I think the Merc should adopt it in place of the defunct Trivia Cat.

I second ujfoyt's suggestion. The Merctopus could be a vivifying presence at parades, hoe-downs, and bacchanalias sundry and varied.

My good friend owns Moonshrimp Brewery just below it, sounds like it was the landlord's decision to put up the ad. Going to be hard to see ol' Jacques go though.
Ceiling octopus is watching u drink lol.

Maybe Denis doesn't use CL much: there is a "Reply" button in the upper left of the ad, which provides a CL email address that forwards to the poster's email address. It is an anti-spam feature (to avoid revealing the poster's email address to the whole world).

If I owned a crane, that thing would be on it's way to my front yard