I’m sure most of you guys have probably heard about ‘Paul the oracle octopus’. This cephalopod is purportedly able to accurately ‘predict’ ALL of Germany’s matches in the World Cup. Pardon me, not really predicting the actual score, but rather who wins or loses. It’s like a 50% chance of random success. And it just happens that the octopus keeps choosing Germany and Germany keeps winning.
But of course, people don’t see it that way. People kind of see the octopus as a creature with super powers. The whole thing is actually a sham, really.
How? You see, the Paul the octopus itself is a German, reared in a German aquarium (or something). Everyday, the caretaker probably feeds Paul some food in a container wrapped with the German flag. Maybe they’ve done this a few hundred times. If you have read about the experiment of ‘Pavlov’s Dog‘, then you’d know Paul would definitely choose the container with the German flag over other flags – because it would naturally associate the German flag with food! (well, unless Paul is retarded, of course).
So this is kind of like the case with your pet dog. You put its bowl on the floor, and watch it flail its tail because it knows you’re going to feed it. When Paul sees the German flag, Paul will be thinking of food! Paul just wants the food, he cares not about your game. And this time, he kinda made a boo boo… he selected the container with the Spain flag, much to the distress of all the German fans. Paul probably realized that there’s also food in the Spain container, and decided to try it if it is something different (he must have been too bored eating the same shit everyday).
So is Spain gonna win tonight? Well if it turns out that way, then maybe Paul is an oracle after all. They should replace that armpit-whiffing-booger-eating German coach with Paul instead.
However, if Germany wins tonight, then we should all have Paul for dinner. Japanese style.
How come Paul chose Serbia then when they beat Germany 1-0?
It’s accurate yeh, but rigged LOL
great post!! totally agree! =)
Perhaps Paul can be arranged into the shape and color of the winner’s flag…
I read somewhere that Paul originates from England. And also, he picked Serbia to win.
My thoughts? The Argentinians should just cook him in a paella.
Yum.
ST – It could be rigged, but it’s still not too much to be a coincidence. 50% is a high odd. Uncle Lim at Genting has had longer streak of winnings than Paul. Let’s see the result tonight, then we’ll know whether that sotong ought to be put into a cooking pot.
Ellen – Thanks.
Leon – Could be rigged, as said. Practice a few hundred times prior the official video (on the same day), you’d likely get the result. In a game that involves betting worth millions, anything is possible.
Shar – Paul could be from anywhere, not that we can tell. All sotongs look the same to me. But he is in a German aquarium, that’s for sure.
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No no, I meant arranged as SASHIMI into the shape and color of the winners flag. Much more interesting meal to eat, and it’ll teach those other cephalopods to mess with land-based games. Eight legs (tentacles) does not mean you are 4 times better than us! Silly I know.
I wonder if the octopus can predict 4D numbers accurately…
Here’s the deal to deal with Paul in any outcome of the match:
1. Germany wins – make sashimi out of Paul because it is a proven fraud.
2. Germany loses – also make sashimi out of Paul because it is cussing/jinxed germany chance of winning.
In any given circumstances, choose win-win. They win or lose I still win :D
Leon – Hahah wtf, ok… I got you now.
cwby – No I don’t think so. The odds are impossible.
Einsamsoldat – Hahah you just want to eat Paul irregardless of the outcome.
the octopus are right,again…
saving itself from becoming sashimi/ sushi is it?
mm… i guess the results of tonight proves you wrong.. the octopus, sadly, was right.. spain won, germany lost… you can’t come up with a logical explanation to that..
paul should be eaten!
FFFFFFUUUCk MAN… Like pussy blogs and effeminate blokes, octopus that predicts football results SHOULDN’T EXIST! ARGGGHHH
Ok guys now get your shit together and change your religion to ‘Paul’.
HAHAHA!!! this is freaky!!
Now if only Malaysia had a sotong that could predict what would happen in the next election… choosing the party not in power currently could lead to a premature frying. Imagine the news articles that could come out from such an event: “Malaysia’s very own political sotong!”
The memorandums and public addresses from various idiots (politicians) would be amusing to read if nothing else.
This has to be a conspiracy of some sort. Hmm…
Let us pray to you, O Your Holiness Paul..
I wonder if Argentina & Germany savour tako tao..
So some of you are arguing that “Hey! Paul chose Serbia and Spain too!”
So why is this so?
Coz you see, Paul the Octopus is an “Octopus vulgaris” which is colour blind!
And Serbia and Spain both have striped flags, similar to Germany’s! So the octopus might have mistaken those flag for Germany’s… So there you go.. Mystery solved!
Eh, the octopus might be color blind, but takkan you shape blind kot? Ghana and Argentina’s flags also have stripes lar… It’s not about the stripes, that’s for sure.
I think the octopus has supa-powwah. It’s time to switch religion (you guys have never seen your god before, but you definitely have seen Paul)
LOL it’s proven! Paul The Oracle Octopus! Sotong Ghaib! Let’s see if Paul can get this last game for Germany right.
You mean ‘ajaib’… ‘Sotong ajaib’
‘Ghaib’ means invisible ler… I can see the sotong very clearly.
Paul has a freaking wiki page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus
BTW when I say he originates from England, what I meant was that he was born there then somehow ended up in German.