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	Japanese Poodles!

midnightskiss

4-26-2007 12:03 PM

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scam, animals, poodles, japan, international, dogs

midnightskiss says:

thanks to rachel923 - it's *not* true http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp

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4-26-2007 10:41 PM

The REAL Napster

um...sorry but don't most dogs BARK?
You would have thought they would question when they heard-

Baaaaa.... BAAaaaaaa...

4-30-2007 4:51 PM

rachel923

It seems this is an urban legend. Go to this site and you will see why.

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

5-4-2007 3:06 PM

hellokitty82

This is a false news.

I'm Japanse, and the actress mentioned above is confused why such a funny false news spreaded through the world.

6-18-2007 6:33 PM

righthand

Ye. it's a waste of poodle.

6-18-2007 6:34 PM

righthand

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