Instead they throw her in the pool and force her to eat octopus (the Japanese word for octopus, tako, sounds like Takako).
I used to tell my daughter stories about a family of mer-cats--kitties with fish tails--who lived in the East River and how they were persecuted by a mean purple octopus.
Octopus pants: Not the worst golf fashion statement (+video) Octopus pants: Billy Horschel caused a stir when he wore "Octopus pants" in the final round of the US Open golf tournament on Sunday.
June 17, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
Octopus pants: Not the worst golf fashion statement Octopus pants: Billy Horschel caused a stir when he wore "Octopus pants" in the final round of the US Open golf tournament on Sunday.
June 17, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
Octopus Pants Sported By Billy Horschel At U.S. Open Octopus pants sound like they would be the height of fashion in some French fashion show. That may be the case in the future, but for now, octopus pants are the sole innovation of Billy Horschel. Horschel, who is participating …
June 16, 2013 - WebProNews
Elena Espinosa in Hindustan Times On Monday, I shall be at the European Council of Ministers and I shall be asking for a [fishing] ban on Paul the octopus so the Germans do not eat him,Elena said.
Oscar Tabarez in IBNLive.com A smiling Tabarez says "it's not just a matter of beating Germany but also beating the octopus" in Saturday's match at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.