Poedel = schaap?

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from news.com.au

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 marketed as fashionable accessories - available at $1600 each - by a company called Poodles as Pets.

A real poodle retails for twice that much in Japan.

The scam was uncovered when Japanese film star 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.

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.

Police believe there could be 2000 people affected by the scam.
 
Nou ja zeg, je kunt toch wel een poedel van een schaap onderscheiden!!!???!!!

Erna
 
Japanese fooled in poodle scam
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 2007
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bron: NineMSN (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263297)

:grin:  :lol:  :grin:  :lol:  :grin:  :lol:
 
Zo zie je maar, een goede verkoper kan alles verkopen.
Hier past een goed Engels gezegde bij; "A fool and his money are soon parted".
 
damn het is een hoax! Niet waar dus

Poodle scam story a hoax
Friday Apr 27 13:00 AEST
By Shaun Davies
ninemsn

Police in Japan have denied knowledge of a scam where rich Japanese women who wanted a poodle as a pet were deceived into buying sheep.

English newspaper The Sun reported that Australian sheep had been sold to rich women as poodles by a company in Sapporo, Japan.

The story has since been reported internationally by newspapers and websites in the UK, America, New Zealand and South Africa.




Earlier today it was run on most major news websites in Australia, including ninemsn.

The Sun reported the scam was blown when Japanese movie star Maiko Kawakami complained on an unnamed talk show that her "poodle" was unable to bark or eat pet food.

The newspaper said a police spokesman in Japan had confirmed the company, called "Poodles As Pets", had been shut down.

But a public relations spokesman for Hokkaido police, whose jurisdiction includes Sapporo, said he had not heard of the scam.

The spokesman refused to elaborate on Kawakami's comments, as it "was not a police matter".

Details about Kawakami's statement also appear to have been misreported. Japanese-language blogs about Kawakami say the movie star actually told a story about a friend who bought a sheep instead of a poodle at a pet shop.

Kawakami told the story on the Fuji Television show Gokigenyou. She said her friend took the "poodle" to a vet, who then asked her, "you think this is a poodle"?

A producer for the Gokigenyou told ninemsn she could not comment on the story's authenticity, as she was not Maiko Kawakami. But she said she had not heard about the 2000 other people reportedly scammed by the poodle bandits.

Tall stories are common on Japanese talk shows and their authenticity is not carefully checked.

A Tokyo-based entertainment and culture reporter said she had not heard of the story. The story had not been reported in any Japanese newspapers, she said.

The Sun reported that because sheep were rare in Japan, people there were not able to distinguish between a sheep and a poodle.

But sheep have been bred in Sapporo for many years. In 1848, an American farmer named Edwin Dun came to Sapporo to set up a sheep farm.

Near to the hi-tech Sapporo Dome Sports Stadium is a hill called Hitsukigaoka, which means "sheep hill".

"If you like sheep, this is the place for you," a travel website says.

Tokyo resident Sakurako Sugata said she had not heard of the story before today. She said she didn't believe a word of it.

"Buying a sheep instead of a poodle? It's ridiculous!" Ms Sugata said.

"If you want to keep the sheep and cut it up and eat it, then that would be a good idea, but that story's just stupid."

"No-one with any intelligence would buy a sheep instead of a poodle."
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bron NineMSN: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263447
 
Sorry... maar ik moet hier toch wel heel erg hard om lachen  :grin: :grin:

Wat een giller! Maar, hoe gaat dat dan in zijn werk, je staat daar een schaap als poedel te verkopen en dat schaap gaat opeens van "BEEEEEEEEH", sta je daar dan als verkopen te playbacken en net te doen of jij dat geluid maakt?!
 
Ach, 2000, misschien één, of geen, het blijft een leuk verhaal!

Gefopt, 27 April! :-D Laat mij maar lekker in zo'n geintje lopen, vind ik helemaal niet erg :-D
 
Misschien waren het wel wolven in schaapskleren.

wolfinschaapskleren.jpg
 
[quote author=Rene-L link=topic=6944.msg88486#msg88486 date=1177741736]
Hé Irene,
Heb jij dan ruimte vor een schaap thuis? :evil:
[/quote]

Nou ja, ik bedoelde, laat mij maar zo'n grap geloven, maar nu je het zo vraagt, ja, we hebben ruimte voor een schaap, maar of we grás genoeg hebben, ik betwijfel het. Het zal ongetwijfeld feest voor de honden zijn, Jaap het schaap :-D
 
Ik heb het op tv gezien.
De truuk is dat ze de staart(jes) in benzine hadden gedoopt.
Op het moment dat er een koper kwam gaven ze een vuurtje onder de staart van het schaap.

............... :-( :up: :shock:

SOLD.

Jack :evil:
 
[quote author=Jack link=topic=6944.msg88571#msg88571 date=1177822932]
Op het moment dat er een koper kwam gaven ze een vuurtje onder de staart van het schaap.
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Hè? Leg dat eens uit.
 
Dat is een variatie op de vraag: "Hoe maak je van een kat een hond?". Giet het over met benzine en gooi een lucifer naar toe; dan gaat het "Whoof". Of hoe maak je van een hond een kat? Gooi het in de diepvriezer, en zaag hem dan doormidden met een circelzaag. Dan krijg je "Miaaauw".

Dient wel vermeld te worden dat ik een TOTALE dieren liefhebber ben!!! En TEGEN alle types van dierenmishandeling ben!! (Dit om eventuele opmerkingen tegen te gaan over het feit dat ik misschien een dierenbult zou zijn!!!!!!!!!!!)
 
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