Rich Japanese women seem to be guilable enough to buy lambs, thinking they are poodles. I wonder if some adjuma is walking around Apkujongdong right now, holding a . . .
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Somebody pulled the wool over their eyes and they were led like lambs to the slaughter, so now they have a sheepish look on their faces.
Sorry.
sheepdog?
#1 lol
$2,500 US for a dog? Do poodles do something other cheaper dogs don’t, like defecating gold?
I predict that within 5 years a global pet sheep phenomenon will sweep across the globle — originated from Japan, of course.
Hayao Miyazaki will also release the animated feature - ‘My Friend, Baa-Baa the Blacksheep,’ to international acclaim and box office triumph.
“$2,500 US for a dog?”
Yeah, I’m totally in the wrong business.
Amazing… seriously, dog raising could be pretty lucrative, even here in Korea
I never realized there were so many blondes in Japan!
What’s wrong with carrying a baby lamb around all the time? That seems even more exotic and stylish and, most importantly for Japan, kawai’i!
The Americans copy of the Japanese panty thief should be rolling in soon.
I’m happy that you’re all having fun here.
But, there is no TV, no Newspaper mention about this in Japan. This can’t be right.
Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks this is just an Urban legend.
Some think this is a hoax.
http://surfin-english.blogspot.....-hoax.html
And….
“Poodle scam story a hoax”
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263447
You guys are funny!
“What’s wrong with carrying a baby lamb around all the time? That seems even more exotic and stylish and, most importantly for Japan, kawai’i!”
Because lambs weigh about 12 lbs at birth, about 70 pounds 60 days later, and 85 pounds after their 75th day.
PS. “Some think this is a hoax.”
I’d say it’s a cautionary tale. It struck me has having many of the usual elements found in such urban legends (crime, ethnic stereotype, celebrity). Besides, given that lambs grow quickly, it’s likely that the lambs sold would be newborns for the hoax to work. Even if the buyers were clueless about animals, I would guess that they would have realized pretty quickly what animal they had bought once it started to get hungry, bleat, and refuse to eat kibble.
Just as I suspected, the story is the retelling of an old urban legend (the ‘Mexican Pet’, in this case).
http://www.snopes.com/critters.....esheep.asp
Michael… that was Bhaaaad. Those poor Japanese were fleeced. One would suspect that the thugs who sold these creatures to sheepish consumers are on the lamb.
What’s interesting is that although it may be a variation on a theme, this is a brand new, freshly minted urban legend…Snopes says the story first appeared in British tabloids just earlier this month, in April of 2007.
I heard from somebody who knows someone who knows her that after giving it a bath when she first got it, she tried to dry it in a microwave oven.
This is no urban legend. It’s true!
Like fan death, which is also true.
Jeffery Hodges
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Fan death is more serous than SAT suicides (SAT for the benefit of JK)