Today, stalwart climate clairvoyant Punxsutawney Phil — the Al Roker of puffy rodents — emerged from his stump, and in an ominous sign for those seeking a return to warm weather, the celebrity groundhog saw his shadow, thus ushering in six more weeks of inclement winter weather.
But not all is as it seems.
The Associated Press reports that Phil’s Southern counterpart, Gen. Beauregard Lee of Lilburn, GA, had not in fact seen his shadow, which means winter will end early. Furthermore, this is the third year in a row that these groundhogs have split over meteorological predictions. Have the days of bipartisan groundhoggery passed? Or maybe is it time that The Punxy Philster be dethroned?
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