World Cup psychic octopus is undefeated; seriously weirding us all out
Jul 5, 2010, 2:00 PM EST
Paul the ‘Oracle Octopus’was at first a cool German gimmick who picked World Cup games by plucking a mussel from glass boxes that are marked with a nation’s flag. Now that Germany has beaten Argentina to put Paul’s record at World Cup picking at 5-0? That Octopus is scaring me, dude.
Paul the octopus oracle in Germany has done it again — correctly predicting that Germany would beat Argentina in their quarter-final clash at the weekend. That makes his prediction record in the World Cup perfect.
Video following the jump.
First, he tipped Germany to beat Australia, and then followed it up by correctly predicting Serbia’s upset victory over Germany. Paul then went on to call a German win against Ghana and made waves across the English Channel when he foresaw Germany taking down England.
The Octopus may be psychic but it’s probably not that intelligent. If he were smart he’d have backed up his claims with thousand-clam soccer bets that would provide he and his family security for generations. When humans are granted psychic powers, we know how to parlay our abilities into millions. Just look at Miss Cleo.
By the way, when that octopus is done with the World Cup can I borrow him for a few days? I would like to exploit him with the stock market. We can split the earnings, Paul.
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Oracle octopus does it again [Dispatch Online]
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- Steve T - Jul 5, 2010 at 10:52 PM
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How does he pick a draw?
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- RAKESH SHARMA - Jul 6, 2010 at 12:07 AM
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Who will win in the following FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP SEMIS:
1. URUGUAY v/s NETHERLANDS
2. GERMANY v/s SPAIN
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- kristina - Jul 6, 2010 at 2:08 AM
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who does he see winning in the Germany v Spain match
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- Ee - Jul 6, 2010 at 3:04 AM
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Probably by reaching to two morsels with two of his tentacles LOL
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- czw - Jul 6, 2010 at 5:09 AM
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The real Paul is not expected to make his pick until Tuesday night (NZT).
http://tvnz.co.nz/2010-fifa-world-cup-news/world-cup-octopus-victim-fraud-3629690
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- james - Jul 6, 2010 at 8:10 AM
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I think he only chose Serbia because it was the second game and at that time he didn’t know there was a treat in both boxes. Now he’s used to picking Germany every time because he knows there’s going to be a treat in the box for him. If he picks against Germany I’d be surprised.
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- Mitchum - Jul 7, 2010 at 6:09 PM
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He did it again! Spain won…
