Octoball
DOODS.
If you were in iScribble tonight, this is the tiny octopus in a hamster(?) ball I was telling you about.
Everything I could find on Youtube was pretty blurry, but there's a clearer version of the video on Fox's site. But if the ad there is being a pain in the ass, the craptastic version is here:
Okay, so I just wanted to try embedding something. Whatever. (EDIT: I don't think it's working.)
(EDIT EDIT: Thanks, Z!)
The way it's spinning around like that, I can't help but imagine it thinking "WHOOPEEEEEE"
On a slightly related note, I got to wondering if octopi can actually handle their booze, and found this: URGENT! Need to know right fucking now: Is it safe for octopi to drink beer?
Now this is a little old, so you may have seen it before, but I was highly amused, particularly by comments such as this:
"I rescued an octopus from a local market, it's been in my house for about a day (I used to watch my friend's exotic fish when he was out of town so I have all the equipment I need). Anyway I bought a six pack of Guinness while I was bringing the octopus home and left it on the table next to the tank. Somehow this dipshit got out of the tank, which had a screen and rock on top of it, opened one of my beers and somehow managed to drink it. It's midnight and I don't know if I should take him to a vet or what. Would a vet even look at an octopus?"
And then the following conversation:
[-]Tiltingwindmills
I dare not ask a question that would poke a hole in your story, because I want to believe it so bad.
[-][deleted]
I do have pretty frequent hallucinations due to a brain injury I sustained. but I'm looking at a goddamned drunken octopus right now, with an empty beer next to it's tank. So ask any question you like.
[-]Tiltingwindmills
You are my new favorite redditor. How did you get from the grocery store home without it dying. With a bag of water?
[-][deleted]
I just kept him under my jacket, it was only a 15 minute walk, including the time spent at the liquor store. he was still slimy when I brought him home so I guess no damage done.
[-]imawizardharry
So, wait, not only did you steal an octopus and carry it under your jacket, but you decided this was also the perfect time to stop by the liquor store? With an octopus under your jacket?
Please let this be real.
[-]Derpsmith
I want to believe.
At one point, Charles commented:
[-]lawyerguy
Lawyer here. Feeding alcohol to an octopus is grounds for a prison sentence.
And the most strangely relevant commenter of them all:
[-]Good_Name_For_A_Band
Drunken Octopodes
There's some other funny shit in here but it's late and I'm going to fuckin' bed. Good night.
If you were in iScribble tonight, this is the tiny octopus in a hamster(?) ball I was telling you about.
Everything I could find on Youtube was pretty blurry, but there's a clearer version of the video on Fox's site. But if the ad there is being a pain in the ass, the craptastic version is here:
Click to viewOkay, so I just wanted to try embedding something. Whatever. (EDIT: I don't think it's working.)
(EDIT EDIT: Thanks, Z!)
The way it's spinning around like that, I can't help but imagine it thinking "WHOOPEEEEEE"
On a slightly related note, I got to wondering if octopi can actually handle their booze, and found this: URGENT! Need to know right fucking now: Is it safe for octopi to drink beer?
Now this is a little old, so you may have seen it before, but I was highly amused, particularly by comments such as this:
"I rescued an octopus from a local market, it's been in my house for about a day (I used to watch my friend's exotic fish when he was out of town so I have all the equipment I need). Anyway I bought a six pack of Guinness while I was bringing the octopus home and left it on the table next to the tank. Somehow this dipshit got out of the tank, which had a screen and rock on top of it, opened one of my beers and somehow managed to drink it. It's midnight and I don't know if I should take him to a vet or what. Would a vet even look at an octopus?"
And then the following conversation:
[-]Tiltingwindmills
I dare not ask a question that would poke a hole in your story, because I want to believe it so bad.
[-][deleted]
I do have pretty frequent hallucinations due to a brain injury I sustained. but I'm looking at a goddamned drunken octopus right now, with an empty beer next to it's tank. So ask any question you like.
[-]Tiltingwindmills
You are my new favorite redditor. How did you get from the grocery store home without it dying. With a bag of water?
[-][deleted]
I just kept him under my jacket, it was only a 15 minute walk, including the time spent at the liquor store. he was still slimy when I brought him home so I guess no damage done.
[-]imawizardharry
So, wait, not only did you steal an octopus and carry it under your jacket, but you decided this was also the perfect time to stop by the liquor store? With an octopus under your jacket?
Please let this be real.
[-]Derpsmith
I want to believe.
At one point, Charles commented:
[-]lawyerguy
Lawyer here. Feeding alcohol to an octopus is grounds for a prison sentence.
And the most strangely relevant commenter of them all:
[-]Good_Name_For_A_Band
Drunken Octopodes
There's some other funny shit in here but it's late and I'm going to fuckin' bed. Good night.