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Post by alienbeing on Jul 6, 2010 22:10:00 GMT 10
octodamus is at it again An apparently psychic octopus has risked the wrath of his fellow countrymen by predicting Spain will beat Germany in the World Cup semi-final. The creature, known as Paul, has correctly chosen all of his homeland's results so far. But with one flick of his tentacle - and ignoring Germany's superb form - he has depressed an entire nation by picking their opponents to triumph. Two plastic boxes with the flag of each country on the front had been placed into his tank at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre. With food in both boxes to attract Paul, it is then a matter of waiting until he opens one of them to determine his predicted winner. On this occasion, he initially went straight for Spain's container. German hopes were raised as he moved and began to hover over his homeland's flag, but the indecision was brief as he went with his first instinct. The eight-legged mystic has a perfect record at this tournament - and is said to have had an 80% success rate during Euro 2008. In what German fans will hope is a good omen, the only tip Paul has ever got wrong is the Germany v Spain final two years ago. Paul irked England fans by predicting the debacle in Bloemfontein the day before it happened, despite being born in Weymouth. And to prove he shows no bias, he plumped for Serbia before they defeated Joachim Low's side 1-0 during the group stages. Rumours that Paul had picked Spain began circulating on Sunday after a picture surfaced showing the octopus choosing the Spanish box. But, in a flurry of blogging, the image was judged to be a fake with the real prediction not scheduled until the day before the match. uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100706/tod-it-s-spain-psychic-octopus-makes-cho-870a197.html
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Post by concrete on Jul 7, 2010 21:54:47 GMT 10
Right.
Germany 2- Spain 3
400:1
Bet a tenner.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2010 0:01:01 GMT 10
Nope other way, 2-1 Germany, germany then to go on and beat Netherlands/holland/dutch/ or where ever the fuck they are from.
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Post by concrete on Jul 8, 2010 0:09:09 GMT 10
Netherlands/holland/dutch/ or where ever the fuck they are from. South Africa?
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Post by brillbilly on Jul 8, 2010 0:36:49 GMT 10
holland to win world cup,lol but what do i know
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Post by brillbilly on Jul 8, 2010 6:36:01 GMT 10
;D good old spain guna be the first time spain n holland play in a final against each other good ,it will make a change ;D
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Post by concrete on Jul 8, 2010 22:06:36 GMT 10
Ah well. Lost a tenner. Pick the correct winner for Sunday, or this is you.
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Post by brillbilly on Jul 8, 2010 23:52:28 GMT 10
this is what pisses me off,the octopus is being tortured because he got them all right i think thats a FEFA thing
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Post by Wes on Jul 9, 2010 18:11:37 GMT 10
German fans want revenge grilling of oracle octopus.Some Germans are calling for a public roasting of the oracle octopus who correctly picked the winner of all six of their national soccer team's World Cup matches -- including a bitter defeat to Spain on Wednesday. Paul, a two-year-old octopus in a German aquarium, turned into a global celebrity for his uncanny ability to predict the winner of all Germany's matches -- even a group stage defeat to Serbia and an ousting by Spain in the semi-finals. "Nothing beats grilled octopus," said Dolores Lusch, a Germany fan who works on a Berlin fish stall. "Cut him up in thin slices and grill him on all sides with a dash of lemon juice, olive oil and garlic on it. Delicious!" Not an ordinarily superstitious people, Germans became believers in Paul's possible psychic powers. The country was shocked and distraught when he picked Spain to win after tipping German wins over Argentina, England, Ghana and Australia. German newspapers and websites were filled with suggestions of what to do with Paul -- most involved cooking and eating him. "Throw him in the frying pan," wrote the Berliner Kurier newspaper in a popular sentiment echoed by Die Welt, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the Hamburger Abendblatt and other newspapers. Paul's picks have become news across Germany and around the world. German networks have had live reports on Paul's picks. On Friday, Paul will tip the winner of Saturday's Germany-Uruguay match for third place as well as the winner of the Spain-Netherlands final on Sunday. Networks in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands are planning live coverage. The octopus, considered by some to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates, gets the choice of picking food from two different transparent containers lowered into his tank -- one with a German flag on it and one with the opponent's flag. The container Paul opens first is regarded as his pick. Media attention over Paul's picks in Germany and abroad has grown exponentially and some commentators even wondered aloud whether his improbable winning streak might have begun to influence some of the more superstitious players. Despite the antipathy toward Paul, Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig said Paul has a bright future at his home in Oberhausen. "Nothing bad will happen to Paul," she said. "No one wishes him ill-will. Paul has had a great run." Munzig added that Paul's career might go on. "We've had some enquiries about his future," she said. au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/odd/7554946/german-fans-want-revenge-grilling-of-oracle-octopus/
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Post by Wes on Jul 9, 2010 22:29:13 GMT 10
NASA piles on the Jabulani hate."Appalling." "The guy who designed this ball never played football." "The worst ball that I have seen in my life." So says everyone from Iker Casillas to Robinho to Fabio Capello. Former Liverpool striker Craig Johnson even wrote a passionate 12-page letter to Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, on how the Adidas ball "could ruin the game as we know it." Trashing the Jabulani has become something of a sport in its own right, with wildly mishit shots celebrated with resounding cries of "Jabulani!" in pubs and living rooms around the globe. Now it turns out there is a very real scientific basis for all the moaning. NASA's aerodynamics people at the Ames Investigation Centre managed to get some MLS players to kick a very dusty Jabulani around to what sounds like a soundtrack from a 1970s instructional video. The tests confirm what everyone has been saying: Jabulani's scanty 440-gram weight, coupled with the high-altitude conditions in South Africa, means when at speeds of 44 mph or more the ball becomes susceptible to something called the "knuckle effect." That's aerodynamic shorthand for "it swerves all around like crazy at high speeds because of the air flow on the seams and stuff," which isn't so bad when you get goals like this. Adidas has yet to respond to the new scientifically based criticisms, and Sepp Blatter and FIFA are meeting in September to discuss the horrible aftermath left in Jabulani's zig-zagging wake. What's really frightening though is that we now know World Cup footballers are apparently as adept at noting erratic aerodynamic patterns as NASA's rocket scientists. Be afraid. g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/NASA-piles-on-the-Jabulani-hate?urn=sow,254182
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