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Old 26-04-2007, 12:10   #1
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Thousands of rich women were conned by a firm into believing LAMBS were valuable miniature POODLES. Entire flocks were imported to Japan from the UK and Australia then sold by the internet company as the latest "must have" pet. The bizarre scam was rumbled when Japanese movie star Maiko Kawakami complained on a talk show that her new poodle refused to bark or eat dog food. She showed photos of the animal and was devastated when told that it was a lamb. Hundreds of women contacted police to say that they had also been sold lambs instead of pedigree pups by the tricksters based in Sapporo, Japan'
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really..... amazing
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Old 26-04-2007, 12:22   #3
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Lamb? thats that expensive stuff that comes wrapped in cellophance in Selfridges isn't it? Surely its not cute and cuddly like my trixibelle-chardonnay!- DOH!


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Old 26-04-2007, 12:57   #4
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At least its free range and will provide a Sunday lunch or 2.
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Old 26-04-2007, 13:04   #5
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Can you believe most Japanese people have never seen a lamb?
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Old 26-04-2007, 13:15   #6
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Can you believe most Japanese people have never seen a lamb?
If it isnt powered by electricity and full of circuits etc then yes I could.
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Old 26-04-2007, 13:16   #7
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So much for the Japanese being the most technoligically advanced in the world. Had they never thought of typing poodle in to Google ?
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Old 26-04-2007, 13:37   #8
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Can you believe most Japanese people have never seen a lamb?
If you ask a lot of people in the UK who live in the big cities I bet theres a fair few who haven't seen a live lamb 'in the flesh'.
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If you ask a lot of people in the UK who live in the big cities I bet theres a fair few who haven't seen a live lamb 'in the flesh'.
I don,t believe thats true, surely not my two year old know the difference between a lamb and a dog wether they look similar or not .
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If you ask a lot of people in the UK who live in the big cities I bet theres a fair few who haven't seen a live lamb 'in the flesh'.
Unless its on the plate with some new spuds and mint sauce.
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I didn't say whether they could identify then from stereotype pictures, I said that they hadn't seen a live lamb in the flesh, its also quite surprising how different they can look from the pictures people see in a book.
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its also quite surprising how different they can look from the pictures people see in a book.
I would imagine the big city folks actually see a picture of a lamb face on whereas in real life they only see it from behind
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In a few months those gullible women will still have something cute to walk around with tucked under their arm.


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I can see where there could be confusion.
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This is so amusing
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