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by **Discombobulator** » Jul 9th, '10, 11:58

the Psychic octupus predicts Spain will win...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10566287.stm

But the octupus does not always get it right. Apparently in the 2008 European championship he was 'off by 30%'

and some psychics on here get criticised for being off by 1.

by **dat8962** » Jul 9th, '10, 12:58

Puzzled

In a two horse race how can you be off by 30%?

You're either 100% right or 100% wrong when it comes to the final. :roll:

by **Ted** » Jul 9th, '10, 13:00

I'm starting to suspect that Paul the Octopus is a fraud.

by **Discombobulator** » Jul 9th, '10, 13:07

dat8962 wrote:Puzzled

In a two horse race how can you be off by 30%?

You're either 100% right or 100% wrong when it comes to the final.

ok, 30% of its predictions were wrong in the past.
Thas pretty poor for a psychic but everyone thinks its accurate.
Personally I think its a load of tentacles.

by **dat8962** » Jul 9th, '10, 13:29

and the ink isn't even dry and he's been written off............ :wink:

He should become a soccer pundit rather than a psychic.

He's give Hansen and Lawrenson a swim for their money.

by **daleshrimpton** » Jul 9th, '10, 13:40

looking at this another way, isnt 70% quite a high hit rate ?

by **Eshly** » Jul 9th, '10, 13:45

I do believe its not uncommon for a good sports commentator to get 10 or 20 game predictions in a row.

I'm guessing someone is putting some food or something Octopusses like on the ball they think will win, and this time they just happen to have gotten it wrong.

If a human got it right 6 times in a row about football, we would not be impressed. Hell, I know NOTHING about football, and yet even I could tell you that Germany were going to beat England.

by **Mandrake** » Jul 9th, '10, 14:41

If Spain do win the World Cup then the Germans will probably rename Psychic Paul as 'Calamari'....

by **Serendipity** » Jul 9th, '10, 14:53

Come on guys, it's fairly standard in mentalism to get things a little bit wrong. He's clearly a showman. Or showoctopus, I suppose.

by **bananafish** » Jul 9th, '10, 15:05

he hasn't a leg to stand on...

by **Ted** » Jul 9th, '10, 15:28

We took us all for suckers.

by **Eshly** » Jul 9th, '10, 15:30

If he gets another one wrong he'll be in a sticky situation.

by **gunnarkr** » Jul 9th, '10, 15:57

Ted wrote:I'm starting to suspect that Paul the Octopus is a fraud.

Can't be Ted, Uri Geller has endorsed him !00%!!! :shock:

by **jomarchan** » Jul 10th, '10, 13:53

I have tried the octopus thing with my Budgie. For the last two days I have been teaching him to say Holland and also Spain. This morning he said the word Holland. Is this a sign???
If Spain win I will be left with a budgie that constantly calls out "Holland" for years to come so perhaps it was a bad experiment. I may put a bet on just in case the Bird speaks the truth. Then who knows...Budgie fortune telling, Budgie Tarot, Ouija Budgie, the list is endless.....

by **Starving Stu** » Jul 10th, '10, 14:23

If I ate the psychic octopus would I gain it's powers? I might give it a go. What's the worst that could happen?

Oh yes, jail, there is that.

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