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Dog owners 'fleeced' in poodle scam
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Thousands of people have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article....&in_page_id=34
But the scam was only spotted after a leading Japanese actress said her 'poodle' didn't bark and refused to eat dog food.
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This is what you get for wanting a poodle.
Best poodle I ever tasted, though.
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Wouldn't the hoofed feet be an indication it wasn't a dog? Whether you've actually seen a poodle or not?
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um, don't they have baby farm animal books for japanese kids?
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Both are rare in Japan, so it's an easy con.
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"Faster, faster! 'Till the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death." - HST
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Not to generalize an entire culture, but I could easily picture some of my Japanese acquaintances falling for this. One Japanese girl I know believed that Shrek was a true story; another guy can't tell the difference between a cigarette and a cigar; and yet another of my Japanese acquaintances insists that there is no noticeable difference between a raft and a canoe.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan 
another guy can't tell the difference between a cigarette and a cigar; and yet another of my Japanese acquaintances insists that there is no noticeable difference between a raft and a canoe.
This seems unbelievable, if only because they can tell each other apart.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Not to generalize an entire culture, but I could easily picture some of my Japanese acquaintances falling for this. One Japanese girl I know believed that Shrek was a true story; another guy can't tell the difference between a cigarette and a cigar; and yet another of my Japanese acquaintances insists that there is no noticeable difference between a raft and a canoe.
OT: Not to diss you, but maybe your Japanese friends are lacking in mental abilities and/or misunderstood you. Not one Japanese person I know would make the mistakes you listed. Although they do insist that the "F" in Fuji is pronounced "Hu", and that the "H" in Hitori is pronounced "Sh"...
nevermind, it is a strange culture... 
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Originally Posted by osiris
"H" in Hitori is pronounced "Sh"...
It is, in much of the Kanto region - or at least closer to "sh" than to "hi".
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I want to see some of these delicious poodle-sheep!
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I'm a bird. I am the 1% (of pets).
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I have no idea if this is legit...
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"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." -Archimedes
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When you see a cat selling for $1,000 in Hiroshima, and people are shocked when I tell them you can get cats for FREE in the US, this isn't surprising. (Though with all the street cats I see running around, you'd think people would have an easy source of free kittens.) While many Japanese people are probably very far out of touch when it comes to farm animals, you get this same kind of thing in many areas. While the Japanese friends I always hang out with have traveled outside of Japan and are rather worldly, many people I meet randomly have weird views.
Examples of things I have been asked or told:
You're american? How many guns do you own? (Not IF but HOW MANY)
Are all the janitors in your public schools black or hispanic? (In Japan, kids clean the schools. Which is why they're so dirty...)
You can eat fish?
You can use chop stick?!?!? (I'd been eating next to this person for 6 months before that.)
Your Japanese is very good! (After saying "bye bye" to some kids. Young people think "Bye Bye" is Japanese.)
The best one I can think of though, is what I was told by some female friends of mine while talking about birth control. All the foreign girls had been or were on 'the pill', none of the Japanese girls had ever tried it. "The pill causes AIDs. The pill makes it so you can't have babies. The pill causes STDs." This would explain why the pill is only used by around 1% of the female population.
At times I think Japan is almost as bad as the US is...... (Kidding kidding....)
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! it's not even april 1! doh!
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In retrospect, I bet the lamb was pretty darn soft and fluffy compared to a poodle.
But then, poodle tastes better. 
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I'd rather own a lamb than a poodle, to be honest.
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Originally Posted by design219
Like anyone couldn't smell that one for a mile away.
OH...except Peter and most people posting to this thread that is. 
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Like anyone couldn't smell that one for a mile away.
OH...except Peter and most people posting to this thread that is.
We apologize for not being as awesome as you 
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Well... too bad it was a hoax. But hey... who cares... at least you all got to insult the Japanese for a change.
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Originally Posted by Atheist
Well... too bad it was a hoax. But hey... who cares... at least you all got to insult the Japanese for a change.
Shall we go back to insulting the gays and religious now?
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Originally Posted by kmkkid
Shall we go back to insulting the gays and religious now?
I vote the French. So easy.
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But kind of worn out, IMO. * from SURRENDERING SO MUCH...HAHAHA.
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Yeah, but so are gays and the religious.
Suggestions?
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
Read the white text?
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Missed that.
So, Gossamer, you off work, or just slacking today?
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Originally Posted by design219
Missed that.
Me too. I just thought you liked gray asterisks.
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Originally Posted by design219
Missed that.
So, Gossamer, you off work, or just slacking today?
I have 5 finals to study for and a project due next Monday. Therefore I am doing everything to avoid them.
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Too bad about the hoax. Would have been a classic case of a sheep in woof clothing....
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Originally Posted by G Barnett
Too bad about the hoax. Would have been a classic case of a sheep in woof clothing....
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Oh, here we go.
wolf in sheeps clothing
sheepdog
ewe gotta be kidding
lamb chops
ram-ifications
pull the wool over their eyes
mail order bride
lamb poon
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Originally Posted by design219
lamb poon
must resist making highly offensive joke.
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Originally Posted by iMOTOR
must resist making highly offensive joke.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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pull the wool over their eyes
Wouldn't it be pull the woof over their eyes?
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