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Paul the Oracle Octopus has now predicted a German win to clinch 3rd Spot at FIFA World Cup 2010 and a Spanish win to be crowned World Champions !…wondering how the Octopus chooses…flag shape or colours !?

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Paul,the German Oracle Octopus has called winning teams correctly not once,not twice…but six consecutive times at the concluding FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa…clearly Psychic This eight legged (obviously!…it’s an Octo-pus !) sea creature has now made it’s seventh and eighth prediction….that Germany will beat Uruguay in the playoff for 3rd Place and Spain will …

Paul the Oracle Octopus has now predicted a German win to clinch 3rd Spot at FIFA World Cup 2010 and a Spanish win to be crowned World Champions !…wondering how the Octopus chooses…flag shape or colours !? Read More »

It’s SPAIN !….just beat Germany 1-0 in the FIFA Semis to meet Netherlands in the Final…Paul, the Octopus in Germany to be eaten for once again predicting the Winner correctly !

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The Germans are surely going to eat Paul,their Octopus today !…What an irony ! Their Octopus has always picked the Winner correctly and it  had picked Spain for today’s Semi-Finals v/s Germany !…It predicted right yet again !….and poor Paul is going to die for being right! as the Germans have said they will eat the Octopus …

It’s SPAIN !….just beat Germany 1-0 in the FIFA Semis to meet Netherlands in the Final…Paul, the Octopus in Germany to be eaten for once again predicting the Winner correctly ! Read More »

FIFA World Cup and me share a great Bond…in 2006 I won a 42 Inch Plasma TV in a World Cup related ‘Guess the Winner’ Contest !…hopeful for some Good Fortune in 2010 too!

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I Love FIFA World Cups….for more reasons than one! Distinctly remember the Family excitement during the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany…. A leading Mumbai Tabloid was running a Daily SMS Contest on guessing the Winner in the Day’s matches… I have this habit of reading Mumbai’s two afternoon tabloids while having my lunch… and so I …

FIFA World Cup and me share a great Bond…in 2006 I won a 42 Inch Plasma TV in a World Cup related ‘Guess the Winner’ Contest !…hopeful for some Good Fortune in 2010 too! Read More »

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