Friday, January 21, 2011

Creepiest Memorial Ever?


Or appropriate for a creeping sea invertebrate?

Paul the Psychic Cephalopod gets a memorial! We like the idea, though.

"BERLIN -- Fans of Paul the Octopus can admire a memorial to the mollusk at the aquarium where he became the World Cup prognosticator.

The Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen unveiled the 6-foot plastic replica of Paul clutching a soccer ball in his eight arms on Thursday.

Aquarium spokeswoman Tanja Munzig says Paul's cremated ashes were placed in a gold-leafed urn inside the ball. Paul died three months ago.

Munzig says fans around the world had asked for a memorial.

Paul correctly tipped the outcome of all seven of Germany's games at last year's World Cup, plus the Spain-Netherlands final. He made his predictions by opening the lid of one of two boxes, each containing a mussel and bearing a team flag."


All Hail Plankton!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I heard before each prediction they poured Vodka in his eye and called it "Soccer Eyeballing"...LOL. Oh and yes "All Hail Plankton"