Poodle Puddle

[stickmaker]

Sheep are very rare in Japan. Poodles are almost as rare. So when a company started selling poodles for half the going price, the buyers needed a while to realize what they were getting weren't what they were expecting.

Story at: http://tinyurl.com/3c5glj (worksafe)

Comments

[starfallz.livejournal.com]

Apparently the newspaper can't check for a story being factual before publishing: http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Oops...

I fell for this because I _know_ people who would mistake a small sheep for a large poodle. :-)