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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293315/WORLD-CUP-2010-Paul-Psychic-Octopus-competition-Mani-parakeet.html

 

WORLD CUP 2010: Paul the Psychic Octopus has competition as Mani the parakeet pecks Holland as his winners

 

Paul the Psychic Octopus was left in the starting blocks as Singapore's Mani the parakeet drew first blood in the battle of the World Cup tipsters.

 

While Weymouth-born Paul has correctly predicted the outcome of every Germany game in South Africa, 13-year-old Mani has become a celebrity in the Far East after picking the winners in the quarter-finals and tipping Spain to beat the Germans in the last four.

 

 

Oh its on

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/09/psychic-octopus-paul-picks-spain

 

The Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero said jokingly yesterday that he was prepared to offer state protection to Paul before today's performance, which was live on German TV. "I am concerned for the octopus ... I am thinking of sending him a protective team," he said.

The Spanish environment and fisheries minister, Elena Espinosa, added: "On Monday, I shall be at the European Council of Ministers and I shall be asking for a [fishing] ban on Paul the octopus so the Germans do not eat him."

 

;D

 

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does anyone know how it started?

 

i often wonder this about many things but at what point did someone get so bored that they sat there and produced 2 choices for a fucking octopus to see what it went for?

 

then continued it and somehow linked it to the german games in the world cup

 

maybe they'd been watching the family guy episode of south park or something

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