World Cup Final: Octopus vs Parakeet
Paul the octopus has spoken, and he’s chosen Spain to win the World Cup. But Mani the parakeet has answered, and he’s chosen the Netherlands. One of them is going to be wrong.
Yep, we have a new non-human World Cup prognosticator on the scene, and it’s a 13 year old parakeet from Singapore who predicts...
Paul The Octopus Gives The Final Order: Get Ready For A Spanish Celebration.
Well, no need to actually play out this World Cup final business – Paul the Octopus has spoken, and it’s going to be a Spanish fiesta come Sunday evening. Six for six in the World Cup now, this is the first game, I believe, where he’s chosen between two non-German teams, so perhaps his powers...
Paul The Octopus Has Spoken: Viva España
Part of the problem with a soon-to-be hors d’oeuvre determining the fate of your sports team is that it can easily fall prey to such things as internet hoaxes because, last I checked, appetizers aren’t very smart. The Spanish-Serbian swap of yesterday? One must think while Paul was surfing his mobile he popped onto the...
Sorry Germany, the oracle octopus has spoken
Paul the Octopus has become the unlikely star of this World Cup, scoring the same number of goals as Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney while correctly predicting the results of all five of Germany's matches so far, even the shock defeat against Serbia. Who...
Paul The Octopus Was Hacked
Paul the ‘Pus is so incredibly good at what he does – eating delicious bivalves and correctly predicting Germany’s outcomes by which flag he chooses (he’s five for five) – he’s struck fear into the hearts and minds of German opposition. Of course, should the opposite occur it would send Germany into tumult, destroying the...
