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Some apPauling Octopus Puns
Paul the Octopus is said to have died peacefully in his tank at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany.
The eight-armed creature correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany’s World Cup 2010 games as well as the final. He did this by selecting one of two boxes containing mussels, each box had a footballing nation’s flag on it. Therefore the box he ate the mussel from was the team which he ‘predicted’ to win.
Twitter has, of course, gone on overdrive with the news of his passing. Here is a collections of some of the best puns/jokes etc…
- Asked how they felt about the death of Paul the Octopus, several fish said they were “gutted” - @davidschneider
- I applied to the aquarium today to be a Paul-bearer - @loveandgarbage
- In tribute to Paul the Psychic Octopus, the fourth round of the Carling Cup will be played over eight legs…. - @sajchowdhury
- Paul the Octopus has died. I bet he never saw that coming. - many people
- Nobody was shocked - he’d been on squid row for weeks - Mirror Football
Posted by John Morrison
