Why doesn't every sport have an octopus?

[stunt_muppet]

So apparently, in an aquarium in Germany somewhere there's an octopus named Paul who has correctly predicted the outcome of every match Germany's been in so far.

Today, it predicted that Spain would win the Spain/Germany match, much to Germans' disappointment.

As a result, one fan in the German stands is holding up a sign that says "Even octopus can be wrong."

This sport is amazing.

Comments

[delorispea.livejournal.com]

LOL

I saw that!

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I just thought that was so absurd it was kind of beautiful. :D

[curuchamion.livejournal.com]

There are so many reasons soccer is My Sport... but I think the octopus may be the best yet! ;-)

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big sports person myself, but just the idea of the predicting octopus is so great I may have to start following it.

[wasabi-girl1.livejournal.com]

THE OCTOPUS IS GERMAN, IT'S TRYING TO LULL SPAIN INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SUPERNATURAL SECURITY!!! ;)

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

OBVIOUSLY. Why else would it have picked Germany all those other times?

That, or it's getting tired of having cameras pointed at it.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Hee!

I found this oped, giving the American view of things, quite fascinating, and fun in places.

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, reading that op-ed scared me a bit. How can you be so vehemently against soccer? How do you get that...well, that paranoid and hateful and etc.? But I have been curious as to why it's not as big in the US, and I suppose those are believable reasons.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I love octopi - they are SO cool, I love seeing one getting in the news this way. X-D

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I just want to know whose idea it was to make him predict World Cup matches. I think I want to shake their hand.

[nentari.livejournal.com]

Alas for Germany, the octopus was right.

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I think that makes it funnier, really. This is in no way due to my bias as a Spain fan, of course.

[missmorrichan.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I think I want that on a t-shirt.

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

Me too! And there can be a picture of a squid opening a box on it. It'd make an amazing souvenir.

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

I fucking love the World Cup and everything it brings with it.

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch it the last time it came around and I'm kicking myself for it. It's so much fun and the sense of celebration that everyone gets from it is just infectious.

[hatone.livejournal.com]

Paul the octopus?

YUSSS

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. I WANT ONE.

[sterling-sky.livejournal.com]

I heard a joke on the CBC about this, and the Germans turning him into calamari after they lost. XD

Hockey has squids! http://sportales.com/hockey/squid-a-hockey-tradition/ Does that count? ;)

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope they don't. D: It's only the messenger! Poor Paul.

Hee! I kind of feel bad just because I like squids a lot and the thought of tossing their carcasses onto the ice kind of makes me sad. But still, squids! In hockey!

[riverdresses.livejournal.com]

. . .

I JUST HAVE NO WORDS ABOUT HOW AWESOME THIS IS.

(& it makes me think of Lovecraft stories. EVEN BETTER! Also, this)

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I know, isn't it great? Every sport should have a predicting octopus. It makes me happy.

Between that and the BPAL merch, it makes me want a Cephalopod Cup. Squid football for everyone! Squids representing every ocean!