The BBC have an amusing article here.
They’ve included some of the ensuing jokes from Twitter.
I knew that octopus was trouble.
I was glad to see that no real octopuses came to harm.
Was it pink?
The resulting drunk driving fine will cost him an arm and a leg and an arm and a leg and an arm and a leg and an arm and a leg.
Probably a mimic octopus. When the fuzz showed up it had already disguised itself as a small shrub.
When you’re stoned it’s easy to mis-identify an octopus…it probably was a squid.
Inkredible.
But, sadly, struck the nearby elephant.
Quit squidding.
Years ago an elderly relative saw a possum in her yard. Every time she told the story later she claimed she saw an octopus. We tried correcting her a few times but she insisted it was an octopus. This tale has become family legend.
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Has anyone seen Cthulhu recently?
Ia!
(Actually, he got banned.)
More relevantly, has anyone seen octopus recently?
I might find this story of encountering an octopus in the road more believable if it had happened here in America, where we drive on the right.
Well you do have the Tree Octopus in the northwest, don’t you?
Was he driving an Aston-Martin? If so, the BBC might’ve meant Octopussy.
He didn’t use the ejector seat.