Archive - Mar 7, 2008
The world's lamest octopus
Submitted by joyfulchicken on March 7, 2008 - 12:02am.CNN.com can be really silly sometimes. Just the other day, I saw this headline....
First of all, isn't "six-legged octopus" an oxymoron? You do know what the prefix "octo-" means, right? And why is this under the technology section? Is your six-legged octopus some kind of sinister robot from the future?
The British scientists who discovered the strange creature called it a "hexapus" and named it Henry. "Henry the hexapus"? That sounds so lame. I guess "six-legged octopus" wasn't so bad after all.

Introducing the hexapus: 25% less sushi
The article said that Henry was the first six-legged octopus ever found, but I knew I had seen something like that somewhere before. I just couldn't for the life of me remember where. Then, earlier tonight, as I was digging through old pictures in search for blog ideas, I found it.

You sure this was made in China? I thought the Chinese are good at math.
I saw that "octopus" stuffed toy in a souvenir shop in Subic a few months ago. I took a picture because I couldn't get over how stupid the idea of a six-legged octopus is.
Well, I guess I was wrong. Hail the hexapus!


