Pulpo Paul has died... RIP

Zaptoit

Paul the Psychic Octopus is now sleeping with the fishes at the tender age of 2.

"Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cup, had passed away overnight," the aquarium in Germany says in a statement released Tuesday, Oct. 26.

Paul was born in Weymouth, England in January 2008. His track record for predicting the winner of soccer matches was pretty good, slipping up on two of the Euro 2008 games, but boasting a perfect record for this summer's World Cup. In July 2010, he retired from predicting.

I wonder if anyone asked Pulpo Paul about 2012.

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More importantly, was Pulpo Paul able to predict his own death?

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I wonder if it will be an open casket...


Anyways:

Ingredients

* 1 octopus (4 to 5 pounds)
* 4 stalks celery, medium diced
* 4 lemons, juiced
* 1 can large pitted olives, halved
* 1 clove garlic, minced
* 3/4 red onion, medium diced
* 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
* Olive oil
* Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

In large stock pot boil octopus until tender (1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours). Take out and let cool. When cool, clean and slice. In a large mixing bowl, add celery, juice from the lemons, olives, garlic, onion, parsley, and sprinkle with olive oil. Mix well and season salad with salt and pepper. Remove from mixing bowl and serve at room temperature.

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So no more World Cups? Yeaaaaah!

(Wonder how much he took from rigging the results....?)

Peace!

This has the Iranians written all over it. Where exactly was Ahmadinejad at the time of Pulpo's death?

There is a conspiracy here...

To be fair, for an octopus, he had a bloody good run

Which is why I'm saying RIP Pulpo Paul

I thought about starting a thread on this titled "Psychic Octopus Dies and Never Saw it Coming". But I had nothing further to add than that, so I opted to leave this thread topic for someone who cares.

Originally posted by Big Raging Loner
This has the Iranians written all over it. Where exactly was Ahmadinejad at the time of Pulpo's death?

There is a conspiracy here...

LoL