The Japanese Woman Who Mistook Her Sheep For a Poodle:
NEW poodle won’t bark?
It’s a common enough problem among Japan’s well-heeled. You buy the poodle over the internet. You take the poode home. The poodle refuses to bark or eat dog food.
And then the poodle thinks it’s a sheep. It begins to baa like a sheep. Its fur starts to resemble wool. When you wear that merino sweater, it follows you around.
Maiko Kawakami, a Japanese movie star, has such a pet. She went on TV and complained about it. She produced photos of the animal. And she was told that her poodle was a sheep. A sheep dog? No. A sheep.
Kawakami’s shock discovery triggered hundreds of other Japanese women to contact the police. They had been duped. They too had bought a wolly poodle from Poodles As Pets.
These imported British and Australian poodles would make ideal pets. And for £630 a head – less than half the usual price – the poodles were a bargain.
Says a spokesman for the Japanese police: “Sadly, we think there is more than one company operating this way.”
So if you have a poodle that refuses to roll over, beg and guard the family business with the required level of menace, a minature golden whale that won’t playfully spray you with its water spout or a rare underground pink snake, do not depair.
You are not alone. You are just one of the herd…
Spotter: The Sun
April 26th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
That is absolutely hilarious.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
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April 27th, 2007 at 9:18 am
I’m an expat living in Japan. I suspect a lot of urban-dwelling Japanese, particularly Tokyoites, are completely cut off from nature, in spite of the ‘we-have-four-seasons-and-are-very-sensitive-toward-nature’ nonsense we gaijin often hear. I mean, how can anyone mistake a sheep for a poodle? But perhaps I’m being insensitive…
April 27th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Just goes to show how stoopid the Japanese can be some times. I also lived in Japan and found them to be very naive about the world and I could totally believe this story about menopausal Japanese women buying sheep instead of poodles. Japanese will come on the defensive and say silly things but this story is true. There are many Japanese who don’t know that their nations slaughters whales and dolphins or they just couldn’t be bothered to know the truth about their naive island.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
By whale you, of course mean, the rare minature golden whale…
April 27th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263447
Alas, for it made a good tail….er, tale.
May 21st, 2007 at 1:18 pm
It sounds to me like that woman is not smart enough to own a poodle who would no doubt be a lot smarter than she is. She should stick with her sheep and be happy.
June 2nd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
pmsl
June 7th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
I’m amazed that no one has made any jokes about the Welsh/New Zealanders/ Lancastrians/ etc yet. It lends a whole new meaning to sheep shagging - or is it poodle poking?
June 7th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
I think I may have been duped by the same company. I ordered some whores online the other day. I’ve got a bloody great big animal that won’t stop neighing and eating the grass in my garden now.
June 7th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
It was your wife then, right?
June 7th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I’ll bet you know all the constalations eh Steve… What with your head being so full of space!
June 7th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
I am gay.
June 13th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Yes ME - we are happy too..
September 15th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
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September 17th, 2007 at 12:10 am
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO ANYONE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST STUPID?
September 17th, 2007 at 12:12 am
DID IT EVER OCCUR TO ANYONE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST STUPID?
wHEN THE ANIMAL ARRIVED WASN”T SHE AWARE RIGHT THEN THAT IT WAS NOT A DOG? i FEEL SORRY FOR ANY ANIMAL SHE WINDS UP WITH.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:58 am
Cauliflower
September 17th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I think most people are stupid, and a sense of humor is apparently a very rare thing these days.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Hey UFO Phil, you are exactly correct! Obviously cauliflower!