Actually Tommie, Tomm Tomm In that area asking it the way he did; the cab driver would have been correct in his thinking. Your cultural ignorance and knowledge of anything is getting in the way of cognizant thought.
Hey Keith!! Selling a little brown-eyed winking are ya ?? On Feb 4, 8:16 am, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > And if you were a homosexual, just what would be wrong with that? > > Was your "Turkish Taxi Driver" also homophobic like you are, Keithie? > > On 2/3/11, 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 at > >>http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > > >> * It's active and moderated. 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