German fans want revenge grilling of oracle octopus

Washington Post ^ | July 8, 2010 | Erik Kirschbaum

[La Lydia]

Poor thing. See also: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2547538/posts

[littleharbour]

“Ice cold sushi for breakfast” ~ Skipper, Madagascar Penguins. :)

[La Lydia]

Octoping

[eclecticEel]

[Kickass Conservative]

Gee, the Octopus doesn't look Jewish.

[cripplecreek]

Give him to Rico (World class psycho)

Probably one of the best child safe cartoons out there BTW.

[La Lydia]

There is a darling picture of him at the link I posted, which, I think, shows his good side and is more flattering.

[jiggyboy]

"We shall defend the octopus! Unless he picks Holland next time!"

[Hardraade]

German revenge grilling is a hair-trigger thing...

[Berlin_Freeper]

When you are done pinging to gloat after the fact, you might want to consider that Paul is going to predict *both* games on Friday.

;)

[CholeraJoe]

[La Lydia]

This was not a gloat ping, it was a courtesy ping. :)

[Berlin_Freeper]

I'm sure. Because you are just so courteous.

[La Lydia]

Now here is a REAL gloat ping: La Reina Sofia en the locker room with the Spanish equipo, including Puyol dressed only in a towel.

http://www.que.es/deportes/futbol/mundial-sudafrica-2010/201007081630-reina-sofia-felicita-jugadores-seleccion.html

[Berlin_Freeper]

Live by the gloat ping, die by the gloat ping. ;)

[PzLdr]

First, boil it in a large pot with a large onion. When you stick a fork through the onion easily, dump the octopus into a strainer.

Wash under cold water removing the skin. Cut tentacles into pieces 1” tio 2” long. Throw away the heads and beaks.

Heat good olive oil in a large frying pan. Add chopped garlic to taste. Sautee garlic until you can smell it cooking. Add octopus and toss, stir frying.

Add paprika, salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste, incorporating into octpus. Serve immediately.

That’s my Pops’ recipe for Octopus, Portuguese Style [made every Christmas Eve]. Shoukld work for German octopus, too.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Somehow I never expected the Beast to be a cephalopod.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Hey, don't kill the messenger. If this Octopus is correct, just bet based on his picks and visit your money in the bank!!! Jeesh.

And just google octopus + intelligence, they're brilliant. Obviously smarter than any soccer fan. Who watches that stupid sport?

[FReepaholic]

Rather than grilling the octopus, the Germans should be grilling the coach.

The Germans never seemed to press the Spaniards. All the commentators in the pre-game shows said that Germany needed to attack Spain in order to win. They never did that, it seemed to me.

The Spaniards are a beautiful team to watch.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Here's Paul picking the evil, arrogant, cheating Spanish: