HAHAHA!

update: Turns out the story was a hoax :P but it still entertaining to say the least :P

Maybe some of you have noticed that I have been picking on the Japanese lately.

You be the judge of this one:

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Thousands of people have been ‘fleeced’ into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.

Entire flocks of lambs were shipped over from the UK and Australia to Japan by an internet company and marketed as the latest ‘must have’ accessory.

But the scam was only spotted after a leading Japanese actress said her ‘poodle’ didn’t bark and refused to eat dog food.

Maiko Kawakami, who starred in the Japanese thriller Violent Cop, showed photographs of her pet on a television talk show only to be told it wasn’t a dog - but was in fact a lamb.

The discovery prompted hundreds of women to contact the police with similar problems and the authorities believe as many as 2,000 people have been conned.

‘We launched an investigation after we were made aware that a company was selling sheep as poodles,’ a police spokesman told The Sun.

‘Sadly, we think there is more than one company operating in this way.

‘The sheep are believed to have been imported from overseas - Britain and Australia.’

Poodles are famously used by the rich and glamourous on the continent but are extremely rare in Japan, with many people having little idea what they look like.

The company, which translates as Poodles as Pets, sold the ‘poodles’ for £630, about half the cost of a normal poodle but is now understood to have been shut down.

3ad arr5a9 shay il Australy, if I remember the ads for Eid Al Adha Adha7ee correctly, Australian lambs go for about $100 back home, selling them for more than $1200 is genius, selling them as dogs is priceless!

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  • 4 Responses to “HAHAHA!”


    1. Gravatar Icon 1 nQ Apr 29th, 2007 at 2:01 am

      i would choose the lamb over the poodle ANYDAY!

    2. Gravatar Icon 2 kinano Apr 29th, 2007 at 4:14 am

      I can understand that they would not know what a poodle looks like if it’s rare. But don’t they recognize a lamb when they see one?!

      The world is getting stupider by the instant! I say whoever sold them the lambs as poodles must have a statue in his/her honour. S/he is a GENIUS!

    3. Gravatar Icon 3 HanDev Apr 29th, 2007 at 6:57 pm

      This story is a hoax :razz:
      check it out http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp

    4. Gravatar Icon 4 Corey May 3rd, 2007 at 3:44 pm

      :mrgreen: :neutral: :twisted: :arrow: :shock: :smile: :???: :cool: :evil: :grin: :idea: :oops: :razz: :roll: :wink: :cry: :eek: :lol: :mad: :sad: :!: :?:

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