Japanese actress caught in sheep 'poodle' scam [Sheep sold as poodles]

The Register ^ | 26 April 2007 | Lester Haines

[Fractal Trader]

poodles are "extremely rare in Japan, with many people having little idea what they look like"

[theFIRMbss]

>Japanese actress caught in sheep 'poodle' scam [Sheep sold as poodles]

Cram school

[blam]

Rush is talking about this right now.

[Tax-chick]

No WAY!

You’d think even if a person hadn’t seen a poodle, they’d notice that the sheep didn’t have feet like a dog. Do the Japanese have any dogs they don’t eat?

[dead]

This is the funniest story I'll likely read today.

I guess sheep are cheaper than poodles. Who knew?

[weegee]

Is Rush reading FR more often live on radio???

Yesterday the “current” thread on Bawbawa Wawa and the Bush motorcade (including the improper attribution of Bawbawa saying “Do you know who I am, (Cha Cha)?”) was mentioned on Rush (and he had to give a correction later when it was discovered that one of the other Shrew members said “Did they know who you were?”)

[dragonblustar]

****- which offered the animals at £630 a pop.

[dead]

the Standard explains that poodles are "extremely rare in Japan, with many people having little idea what they look like".

You'd think clever people like the Japanese might have invented photographs by now.

Gorillas are very rare here in New Jersey, but I know what they look like.

[Cowboy Bob]

Maiko Kawakami appeared on a TV talk show with snaps of her pet, and admitted she wondered why it "didn't bark and refused to eat dog food".

Probably also wondered why her husband would spend hours locked in the bedroom with the "poodle." :0)

[ClearCase_guy]

Japan is a very strange country.

[N. Theknow]

Sounds as though someone got the wool pulled over their eyes.

[texgal]

One has to wonder if the “Baaaaaaaaa” instead of the bark didn’t give them a clue! Too funny!

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[N. Theknow]

Japanese actress caught in sheep 'poodle' scam [Sheep sold as poodles]

Admits she feels she got fleeced.

[CholeraJoe]

You can’t make up stuff like this.

[Argus]

And, somewhere in New Zealand, a farmer is wondering why his lamb tastes funny.

[GraniteStateConservative]

The Japanese don’t eat dogs. Very poor, rural Japanese ate dogs during WW2 out of desperation.

Dogs are eaten in Korea, parts of China, Siberia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines. I know it’s legal in North Korea. I think it’s an underground activity in the other places.

[Oberon]

I know it’s legal in North Korea.

It's FINDING ONE that's the trick.

[NRA2BFree]

I would have to see a picture of those “poodles” after they were groomed to be able to understand how in the world they could have been so fooled. I can’t even imagine anyone not knowing the difference between sheep and poodles. They must be cute. ;o)

[BossLady]

I am just trying to imagine an owner taking their ‘Shoodle’ to the Vet......and the Vet having to look up the pooch in the Clincal Medicine for Cats & Dogs Manual.....to no avail.....LOL!