Paul, the psychic octopus, has passed away – a great tragedy, considering his significant special powers. If you are not familiar with his accomplishments (and I don’t expect you are), Paul predicted almost flawlessly the results of the World Cup this year. He was called Octopus Baba, and has hit it 11 out of 12 German game results, a statistical impossibility compared to a coin toss.
Now that he is gone, the world of the clairvoyants is in mourning. The world of the twitter birds suffers as well. A global unity of hearts and souls, even from the bipeds, who express their feelings in various ways: a bit joking, a bit sarcastic, and the most… with respect.
We should all form a twitter honor guard and blow a vuvezela for Paul the psychic octopus, said @Breukelen_girl
“Paul the psychic octopus has died. Bet he didn’t see that coming”, said @schofieldkevin, who obviously had a special relationship with the cephalopod…
If you didn’t know, his name derives from the title of a poem by the German children’s writer Boy Lornsen: Der Tintenfisch Paul Oktopus, as @michaeldove informed us.
As far as this sheep is concerned, the following says it all: RIP Paul the Psychic Octopus. Your tentacles reached out to touch millions worldwide. You’ll be my favorite invertebrate forever.
Now, I don’t know about some of the bipeds poking fun at the event, but I can only tell them this: many of you will die in anonymity. Many of you, who laugh at the death of a being you don’t understand, will never, ever achieve Paul’s fame. Compared to the octopus, you are mere shadows on this world…
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