A mystery

Why are so many people wearing an octopus on their head?

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Maybe it's not so much a question of why people are wearing an octopus on their head, but more a question of why are these octopi wandering around with people in their mouths?

Sometimes, nature? She makes no sense.

Apple has a new c'podcast?

Well, the octopus are nice, intelligent, soft, agreeable to wear...

But...I don´t understand it either.

By The green frog… (not verified) on 22 Dec 2007 #permalink

more viral marketing for Cloverfield?

I dont understand why a person WOULDNT wear an octopus on their head.

By The Stone (not verified) on 22 Dec 2007 #permalink

It's just too hard to get the squid to balance right.

Remember, when it comes to headgear ANY cephalopod is appropriate Squidmas wear!

Dan wrote:

octopi

No.

Posted by: brtkrbzhnv

So, octopi is not the plural of octopus?

What do you know? I guess you un-learn something new each and every day.

It's not as though octopus is as tasty as squid? it's like eating rubber. A hat is a much better idea.

Hmm. Maybe I'll go get some squid salad for dinner. They'll put the squid in instead of octopus for me :)

I was drunk.

PZ,

Have you ever seen what Detroit Red Wing fans do with Octopus?

It will make you cry.

Stuart

By Stuart Weinstein (not verified) on 22 Dec 2007 #permalink

What better way to transport your octopus to a hockey game, where you can throw it on the ice when a player scores a "hat trick"? How symbolic, you throw your hat onto the ice when a player scores a "hat trick"...

They're clearly celebrating Cephalopodmas, which PZ has not posted about yet, oddly enough. I didn't pick December 22nd as my wedding date to go around WITHOUT an octopus on my head, you know.

By iamnotanoctopus (not verified) on 22 Dec 2007 #permalink

They aren't wearing them. It's just the first stage of the assimilation.

Because you just can't get that same body, bounce and shine with cuttlefish.

For best results, I condition with sea cucumber and use a starfish body wash.

Brainslugs! Don't you SEE?!

Out of nowhere, and having never seen this post or the pictures, my 8 year old came up to me this morning with a stuffed octopus on his head and said "There's a brain-sucking flesh-eating octopus on my head...so I can't go to church today."

Beautiful child.

I think the proper question is why are you not wearing an octopus on your head?

By Rich Stage (not verified) on 23 Dec 2007 #permalink