I live about 15 miles away from Punxytawney and all you hear is about that varmit. I mean it's a year long thing around here.

 Yesterday, my 16 year old was so excited because Phil saw his shadow and there were 6 more weeks of winter yet. And my reply was DUH, there are 6 more weeks of winter left and I didn't need a woodchuck to tell me that. I have something called a calender that predicts when winter ends well in advance of the rodents prediction. I actually had to count off the weeks before he believed me. That's the kind of worship this groundhog gets.

 Besides, how can he see his shadow when they yank him out of his fake burrow and it only 5:30 am. It's still dark for crying out loud.

 And around here groundhogs aren't considered varmits, they're food. que the banjos :scared: