So now the world is turning to the Octopus? Well, not as a snack, but as a predictor of important events, important to the world's bookies, and to the people of Spain and Holland, who may have a keen interest in what the Octopus has to say / or  -- may be not.

The Octopus has a name. It is Paul. He has a title, "the Psychic Octopus." He has a job, oracle, and he has stretched the imagination and has bewildered the wise, with his ability to know what team is going to win the next soccer game -- hasn't he? Well, he is probably as wise as any swami, probably knows about just as much as the Oracle at Delphi knew -- don't you think? The Octopus probably knows more about soccer -- excuse me, world -- world football -- than the average American? Right? Now, if that Octopus had foretold that LeBron James was going to Miami, now that Octopus could be a little more useful to sports fans in this country, right? May be not. Anyway, this Octopus, if anybody wants to believe it, has been picking World Cup game winners and has given the nod to Spain in the final game.

My last word on this: Behind every clever Octopus, there is a clever human. See the video.