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Caveat Emptor


According to this news story, as many as 2000 Japanese thought they were buying a poodle but were actually sold a sheep.

Japanese fooled in poodle scam

I especially liked this part:
One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves.

Yeah, I'd be suspicious too if my dog had hooves.

Thus we see yet again that if the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.

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Sorry, but that is simply too funny...  you think people would be able to tell the animal they bought was not a canine, even if they didn't know what a sheep looked like...  rolleyes

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I like that the lady only became suspicious when it wouldn't bark or eat dog food. A sheep looks nothing like a poodle. How could someone make such a mistake.

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Oh, my! What ugly poodles. Oh, wait...poodles are ugly, too. What's the diff? No barking (didn't they go baaa at some point?). They can spin the wool into something useful. No claws to trim. Hmmm...why no keep them? Shoot, they buy our prairie dogs and keep them as pets, why not sheep?

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I'd rather have a sheep than a poodle. Hahahaha... this is just too funny...

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You gotta see the picture of this thing. You would have to be seriously igonorant to think this sheep was a poodle. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007190295,00.html

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I don't get it, ever since I bought my poodle, the grass in the back yard seems to have quit growing... do you think it's something in it's urine or in those little poop pellets?

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Sheep smell REALLY REALLY BAD. Like, worse than dogs. And they are not too bright. That's why i would want a dog instead of a sheep.

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Dyany wrote:

Sheep smell REALLY REALLY BAD. Like, worse than dogs. And they are not too bright. That's why i would want a dog instead of a sheep.




What?!!!  Sheep don't smell bad.  You have to wash them just like a dog.  If you don't wash your dog they will smell even worse than a sheep.  Maybe you're thinking of goats.  Goats do smell.  I raised sheep for years and they smelled fine.  I've smelled dogs that were much worse.  And if you bottle raise a sheep it will follow you around and love you forever.  It won't bite you either and you can use it to mow the lawn.  It's poo crystals are much smaller and less messy.  And if you get tired of the sheep you can always eat it.  If you eat your dog, you'll get charged with animal cruelty.  So I demand that you retract your stinky sheep charges and apologize to sheep everywhere for your bigoted remark. biggrin



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Thanks for the link, Jason.  Now I can see what a sheep trimmed up like a poodle looks like.  That is just so hilarious!  biggrin

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http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp

Sometimes I really hate Snopes... rolleyes

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They just ruin everything don't they?

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Dang.

This puts a bit of a damper on my new home business.

Does anyone know where I can buy mint sauce in bulk?

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I suggest you try these recipes and forget the mint jelly...

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat/index.html

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat2/index.html
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/knox/index.html

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/drpepper/index.html

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Boy, I'm surprised The Sun got the wool pulled over it's eyes. I wonder where they got the picture from?

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