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RIP Octopus Paul, you are forever a Legend

Alamaking

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Paul, the oracle octopus who shot to fame in the World Cup this summer for his uncanny ability to predict the results of Germany's soccer matches, has died at his home in Oberhausen at the age of two.

English-born Paul made headlines across the globe after he correctly forecast how Germany would fare in seven matches, before his psychic powers were tested again for the final.

After Germany's semi-final defeat, Paul tipped Spain to beat the Netherlands in the final, which prompted one news agency to report he had spurred a jump in demand for Spanish government bonds. Paul's prediction duly came to pass: Spain won.

Staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in western Germany said in a statement they were "devastated" to learn of Paul's death when they returned to work on Tuesday.

"He appears to have passed away peacefully during the night, of natural causes, and we are consoled by the knowledge that he enjoyed a good life," said the centre's manager Stefan Porwoll.

Before matches, two containers of food were placed in the eight-legged creature's tank, each one bearing the flag of one of the teams about to compete for their chance to become world champions. The container Paul picked first was seen as his pick.

Following the World Cup, a Spanish zoo made a transfer bid for Paul but his German keepers refused to sell.

Paul will be kept in cold storage until the centre decides how to mark the mollusc's extraordinary life, Porwoll added.

"We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds and erect a modest permanent shrine," he said.

Paul, who was hatched in Weymouth, England, may yet continue to dazzle the world with predictions from beyond the grave.

A Russian newspaper said in July it had got Paul to predict who would be Russia's next president -- but that the results would be kept secret until the election year of 2012.

Sea Life said Paul would live on as the object of a host of commercial enterprises ranging from special clothing lines to mobile phone applications inspired by his fame in Oberhausen, one of Germany's most cash-strapped cities.

Meanwhile, donations made in honour of Paul's achievements would help to fund a planned permanent rescue centre for sea turtles on the Greek island of Zakynthos, Sea Life said.
 

Talking Donkey

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Where's the sashimi buffet held?
Bro Ram,you are an asshole..without AH PAUL,it would be a boring World Cup,he has put alot of smile on many faces.
Just one dead sotong. No big deal.

To you no big deal but to me very big deal,i only manage to pawn my rolex yatchmater..if not for AH PAUL i would be selling my backside somewhere in desker road or changi point..and mind you my backside is still a virgin.:rolleyes:

RIP my friend PAUL.:smile:
 

downgrader

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I don't know why so many people are obsessed with gambling

And why are the newspapers so devoid of anything interesting to report that they have to cover this silly octopus and then in t he local scene that silly parakeet

The two casinos have created great damage to our society, adding on to the damage done by horse racing and football gambling

My estate alone has so many cases of loanshark throwing paint everywhere, even the doors of debtors' neighbours also kena painted, chained and burned
 

Ramseth

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Bro Ram,you are an asshole..without AH PAUL,it would be a boring World Cup,he has put alot of smile on many faces.

Alamaking's Holland and Equalisation's Uruguay provided enough entertainment for the WC to be far from boring.

To you no big deal but to me very big deal,i only manage to pawn my rolex yatchmater..if not for AH PAUL i would be selling my backside somewhere in desker road or changi point..and mind you my backside is still a virgin.:rolleyes:

I heard no big deal leh, your backside not in demand anyway. :biggrin:
 

Alamaking

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Alamaking's Holland and Equalisation's Uruguay provided enough entertainment for the WC to be far from boring.
I thought the most fun was you jumping from the spring board at Tao Payoh Swimming Pool? You still owe me 1 jump at Singapore River leh :biggrin:
 

Ramseth

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I thought the most fun was you jumping from the spring board at Tao Payoh Swimming Pool? You still owe me 1 jump at Singapore River leh :biggrin:

Where got? I only lost the Toa Payoh dive, where got lose any Singapore River dive? 你记错人了。
 

singveld

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chee bye paul. i went to sealife in oberhausen to see him on sat, it does not give face, hide inside a steel pipe.

I cannot take a single look at him and take a photo, now he is dead.

I paid 15.95 euro for nothing.

I should have gone to LV shop in dusseldorf rather than going to ex mining city oberhausen.

AH.........waste of business trip R&R.
 

Alamaking

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Where got? I only lost the Toa Payoh dive, where got lose any Singapore River dive? 你记错人了。

Wah you, deny 2 times liao, u forgetful, how to be a politician? I suggest you go dig up the thread again, WTF.... I have to remind you for the 2nd time again...... Tsk tsk
 
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