Psychic Octopus To Predict England Result

[Hunting 784561]

England fans will find out tomorrow morning if England will win their World Cup game against Germany - thanks to a psychic octopus. Paul correctly predicted Germany would beat Ghana in their last group game. Paul the octopus has an uncanny knack of correctly predicting the winning side.

But this Sunday's World Cup showdown between England and Germany could really test the powers of the eight-legged oracle - as he lives at Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany but was born in Weymouth, England.

Two plastic boxes, one with the St George's cross and one with the German flag will be lowered into Paul's tank. Each has a tasty morsel of food inside. The box which Paul opens first is judged to be the predicted winner of the game. Paul also picked Serbia to be victorious over Germany

"For the European Championship in 2008 Paul had a success rate of more than 80% for the German games," said Tanja Munzig, a spokeswoman for Sea Life in Oberhausen. "And for this World Cup, he has had a 100% success rate so far."

For Wednesday's crunch game against Ghana he correctly chose the Germany box and also rightly predicted that the German side would lose to Serbia last week. England fans will be hoping his birth place means more than his current home country and he will go for the box with red and white on the front.

 

[8ace]

Paul is a really shit name for an octopus.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Wot no prediction? I'd have thought he'd have given us some kind of INKling about the winner...

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I don't know about anybody else, but I'm gonna stick a few squid on our tentacled chum's choice.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Paul is a really shit name for an octopus.

Not in Germany. The word Paul (pronounced "powell") means octopus in German.

 

[Hunting 784561]

This sounds like a FISHY TALE if you ask me.

Has the octopus got a leg to stand on ?

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Tarquin is an even worse name for an octopus.

TNBA

TTF

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

I don't believe that, I ain't no SUCKER.

 

[sydney]

can't see any ARM in it.

 

[8ace]

Not in Germany. The word Paul (pronounced "powell") means octopus in German.

That makes it even worse, they've just called their octopus "octopus" then.
I'd have called him Octavius or Eight

 

[Pavilionaire]

Once he's chosen I'm lumping sick squid on it...

 

[strings]

He chose Germany:

Channel 4 News: Octopus gives England that sinking feeling

 

[Was not Was]

He chose Germany:

Channel 4 News: Octopus gives England that sinking feeling

I'd EIGHT it if that happened.

 

[The Ringleader Returns!]

Better not put£20 on England then. It's an octopus FFS. It has a 50/50 choice. Reason his guess rate is so high is because he is used to German flag so will chose it more often. Add that to the fact Germany win more often than not.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Ha - no point even in England turning up now.
Very intelligent creatures. Gut gemacht.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Any chance colossal squid could predict the new stadium sponsor?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I, for one, welcome our new Psychic Octopus overlords

 

[jordanseagull]

Better not put£20 on England then. It's an octopus FFS. It has a 50/50 choice. Reason his guess rate is so high is because he is used to German flag so will chose it more often. Add that to the fact Germany win more often than not.

Erm...he chose the Serbian flag last time

 

[New Carpet?]

Had a tenner on the Germans today.


Cheers Paul the Octopus

 

[TrueFan]

Had a tenner on the Germans today.


Cheers Paul the Octopus

I put 50 on!:yahoo: