Troops to Guard Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil

January 16, 2002 2:28 PM

Troops to Guard Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil On February 2nd, the safest place in America will be Gobbler's knob.
posted by Oxydude (5 comments total)

Sorry for the double post...I received an error the first time and did not think it posted.
posted by Oxydude at 2:30 PM on January 16, 2002

I hereby blame the Groundhog for all double posts.
posted by riffola at 2:36 PM on January 16, 2002

The increased security is unfortunate, but we must protect the noble groundhog! He mustn't fall into the wrong hands. Can you imagine the evil deeds that terrorists would be capable of if they had the ability to predict the arrival of Spring?

There's good news too - this article says that even though beer has been banned at Gobbler's Knob since 1996, a local charity will be allowed to serve BEER at this year's event! Hooray!


posted by varmint at 3:05 PM on January 16, 2002

It's not really called Gobbler's Knob is it? That's too funny.
posted by TiggleTaggleTiger at 3:30 PM on January 16, 2002

Watch that first step - it's a DOOZY!
posted by GriffX at 8:46 AM on January 17, 2002