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craven · Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 130

I sincerely hope that this is for real...cause it made me laugh this morning. And laugh, and laugh, and laugh...if anyone could find some links for Maiko Kawakami's TV appearance, I'd be eternally grateful!

http://thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=376854

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

That really is funny. Could there really be that many stupid people in Japan? Are they that ignorant?

markle · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 1316 Location: Out of Japan

Yeah some people have more money than sense.

Siberian hampster anyone??

kylemory · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:38 am Post subject:

http://www.souzouzone.jp/blog/2007/0...a_flock_to.php

craven · Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 130

Nooooooooo...I SO wanted to believe it was true!! My eslcafe reputation is in ruins... Embarassed

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263447

To be fair, I checked this out on a couple of different Aussie news sites...wasn't till I looked at a couple of Japanese blogs that it seemed to smell fishy. I am, in fact, gullible Embarassed

jademonkey · Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 180

Honestly, it's like laughing at Americans who believe the stories of killer koalas when they come to Australia.

billysmolesworthy · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Hamamatsu, Japan

Whenever you hear something that sounds too good/strange/evil to be true, immediately check Snopes.com. They dealt with this one a few weeks back. http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp