Inconsistent, inaccurate Mani the parakeet stealing thunder from Paul

[Dodomeki]

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Mani The Parrot Picks 2010 World Cup Finals Winner

Germany may have Paul the Octopus to predict World Cup match winners but Singapore has its own football tipster in Mani the Parakeet (Parrot) which also has a 100 per cent record.

Mani the Parrot had correctly predicted all four countries for the World Cup semi-finals, namely Holland, Uruguay, Germany and Spain.

For the upcoming matches, the psychic bird predicted that Uruguay will win the semi final against Netherlands.

It then picked up the Spain card when asked about the winner for World Cup 2010 Finals. That will be indeed be a dream come true for the Spainish players who are already champions of Euro 2008.

Are you guys looking forward to a Uruguay-Spain final? If Mani is proven correct for all his predictions, punters are going to make a windfall and Singapore Pools will be a big loser for World Cup 2010 liao.

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But Netherlands beat Uruguay 3 - 2 in the quarterfinals.


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[Dodomeki]

'Mani the parakeet' picks Netherlands as World Cup winner


It had predicted Spain earlier but now...

'Mani the parakeet' picks Netherlands as World Cup winner
By Mogana Pillay | Posted: 08 July 2010 2342 hrs
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SINGAPORE : Singapore's home-grown psychic parakeet has picked the Netherlands to win the World Cup.

Mani, an astrologer's "assistant" in Singapore's "Little India" along Serangoon Road had also picked the right winners for all the quarter-final ties and the Spain-Germany semi-final.

This has led people from all over Singapore to flock to the roadside astrologer's table to find out if they will get lucky too, especially in their World Cup bets.

Mani and his owner, Mr Muniyappan, see about ten customers on an average day. Now, they entertain that many customers in just one hour!

With the World Cup in its final stage, Mani is now literally the talk of the town - and many are going with its prediction of the Dutch team winning its first-ever World Cup title.

- CNA/al

 

[cooleo]

If you listen to a stupid bird to make your fortune, you deserve to lose everything u bet! :oIo:

 

[wahlaneh]

wahlaneh...
really kong jiau wei 讲鸟话 liao

 

[wahlaneh]

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wahlaneh...
wat is a parrot good at? parroting lor.
u say holland so it says holland lor.
u say singapore it will also say singapore lor.​

 

[po2wq]

ppl have ah paul, ze octopus ... sg oso can kopi idea n have ah mani ze parrot wat! ...

sg is world crass, world bestest, world lumpar 1 ...

 

[po2wq]

Re: 'Mani the parakeet' picks Netherlands as World Cup winner

It had predicted Spain earlier but now...

'Mani the parakeet' picks Netherlands as World Cup winner
By Mogana Pillay | Posted: 08 July 2010 2342 hrs

SINGAPORE : Singapore's home-grown psychic parakeet has picked the Netherlands to win the World Cup.

Mani, an astrologer's "assistant" in Singapore's "Little India" along Serangoon Road had also picked the right winners for all the quarter-final ties and the Spain-Germany semi-final.

This has led people from all over Singapore to flock to the roadside astrologer's table to find out if they will get lucky too, especially in their World Cup bets.

Mani and his owner, Mr Muniyappan, see about ten customers on an average day. Now, they entertain that many customers in just one hour!

With the World Cup in its final stage, Mani is now literally the talk of the town - and many are going with its prediction of the Dutch team winning its first-ever World Cup title.

- CNA/al

ppl who din noe ah mani's earlier predictions n read tis article wil wonder y there was a sudden change in iz choice fr spain 2 holland ...

y dun dat burger who wrote tis article simply say upfront ah mani picked uruguay-holland match wrongly? ... pick wrongly, no face? so diam-diam on it 2 try 2 save face? ... typical sinkie mentality ...

ppl writing on ah paul dare 2 mention his failures ... evry1 noes dem ...

 

[gbomega]

Local papers good at reporting all these nonsense. A case tof made by dummies for dummies like Elite Philip TEO said.

 

[krafty]

I read the news and heard from radio,all have different takes on what Paul pick for the final, can someone please advise what did Paul exactly pick? thanks.

 

[wahlaneh]

wahlaneh...
octopus has 8 tentacles u know?
multi-tasking at the same time u know?
can grab 8 things at the same time u know?
when in trouble? very easy mah.
throw some smoke (black ink) and run lor.

 

[Rogue Trader]

 

[wahlaneh]

wahlaneh...
wat a tragic end!:(
mani...mani...mani... (why no cry emoticon?)

 

[Dodomeki]

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[singveld]

If you listen to a stupid bird to make your fortune, you deserve to lose everything u bet! :oIo:

what if you listen to an octopus then?

 

[Airlib]

I think the owner of the bird is just trying to gain some free publicity... Typical of copy what others have done...