He deserves a royal guard of honor from the German police, and a whole box of fresh Mussels as a reward.
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Elena Espinosa, the Spanish environment and fisheries minister also swore to protect Paul.
"On Monday, I shall be at the European Council of Ministers and I shall be asking for a [fishing] ban on Paul the octopus so the Germans do not eat him," Espinosa said.
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Final itself was a drab affair, England ref was blowing his whistle non-stop, ruined the flow of the game, even with the England not in the final they still found a way to make it boring. Although to be fair to the ref, the Dutch had adopted an ugly, 'hatchet-job' style of play and making some horrid fouls.
Still a good goal from Spain in the end, they did the job.
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Elena Espinosa, the Spanish environment and fisheries minister also swore to protect Paul.
"On Monday, I shall be at the European Council of Ministers and I shall be asking for a [fishing] ban on Paul the octopus so the Germans do not eat him," Espinosa said.
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Final itself was a drab affair, England ref was blowing his whistle non-stop, ruined the flow of the game, even with the England not in the final they still found a way to make it boring. Although to be fair to the ref, the Dutch had adopted an ugly, 'hatchet-job' style of play and making some horrid fouls.
Still a good goal from Spain in the end, they did the job.
So, the half done sashimi was right again.
- 11/07/2010 10:54:35 PM
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That Octopus has won me a small fortune
- 11/07/2010 11:12:18 PM
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I don't like Howard Webb, but I'd personally blame Holland for ruining the flow of the game. *NM*
- 11/07/2010 11:15:36 PM
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Webb can't have seen de Jong's attack...
- 11/07/2010 11:21:31 PM
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Oh, I agree with all of those points. Earlier action could have made for a cleaner match too, maybe.
- 11/07/2010 11:29:39 PM
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