RIP Paul The Octopus

[Blue Rosler]

Sad Times

[badotori]

Bet he didn't see that coming. *rimshot*

[Damian WayLNKe]

We need to feed his dead body to a squid and then that squid will take his power.

[MDK]

[DJ Ice]

SO YOUNG!

[gunnar hendershow]

Well they might as well stop holding the World Cup now. There's no point without a Psychic Octopus.

[Sousa]

Cephalopods have it rough.

He weren't no psychic, though.

[Colly]

I'm wearing a black armband to the Arsenal game tomorrow, and if theres no minutes silence (or applause) I'll be disgusted.

That said, psychic paella sounds cracking.

[DJ Ice]

Well they might as well stop holding the World Cup now. There's no point without a Psychic Octopus.

I say they just cancel all sporting events within the next year or so in memory of Paul

[Guest Jacob]

It's not right to make jokes about Paul the octopus so soon. I mean, the ink hasn't even dried yet.

[Lowerdeck]

how old was the thing?

[ONO]

Bet you it was those Russian bastards.

[OctoberRaven]

I daresay, this octopus didn't die...

He was murdered. By who you ask?

DOLPHIN! And WHALE!

[Hornswoggle4PM]

A truly sad day. We have lost so many great ones, but this is just so tragic that he had to pass this soon. RIP Octopredictor.

[METALMAN]

He has gone to the Octopus' Garden in the sky!

[DJ Ice]

It was Whales and Dolphins in a Bomber

[Timmoru Suzuki]

He was an ambassador for England's World Cup 2018 bid, so with the death of one of it's driving forces, the bid could be in tatters. Guess the Russians will win now...

Eh, sad to see him go, it was refreshing to see an Octopus making something of himself. >_>

[Colly]

In happier news, Pauls cousin Ollie the Octopus is now predicting Blackpool games. Yay!

[Lineker]

The World Cup result-predicting feats of Paul the Octopus have been marked by a memorial at the German aquarium where he enthralled sports fans last summer.

A giant plastic replica of the celebrated cephalopod clutching a World Cup football was unveiled at Sea Life in Oberhausen on Thursday.

Paul, who died last November, correctly tipped the outcome of all of Germany's games in South Africa.

He was also right in opting for Spain to beat Netherlands in the final.

Paul, originally from an aquarium in Weymouth, Dorset, whose exploits made headlines around the world, made his selections by choosing to open one of two containers placed in his tank, each containing a mussel and bearing a team flag.

Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig said Paul's cremated ashes were placed in a gold-leaf-covered urn inside the ball.