tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post1782160133434595508..comments2023-09-19T10:00:29.637-04:00Comments on The Velvet Blog: Smackdown!: Punxsutawney Phil vs. Phil CollinsJim Donahuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-38234088911070904612011-02-08T14:38:17.874-05:002011-02-08T14:38:17.874-05:00Shhh... I hear Punxsutawney Phil wears a merkin.Shhh... I hear Punxsutawney Phil wears a merkin.Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-33576165829355139262011-02-08T14:22:41.761-05:002011-02-08T14:22:41.761-05:00With apologies to any follically (follicly?)-chall...With apologies to any follically (follicly?)-challenged men out there, I'd imagine that there would be nothing as mortifying as being a balding rock star. You can just see it in this album cover . . . talk about "artful" cropping.<br /><br />Poor old Sting also has gone to great lengths (pun intended) to disguise his sparse pate. Where is the justice? Ozzy Osborne still appears to have all his . . . but I shudder to think of what he'd look like without it. A deep-woods troll, perhaps . . .ChefNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506706291656673082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-74435965286597164942011-02-05T07:53:08.283-05:002011-02-05T07:53:08.283-05:00Sigh... that album cover brings back memories of h...Sigh... that album cover brings back memories of high school. But I go with the groundhog!Knatoleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809822081515082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-92190345389150882082011-02-03T19:13:59.849-05:002011-02-03T19:13:59.849-05:00A Phil Collins--isn't that creme de menthe and...A Phil Collins--isn't that creme de menthe and Sunnny-D, garnished with fluffernutter?Grammarian@mindspring.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15579194551324905130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-91758511276076453752011-02-03T03:04:36.131-05:002011-02-03T03:04:36.131-05:00Don't be so dismissive of Phil Collins. I just...Don't be so dismissive of Phil Collins. I just happen to know that if he thought you were drowning, he would throw you an anchor.<br /><br />Besides, he's short, bald and fat.<br /><br />Being English doesn't help much, either.<br /><br />I think I'm arguing with the wind.ChefNickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506706291656673082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-63715348216118773182011-02-02T23:41:42.257-05:002011-02-02T23:41:42.257-05:00Even tho groundhogs live about 10 yrs in captivity...Even tho groundhogs live about 10 yrs in captivity -6 in the wilds- Phil has been around for 121 yrs thanks to a magical 'Groundhog Punch' he is given every 7 yrs.Joviannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134704174445762228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-2597574244112597842011-02-02T20:53:18.279-05:002011-02-02T20:53:18.279-05:00Did you know that his official full name is actual...Did you know that his official full name is actually "Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary"? I've wanted to use those three middle descriptors as the title for a character in a film for ages, but have yet to make one where it fits.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12932305061167945222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-89593734848080030502011-02-02T16:15:14.147-05:002011-02-02T16:15:14.147-05:00As of just a smidge past 0:dark-30 this morning, t...As of just a smidge past 0:dark-30 this morning, the 'squirrel' predicted an early spring but! no one could have seen their shadow due to the massive cold front moving in overhead. <br />(Since 1988 he has been wrong 13 times)Joviannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134704174445762228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-47183583734029772752011-02-02T14:25:34.789-05:002011-02-02T14:25:34.789-05:00I agree. The overgrown squirrel wins hands down.I agree. The overgrown squirrel wins hands down.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05705372359043695493noreply@blogger.com