Drunk octopus

Image sent to me by reader Stan Hughes—who got it from mellowmonk via Reddit.

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Anonymous

Smile of the day award winner !
iamcantaloupe

I now have both belidgerent drunk and creepy coat-holding cephalopods in my room :D

And a ragingly messed up elephant. Pix to come.
Emo Pinata

This is an amazing picture, and I will be spreading the joy of fighting octopi anywhere I see this and have a sharpie.
Jerry Kindall

Octopuses or octopi? Neither, it’s ocotopodes.
Anonymous

That is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.
gwailo_joe

Going to a funeral today and not very happy about it.

Belligerent Intoxicated Cephalopod made me laugh.

that’s quite possibly best chaser ever. . .
urbanhick

“I’ll kick your non-cephalopod ass…as soon as I pull the rest of my tentacles and body through this damn door”!
Anonymous

…And just after this gets written, the drunk roomate comes home…leans against the wall to rest, but then he sees the challenge for him on the wall, mocking him…He charges the wall angrily…and gets knocked out. Cephalopod Wins!
Talia

If you could hold eight beers at a time, you’d be drunk too.
TimLillis

Funny, I always pictured it as “Friendly octopus wants to hold your coat so much it’s creepy.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/narwhalbot/5417251070/
Anonymous

This has been doing the rounds on twitter for a while now; usually with the poster claiming to be the person that took the picture.
cjp

All kinds of awesome.
TimDrew

I bet he’s got a mean right hook.
- bobkat
  
  You win! Hilarious.
  
  I don’t think there could possibly be anything better than antique hardware/cephalopod humor. It’s a match made in heaven!
Felton / Moderator

Octopugilism FTW.
Frank W

Marcel Duchamp would approve.
Quiche de Resistance

COME AT ME BRO
buddy66

And I’ll bet it was a drunk who spotted it.
Peter K.

Must be this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT97tS_XeaU
Lobster

Keep him away from the schoolgirls.
Anonymous

There’s one the same in victoria station, london. i took a picture a couple of weeks ago and put it on my blog.
Camp Freddie

Octopusses or octopi? There’s only one way to find out!

FIIIGHT!!!
Anonymous

…haha…via reddit…via me!
Watching stuff propagate across the web is awesome
Anonymous

My boss ruined my afternoon, this fighting animal saved it. Balance, +1 for the octo.