The Sphere
General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: B E C K on Oct 26, 2010, 10:25:11 AM
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Paul the Octopus Has Died (http://abcnews.go.com/International/paul-octopus-predicted-world-cup-winner-died/story?id=11971509&page=1) :(
Paul the Octopus, the eight-armed oracle that correctly predicted the outcome of eight World Cup matches this year, has died. Devastated staff at his aquarium in Germany say they will build a memorial to him, and they have a comforting message for a world in mourning -- Paul II is waiting in the wings.
Paul the Octopus, who gained worldwide fame this year by correctly forecasting the outcome of eight World Cup soccer matches including the final, has died peacefully of natural causes, the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen said on Tuesday.
"Management and staff of the Oberhausen Sea Life Aquarium were devastated when Paul was found dead this morning," the aquarium said in a statement.
It said it would erect a memorial to the little brown octopus whose astounding predictive powers turned him into the true star of the tournament, eclipsing the likes of Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Thomas Müller and Andres Iniesta. Spain, which won the tournament, embraced "Pulpo Paul" as a hero.
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If he really was born in 2008, then Paul was nearing the end of his natural life. Octopuses only live three years on average and he was never going to be around for the next European Championship in 2012, let alone the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.
But here is some comfort for football fans. "Behind the scenes, a young Paul is already acclimatizing himself, he was meant to be trained by Paul the First in the coming weeks," aquarium officials said.
Fellow sea creatures will also benefit from his immortality in future. Oberhausen said it plans to donate some of its income from the sale of commercial rights relating to Paul -- he adorns a clothes brand and adverts for a supermarket chain, for example -- to help finance a rescue station for endangered turtles on the Greek island of Zakynthos.
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Why the fuck are they still mentioning Messi? The mofo didnt score ONCE.
I found out this morning too. That's what he gets for going against its comrades the deutsche. He was probably murdered by the gov't. He had it coming.
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I wonder if they'll just feed his remains to the other animals in hopes of passing along his paranormal abilities.
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He's probably resembling something like calamari by now.
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:trap:
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I wonder if they'll just feed his remains to the other animals in hopes of passing along his paranormal abilities.
I hope they ripped each tentacle out and then masticated it for at least 15 minutes.
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I wonder if they'll just feed his remains to the other animals in hopes of passing along his paranormal abilities.
They should totally do that! Feed him to Paul the II since duder never got octo-psychic trainings.
He's probably resembling something like calamari by now.
That sentence made me hungry.
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He's probably resembling something like calamari by now.
That sentence made me hungry.
Waste not, want not.
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I wonder if the frying process would affect his magic in any way...
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Octopus is delicious.
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They think the same thing about you.
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They think the same thing about you.
What? This?
I wonder if the frying process would affect his magic in any way...
I hope so.
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I still blame that octopus for Holland losing in the finale
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Hey, he didn't make you lose. He just called it.
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Unless he was only able to call it because he was double dealing under the table and paying off the player and then betting on the underdog....then the mafia put a hit on him. Natural causes my ass.
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It's black magic I tell ya
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He was Miss Cleo of the sea. Except, like, for real. And instead of saying "call me now for a free reading", he waved his eight arms around. But it meant the same thing.
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I wonder where Miss Cleo is now.
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And why does she live while an octupus with legitimate powers dies? The way of the world is indeed cruel.
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Do we really know that Miss Cleo is still alive?
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Yes, because the octupus said she would be with his dying breath.
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Miss Cleo endures.
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I wonder if she saw the bankruptcy of Psychic Friends Network coming?
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Fun Fact!
Miss Cleo Steps Out of the Closet
Miss Cleo, who rose to fame with her psychic infomercials a few years ago, has come out of the closet. In the new issue of The Advocate, Miss Cleo tells that she is a lesbian and that she now works as a "spiritual adviser" and performs weddings for gay and lesbian couples.
Source: http://www.bgay.com/bnews/news60924_miss_cleo_comes_out.htm Apparently, she came out six years ago. I did not know this. Paul knew she was gay the whole time though. You know he did.
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Fun Fact!
Miss Cleo Steps Out of the Closet
Miss Cleo, who rose to fame with her psychic infomercials a few years ago, has come out of the closet. In the new issue of The Advocate, Miss Cleo tells that she is a lesbian and that she now works as a "spiritual adviser" and performs weddings for gay and lesbian couples.
Source: http://www.bgay.com/bnews/news60924_miss_cleo_comes_out.htm Apparently, she came out six years ago. I did not know this. Paul knew she was gay the whole time though. You know he did.
She gets her psychic powers from being gay! It all makes sense now! We all now homosexuality is one step from from superhero. I am not serious.
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Yes, you are. "Call her now for a free readin'!" And by "readin'" she means "not sex" because teh cawk does nothing for her.
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That makes sense. I mean Charles Xavier has massive amounts of psychic powers and he is dead below the waist, thus taking it the ass is no big deal for him. It all fits.
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That's what he said! :jack:
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HA HA! He's a whore.
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Yes, you are. "Call her now for a free readin'!" And by "readin'" she means "not sex" because teh cawk does nothing for her.
this reminded me of that Dave Chapelle skit where he imitates Miss Cleo.