Top 11 Reasons to Celebrate Groundhog Day

11. It's on nearly every calendar. (Yeah, but so is Ash Wednesday.)
10. Helps relieve cabin fever.
9. Spring or not, it's six weeks till St Urho's Day. (What did he do to achieve St. Hood?)
8. Forecast is no less reliable than the National Weather Service. (I actually heard our weatherman say the only reliable thing about weather is that weather will occur 100% of the time tonight on the news.)
7. At least one of them critters is bound to see things your way.
6. Valentine's Day is too depressing for nerds. (Yeah, the geeks get all the lady's.)
5. Unlike the Easter bunny, he keeps his dirty paws outside.
4. As they used to say on radio: "The Shadow knows".
3. It's fun to say "Punxsutawney". (How old is that guy anyway?)
2. If a rodent can bring us an early spring, more power to him.
1. In Minnesota, either way they come out ahead.