# Punxsutawney Phil Up for the Death Penalty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737 "2013-03-23T14:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/1 "2013-03-23T14:05:41Z")
An Ohio prosecutor wants Punxsutawney Phil indicted on charges of mishandling that whole early-spring prediction. The death penalty has been mentioned. Story [here](http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/us/ohio-punxsutawney-phil-indictment/index.html?hpt=us_t2). No reaction yet from Bill Murray. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/2 "2013-03-23T14:46:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > … > No reaction yet from Bill Murray. He knows that the little bugger will be alive again the next day. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/3 "2013-03-23T14:57:49Z")
He’s said he may reverse his decision when the snow melts. There may be hope for Phil. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/4 "2013-03-23T18:35:53Z")
Phil’s just pissed about them hauling his ass out of bed year after year in the pre-dawn hours. Serves people right. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/5 "2013-03-23T19:06:03Z")
Groundhogs are annoying little shits. My grandfather had to put up an electric fence to keep them out of his garden. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/6 "2013-03-23T19:14:45Z")
Well, if this is true why aren’t regular weather forecasters threatened with the death penalty for wrong predictions? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/7 "2013-03-23T20:44:30Z")
He was just confused by the weather around here, where we had 70-degree temps in freaking January. It was oddly ironic that, on the first day of astronomical spring, we had a snow storm, after the day before having to run the A/C. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punxsutawney-phil-up-for-the-death-penalty/653737/8 "2013-03-23T23:06:32Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Well, if this is true why aren’t regular weather forecasters threatened with the death penalty for wrong predictions? I’d pay good money to see Willard Scott strapped to the chair.