via reuters
Any excuse to post images of a chubular rodent. He predicts the weather AND kisses on the first date (which is obviously why he needs a chaperon). Six more weeks of winter and (new for 2010) he promises to text. 15,000 people signed up this year to receive the outcome via text, 12,000 stand in 18 degree weather to watch him roll out of his cage live, and 2 dudes in tuxedos escort him around. What's even better is that everyone just goes along with the fact that "Punxsutawney Phil" never dies and he's never a she (which is not always true). PETA has proposed to replace him w/ a robotic version. I pray for the day I get the most ridiculous text I possibly can: a weather prediction from my nation's robo-hog.
