Take from this article:
"Thousands of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles.
Flocks of sheep were imported to Japan and then sold by a company called Poodles as Pets, marketed as fashionable accessories, available at $1,600 each.
That is a snip compared to a real poodle which retails for twice that much in Japan.
The scam was uncovered when Japanese moviestar Maiko Kawamaki went on a talk-show and wondered why her new pet would not bark or eat dog food.
She was crestfallen when told it was a sheep.
Then hundreds of other women got in touch with police to say they feared their new "poodle" was also a sheep.
One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves."
Anyone reading from Japan? Here's a hint...
Poodle=
Sheep =
What's next - the Tokyo Poodle and Wool fest!!
10 comments:
What type of animal do you get to help herd your poodles?
LOL! A friend sent me that same link earlier today.....I think it's a hoot! I can't believe people fell for that! (Although, a young lamb is pretty darn cute!)
Too funny.
LOVE IT!!!
Sheep "poodles": $1600
Real poodles: $3200
Japanese don't know the difference: PRICELESS!
That is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while! Thanks for the laugh!!
Thanks for the laugh!!!
Holly said thanks, she loved it too!
Perhaps I'm just too tired, but that made me laugh a ridiculous amount.
Oh gosh, thanks for the day brightener...that is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time!
Errrr Jody . . .sorry, but it's just an Urban Legend. I trust this site for all things weird.
snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp
Copy and paste in your browser window. I can't get the comments section here to let me link it direct. It was worth the laugh though!
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