[Mikitivity]

Phil's official forecast as read 2/2/06 at sunrise at Gobbler's Knob:

It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Around the country there are many imitators of me.

In Harrisburg there is Gus who appears on TV
working for the lottery.

Then all around town,
Cute groundhog statues abound.
They all look like me, I found.

Today on the Knob as I'm doing my job,
I don't like this likeness of me.

It's my shadow I see. Six more weeks of mild winter there will be.

:cold:

[Baranxtu]

:blink:
Amerika, du hast es besser.

I just hope groundhog forecasts don't count for Europe .

[Antrium]

baranxtuFeb 2 2006, 04:48 PM:blink:
Amerika, du hast es besser.

I just hope groundhog forecasts don't count for Europe .[/quote]
They don't seem to count for Iowa...we're having unseasonably warm weather right now (mid-50s today) :boogie:

[Mikitivity]

baranxtuFeb 2 2006, 02:48 PM :blink:
Amerika, du hast es besser.

I just hope groundhog forecasts don't count for Europe . [/quote]
Phil's shadow (remember Phil himself isn't in control here) supposedly is forecasting the future for the world, though personnally I've always believed that the Southern Hemisphere is probably influced by some other rodent.

As for Germany, I was freezing in Oct. 2002 when I was there ... I'd hate to image what your home is like in January! :cold:

[Baranxtu]

"Mikitivity" 
Phil's shadow (remember Phil himself isn't in control here) supposedly is forecasting the future for the world, though personnally I've always believed that the Southern Hemisphere is probably influced by some other rodent.
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?El Capibara Miguel?

Quote: As for Germany, I was freezing in Oct. 2002 when I was there ... I'd hate to image what your home is like in January!?  :cold:[/quote]
Now I needed to remember what it was like in Oct. 2002...

Well, some weeks ago, we had about -20?C here (and I won't convert that to Fahrenheit, because, can't you Americans use normal units of measurement !?), that was, er, copulating cold (I just love 'em alliterations ).

Now, we are usually above 0?, so it kinda works for me (well, I do have some, er, layers of winter fat, to say it politely :lol: ). It's just uncomfy during break when we have to walk outside to keep that nicotine level high

[Eisophca]

AntriumFeb 2 2006, 10:00 PM They don't seem to count for Iowa...we're having unseasonably warm weather right now (mid-50s today) :boogie: [/quote]
So? It's not like Iowa's in America.

[Mikitivity]

CeoranaFeb 2 2006, 05:59 PM AntriumFeb 2 2006, 10:00 PM They don't seem to count for Iowa...we're having unseasonably warm weather right now (mid-50s today)? :boogie: [/quote]
So? It's not like Iowa's in America. [/quote]
I thought Iowa is responsible for our (USA) two party political system.


BTW, it would be fun for somebody in the IDU to have a similar tradition. *wink nudge wink nudge*

[Malabra]

Bah...I hate winter. Oh well. It's not like it's really winter down here anyways. :lol:

[Keeslandia]

Where I love winter. Just returned from skiing & have 2 more trips planned.

Perhaps that's why the most popular deity in the Empire of Keeslandia is Ullr, the Norse god of snow & winter.

[The Dominion of BigRedCat]

I once saw a groundhog climbing over a chain link fence. It was one of hte stranger things that I've ever seen

[Mikitivity]

My pet red eared sliders (turtles), Tippy and Sly, would climb window screens ... they had some pretty strong claws, though would never use them on people (gentle creatures).

[The Dominion of BigRedCat]

MikitivityFeb 6 2006, 04:58 PM My pet red eared sliders (turtles), Tippy and Sly, would climb window screens ... they had some pretty strong claws, though would never use them on people (gentle creatures). [/quote]
wow. that's crazy.

[Mikitivity]

The Dominion of BigRedCatFeb 6 2006, 02:05 PM
wow.  that's crazy. [/quote]
Yeah, as a kid I never thought that turtles had climbing claws, but not only do they have claws that at least can stick in a window screen, but their legs are strong enough to pull their shelled body several feet up a screen.

Now, I should point out that these were young red eared sliders, and they were smaller than your fist and very light weight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Eared_Slider

As I pointed out before, the turtles were strong, but very gentle with humans. They could bite, and would snap their food in half, but they never once bit me, my sister, or brother. Even though the turtles were friendly, they also generated huge amounts of turtle poo, which was super stinky ... we eventually took them both to a nearby nature center, and I like to imagine that a 'gator didn't snack on them.

[The Dominion of BigRedCat]

Once, when I was but a small child, while walking home from school I found a small turtle lying in the gutter. It had been bloodied up and chewed on. It was missing a leg. I picked it up and took it home. My Mom cleaned it up then I took it out to the garden.
We expected it to die, but no, it lived in on. . . and was still there a year later when my parents sold the house.

Several years later, after me had mvoed away, I visited with the people that bought the house from my parents. They still had the garden and the turtle was still living there.

[Mikitivity]

The Dominion of BigRedCatFeb 6 2006, 11:24 PM Once, when I was but a small child, while walking home from school I found a small turtle lying in the gutter. It had been bloodied up and chewed on. It was missing a leg. I picked it up and took it home. My Mom cleaned it up then I took it out to the garden.
We expected it to die, but no, it lived in on. . . and was still there a year later when my parents sold the house.

Several years later, after me had mvoed away, I visited with the people that bought the house from my parents. They still had the garden and the turtle was still living there. [/quote]
That is so cool!

If I had a backyard (or house), I'd want to build a pond and get a little turtle to live in it.