Baby Sheep in "Sold as Poodles" hilarity

[Dr_LHA 3]

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?i...p;in_page_id=34

Dog owners 'fleeced' in poodle scam

Thursday, April 26, 2007

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.

[almaty 19]

that is funny...those big feeler chopf##ks, wanted a poodle for status, they got fleeced

[eric&gen 0]

lol haha baaaaa baaaaa i love sheep.

[Jasman0717 8]

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[isleta521 5]

lol haha baaaaa baaaaa i love sheep.

I would rather have a lamb anyway instead of a poodle - they make good pets. My nieces had one for years since my brother was supposed to butcher it but instead they kept it as a pet since they cried loud enough. They even entered it in 4H contests.

but not for the same reason as ERIC wants one

[rclouse 0]

VL: How was your lamb?

JB: Skewered. One sympathizes.

[mawilson 2,133]

What a brilliant idea!!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Poodle bites, poodle chews.....it's snappy

[mawilson 2,133]

In other news, a Welshman saw a poodle and classified it as a sheep...

[Aymerlu 3]

Seriously.....isn't a sheep and sheep and a dog a dog? I think these people much has some issues to not notice the difference. Still funny though

[Welshcookie 17]

In other news, a Welshman saw a poodle and classified it as a sheep...

Oi!!

[Fandango 1,439]

I've heard of mutton dressed as lamb, but not lamb dressed as poodle....

[eric&gen 0]

Wooooo hooooo i get my kicks off of sheep.

[mawilson 2,133]

I've heard of mutton dressed as lamb, but not lamb dressed as poodle....

Yep, she really got fleeced on that one

[DeadPoolX 9]

None of this true. Yes, the story was written, but the actual events are false. It was a fun read though...

Snopes did the work for me, so here's the link: Sheepish Discovery