What's wrong with Milton Mole? or Frederick Ferret? Gweneth Guinea Pig? Why does Punxsutawney Phil get all of the attention?
2007-02-02 08:49:54 · 23 answers · asked by Marianne not Ginger™ 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Benjamin Franklin was a vociferous advocate of the wild turkey to become our winter weather prognosticator. The second Continental Congress met on the matter and decided to allow the groundhog to take that coveted spot after one of the groggy critters nipped at John Adams Achilles tendon on February 2, 1775. Hobbled, Adams very nearly announced the supremacy of George III and the Crown. In a feverish dream the groundhog who bit him appeared and told him that the colonists would win a winter victory in 6 weeks time. The rest is, as they say, history.
2007-02-02 21:18:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Exactly! And they even choose another Phil any time they want to and not even tell us, and we don't even know the difference! The NERVE of them!
Even Freddy Fieldmouse has more personality - Phil or Phyllis just LAYS there! (Who does she think she is, my last gf!)?
Lead the charge, Marianne_not_Ginger, we'll all be right behind you!
2007-02-02 11:20:37 · answer #2 · answered by Freesumpin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phil has a darn good publicist and agent. Did you know he is doing the half time show at the Super Bowl?
2007-02-02 13:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree. I think it should alternate depending on current weather conditions. If it is rainly and wet, the predictor should be a duck who can handle the conditions. If it is extremely cold, a Bear should do the weather. If it is extremely hot, maybe we get a snake.
2007-02-02 08:58:28 · answer #4 · answered by Rod Rod Go 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around the fifth century, the European Celts believed that animals had certain supernatural powers on special days that were half-way between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.[citation needed] Folklore from Germany and France indicated that when marmots and bears came out of their winter dens too early, they were frightened by their shadow and retreated back inside for four to six weeks.[citation needed] This may have been adopted by the Romans as Hedgehog Day. In Scotland the hedgehog has long been revered for its healing powers (as referenced in Robert Burns' Ode to a Hedgehog).
The earliest known American reference to Groundhog Day can be found at the Historical Society of Berks County in Reading, Pennsylvania. The reference was made Feb. 4, 1841 in Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania storekeeper James Morris' diary: "Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was Candlemas day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate."
2007-02-02 08:53:18 · answer #5 · answered by SALMON 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Groundhogs do no longer are waiting for any climate dumbshit. this is purely one thing stupid people made up. yet yeah, monkeys are the place that is at. in the event that they fling poo at you that is gonna be a protracted iciness.
2016-12-16 19:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rodent Bush is not available, still 'e makks blaarney aboot the climate change and sech ennyhoo.
2007-02-02 08:57:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They had to make a groundhog good for SOMETHING.
Most of the others you named make great pets for some.
2007-02-02 08:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by Dumpster Diver aka "DD" 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Groundhogs are moodier than other rodents, which means they are more like women, and women are savvier than men when it comes to predicting the weather.
2007-02-02 08:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by White 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I will never understand why a groundhog illicits so much attention. What about me?
2007-02-03 03:29:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋