in this post? Humph! After all, tomorrow is National Weatherman's Day-http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lmk&storyid=21497&source=0 -From NWS Louisville, KY

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