Larry the Donkey choking on his picks so far

By Kevin Baxter

Aug. 1, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;LONDON -- Remember Paul the Octopus, the intuitive invertebrate who correctly predicted the winners in the 2010 &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”15073018”&amp;gt;World Cup&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;, even choosing Spain over the Netherlands in the final by eating a mussel in a box with a Spanish flag on it?&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Well, a British newspaper is trying to follow in Paul’s suction-cupped steps, using Larry the Donkey for some Olympics predictions.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The London Daily Telegraph asks the donkey a question, then a two children each hold out a bucket of food marked with a possible answer. Whichever bucket Larry eats from is considered his pick.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;So far, Larry has proved to be no match for Germany’s celebrity cephalopod -- who, unpredictably, died shortly after propelling himself to fame.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The donkey has missed on four of his first five questions, but then he’s tended to be a conservative tout, as when dined from the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT008491”&amp;gt;Michael Phelps&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; “winning” bucket before the Baltimore Bullet lost to Ryan Lochte in the 400-meter individual medley.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO: &amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/olympicsnow/la-sp-on-women-win-gold-gymnastics-20120731,0,1221930.story”&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;U.S. women win team gold medal in gymnastics&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/olympicsnow/la-sp-on-michael-phelps-the-greatest-olympian-of-them-all-20120731,0,2932.story”&amp;gt;Michael Phelps sets record with 19 Olympic medals&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/olympicsnow/la-sp-on-us-women-soccer-20120731,0,4613970.story”&amp;gt;U.S. women win their soccer group by defeating North Korea, 1-0&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=”font-size: xx-small;”&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=”font-size: medium;”&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

Larry the Donkey choking on his picks so far

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