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| Sean |
Posted - 04/27/2007 : 04:23:56
This article cracked me up... 
Japanese fooled in poodle scam
11:30AM Friday April 27, 2007
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.
Japanese police believe there could be 2,000 people affected by the scam, which operated in Sapporo and capitalised on the fact that sheep are rare in Japan, so many do not know what they look like.
"We launched an investigation after we were made aware that a company were selling sheep as poodles," Japanese police said, the The Sun reported.
"Sadly we think there is more than one company operating in this way.
"The sheep are believed to have been imported from overseas - Britain, Australia."
Many of the sheep have now been donated to zoos and farms.
- AAP
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10436422
...and here's a pic of a poodle sheep...
http://www.mellowmonk.com/blog.htm |
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| duh |
Posted - 05/01/2007 : 18:13:57
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Originally posted by Se�n
Heehee... actually I checked a few urban legends websites before I posted but obviously it hadn't made it onto their sites yet...
Looks like it finally got into Snopes. |
| duh |
Posted - 04/28/2007 : 13:56:12
quote:
Originally posted by Se�n
Here's another furfy. Or is someone gonna tell me this one is real this time... 
"Women's town" to put men in their place
Thu Apr 26, 9:04 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tourism authorities are seeking investment to build a novel concept attraction -- the world's first "women's town," where men get punished for disobedience, an official said Thursday.
The 2.3-square-km Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing municipality, also known as "women's town," was based on the local traditional concept of "women rule and men obey," a tourism official told Reuters.
"Traditional women dominate and men have to be obedient in the areas of Sichuan province and Chongqing, and now we are using it as an idea to attract tourists and boost tourism," the official, surname Li, said by telephone.
The tourism bureau planned to invest between 200 million yuan ($26 million) and 300 million yuan in infrastructure, roads and buildings, Li said.
"We welcome investors from overseas and nationwide to invest in our project," he added.
The motto of the new town would be "women never make mistakes, and men can never refuse women's requests," Chinese media have reported.
When tour groups enter the town, female tourists would play the dominant role when shopping or choosing a place to stay, and a disobedient man would be punished by "kneeling on an uneven board" or washing dishes in restaurant, media reports said.
The project, begun in the end of 2005, was expected to take three to five years to finish.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070426/od_nm/china_womentown_odd_dc
I see they're 'seeking investors.' That could be a problem. Are there enough female billionaire dominatrixes to fund the project? |
| Sean |
Posted - 04/28/2007 : 11:32:28
Here's another furfy. Or is someone gonna tell me this one is real this time...
"Women's town" to put men in their place
Thu Apr 26, 9:04 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tourism authorities are seeking investment to build a novel concept attraction -- the world's first "women's town," where men get punished for disobedience, an official said Thursday.
The 2.3-square-km Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing municipality, also known as "women's town," was based on the local traditional concept of "women rule and men obey," a tourism official told Reuters.
"Traditional women dominate and men have to be obedient in the areas of Sichuan province and Chongqing, and now we are using it as an idea to attract tourists and boost tourism," the official, surname Li, said by telephone.
The tourism bureau planned to invest between 200 million yuan ($26 million) and 300 million yuan in infrastructure, roads and buildings, Li said.
"We welcome investors from overseas and nationwide to invest in our project," he added.
The motto of the new town would be "women never make mistakes, and men can never refuse women's requests," Chinese media have reported.
When tour groups enter the town, female tourists would play the dominant role when shopping or choosing a place to stay, and a disobedient man would be punished by "kneeling on an uneven board" or washing dishes in restaurant, media reports said.
The project, begun in the end of 2005, was expected to take three to five years to finish.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070426/od_nm/china_womentown_odd_dc
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| Sean |
Posted - 04/27/2007 : 05:32:58
quote:
Originally posted by duh
quote:
Originally posted by thefoxboy
Sheep Dog.
Is it April Fools in Japan?
This story is so stupid it has to be a joke.
Perhaps.
Heehee... actually I checked a few urban legends websites before I posted but obviously it hadn't made it onto their sites yet...
Nice googling, I tried googling it again but still couldn't pick up that article, not using the right words obviously. "poodle sheep hoax Japan" doesn't find it. |
| duh |
Posted - 04/27/2007 : 05:18:17
quote:
Originally posted by thefoxboy
Sheep Dog.
Is it April Fools in Japan?
This story is so stupid it has to be a joke.
Perhaps. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 04/27/2007 : 04:41:19
Ewe gotta be kidding!
Only in Japan, where a lamb is a ram. |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 04/27/2007 : 04:25:07
Sheep Dog.
Is it April Fools in Japan?
This story is so stupid it has to be a joke. |
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