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Punxsutawney Phil

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The Resume

    (1887- )
    Since 1887 mascot for Groundhog's Day (February 2nd)
    Represents the small town of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania
    If he sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter
    February 2nd is the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox

Why he might be annoying:

    Punxsutawney is hard to spell.
    He can supposedly predict if there will be an early spring or six more weeks of winter.
    He is a chubby rodent, who is stirred away from his burrow on Gobbler's Knob at the height of the annual Groundhog Day.
    He weighs 15 pounds and measures about 22 inches in length.
    Phil's handlers, who claim to understand 'Groundhogese,' read an English 'translation' rich in crowd-pleasing patriotic rhetoric.
    Because of Phil, the town of Punxsutawney proclaims itself to be 'the Weather Capital of the World.'
    Phil's diet has been known to include ice cream and strawberry sundaes (that tubby bastard!).

Why he might not be annoying:

    In the 1993 movie 'Groundhog Day,' Phil reportedly bit Bill Murray several times.
    According to his handlers, Phil has been 'living better than Bin Laden.'
    Other groundhog weather predictors:
    Birmingham Bill (Alabama)
    Buckeye Chuck (Ohio - Since 1979)
    Chester from St. Louis
    Claude the Crawfish (Louisiana)
    Dunkirk Dave (Dunkirk NY)
    French Creek Freddy (West Virginia - Since 1975)
    General Beauregard Lee (Georgia)
    Jimmy the Groundhog (Sun Prairie Wisconsin)
    Malverne Mel (Long Island NY - Since 1996)
    Octarara Orphie (Pig - Lancaster County PA)
    Peewee, the Woodchuck (Vermont)
    Pennichuck Chuck (Hollis, New Hampshire)
    Shubenacadie Sam (Nova Scotia)
    Sir Walter Wally (North Carolina)
    Staten Island Chuck (Staten Island, NY - Since 1980)
    Unadilla Bill (Nebraska)
    Wiarton Willie (Ottawa)

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 96 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 37 Votes: 72.97% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 115 Votes: 53.91% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 113 Votes: 55.75% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 83 Votes: 43.37% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 137 Votes: 51.82% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 197 Votes: 56.35% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 317 Votes: 60.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 13.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 65 Votes: 50.77% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 169 Votes: 49.11% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 109 Votes: 47.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 94 Votes: 53.19% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 109 Votes: 55.96% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 649 Votes: 35.44% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 126 Votes: 43.65% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 84 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 173 Votes: 47.98% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 257 Votes: 44.36% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 583 Votes: 47.51% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 703 Votes: 48.79% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 20851 Votes: 35.12% Annoying