Keith, sorry wrong link..... here is the one where you can listen... it is roll on the floor can't stop the crying FUNNY. There are several shows that you can listen to. http://www.swr3.de/fun/comix/-/id=136018/cf=42/did=342748/pv=raw/gp2=audios/gp1=367832/ge8gq9/index.html
On Feb 3, 5:42 pm, Keith In Köln <[email protected]> wrote: > Guten Abend CW! (And Tommie!) > > I think this was the first time that I actually saw the festivities in > Punxsutawney.....In my whole life! They televised it here, on several > Deutsch television stations, as well as CNN International. I'd heard > about the deal all of my life, but I had never seen it until yesterday. All > of the men are formally dressed, in tails, ties and top hats! Everyone on > Punxsutawney (as well as Phil, who also predicted) that the Pittsburgh > Steelers are taking the show this year!! > > As a side note, yesterday, I finally got down, "Ich gehen sie in die Kölner > Gefängnis bitte"; and threw in, "My Client".....I am pretty sure that my > Turkish Taxi driver was convinced that I was a homosexual..... > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was born in a small town not far from Punxsutawney. The schools were > > closed on Groundhog Day so we could go and enjoy the festivities. It was a > > great Winter break. > > > I must take exception with the author of this article. Phil is NOT a pudgy > > rodent! Phil (and all the Phils before him) is the cutest groundhog I have > > ever seen. Much cuter than Buckeye Chuck. > > > Yesterday morning (Groundhog Day) I woke up at about 4am, turned on the > > patio light to let my little Maggie out and I see the groundhog (nests about > > two acres from my property) scoot across the yard and I saw his shadow. > > Maybe it was the floodlight from the patio? > > > BTW Keith, the whole groundhog-shadow business is from an old German > > folktale. Many Germans (including my paternal grandmother’s family of > > Hessians) settled in that area in Pennsylvania. > > > CW > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tommy News > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 02, 2011 08:28 > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Punxsutawney Phil celebrates 125 years of Groundhog Day, > > Predicts Early Spring > > > Punxsutawney Phil celebrates 125 years of Groundhog DayComments > > > By Laura Bly, USA TODAY > > > Punxsutawney Phil, right, is held by Ben Hughes after emerging from > > his burrow on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to see his shadow > > and forecast six more weeks of winter weather Feb. 2, 2010. > > > CAPTIONBy Gene J. Puskar, AP In the hit 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, > > weatherman Bill Murray's worst nightmare is to keep waking up in the > > snowy Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney - home of a pudgy, > > prognosticating rodent named Phil. > > > Murray's disdain notwithstanding, Phil's Feb. 2 forecasts have been > > drawing revelers to Punxsutawney for 125 years ... and today was no > > exception, despite freezing rain and a wind advisory. Shivering > > celebrants watched as Phil emerged from his temporary burrow—a > > simulated tree stump at the rural site of Gobbler's Knob - and, to no > > one's surprise, failed to see his shadow. The subsequent verdict from > > his handlers: The Pittsburgh Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl, > > and spring is around the corner. > > > RELATED: How accurate is the groundhog at predicting weather? > > > For those of us who haven't made the trek to Punxsutawney, about 80 > > miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Phil is going high-tech with texts, > > Foursquare badges and Facebook updates of his early morning forecast. > > Fans could watch streaming video of the big announcement here. > > > As for snuggling like Murray and co-star Andie MacDowell in that > > Punxsutawney B&B? "That was a bit of Hollywood fiction," the tourist > > office notes. " There really is a Cherry Street, but there is no bed & > > breakfast there. You could stay at the Pantall Hotel, which is where > > Bill Murray stayed when he visited in 1992." > > > More: > > >http://travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2011/02/punsu... > > > -- > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > > Have a great day, > > Tommy > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community > > athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > > > * It's active and moderated. 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