My lovely sister sent this to me today.

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.

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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.

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One couple said they became suspicious when they took their "dog" to have its claws trimmed and were told it had hooves.

Let's just say, for argument's sake, that you have no clue what a sheep looks like. How do you not know what a dog is supposed to look like? And that it doesn't have hooves?!

I say "almost" because i think the stupid things we've done and believed over time has accumulated and far surpasses even this idiocy. Let's not forget the cashier who accepted a $200 bill with Bush's face on it. Or, WMD. Now, that's a good one.

Update:

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.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAAAAA!!!!HAAAA... HAAaaa!!

Oh god, its starting to hurt....

Hahahahaaaa....

wonder if any of the sheep have a black star on their back.

those would be huge sellers in japan.

In case you were wondering:

"Watashi no inu wa tabenaishi, kawaunai."

or in English:

"My dog will not bark or eat."

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

not so much with the true

we suspected that to be the case.

but....
just look at that sheep! LOOK AT IT!!!!

It was all just a baaaaa-d case of mistaken identity.