Hoaxes

[Springrain]

Has anyone every heard of this Swedish woman, Lisa Johansen, who claimed to be the real Lisa Marie Presley? It's a pretty wacky story. She used to have her own website, which apparently has since been pulled.

She wrote a book called I, Lisa Marie, for which she was paid a $200,000 advance and was supposed to undergo DNA testing. She refused the DNA tests, DUH, which would have proved her case and sold millions of copies of her book. Gee, I wonder why she wouldn't get tested? Especially since she was offering half of Elvis's estate (including Graceland) to anyone who could help prove that she was indeed the King's daughter. Seems like a no-brainer to me.

Anyway, she's been sued by the real Lisa Marie. I guess that's why her website is down.

Here is an exerpt from the story on this site:
http://www.eonline.com/News/Court/0011.presley.html

 

[Springrain]

Someone in Austira know if this is true or hoax?

Fake Snakes

"Austrian officials fed up with motorists stopping to urinate by the roadside have put up fake snake warnings to scare them into using toilets... Of course there are no snakes but they don’t know that."

So what happens when the Austrian authorities really want to warn people about snakes? No one will believe them.

 

[Jim1927]

Urinating along the roadside reminds me of a law, still on the books, in London, England......A cabbie may urinate at the rear of his cab. It is illegal to park a cab, but when nature calls it must be answered.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[Springrain]

Thousands of people have been 'fleeced' into buying neatly coiffured lambs they thought were poodles.

Entire flocks of lambs were shipped over from the UK and Australia to Japan by an internet company and marketed as the latest 'must have' accessory.

But the scam was only spotted after a leading Japanese actress said her 'poodle' didn't bark and refused to eat dog food.

Like hundreds of Metro.co.uk readers, we also think this has a whiff of the 'urban myth' about it - but hey, it's a good story.

 

[Springrain]

Lambs for Poodles Part Two


Maiko Kawakami, who starred in the Japanese thriller Violent Cop, showed photographs of her pet on a television talk show only to be told it wasn't a dog - but was in fact a lamb.

The discovery prompted hundreds of women to contact the police with similar problems and the authorities believe as many as 2,000 people have been conned.

'We launched an investigation after we were made aware that a company was selling sheep as poodles,' a police spokesman told The Sun.

'Sadly, we think there is more than one company operating in this way.

'The sheep are believed to have been imported from overseas - Britain and Australia.'


Poodles are famously used by the rich and glamourous on the continent but are extremely rare in Japan, with many people having little idea what they look like.

The company, which translates as Poodles as Pets, sold the 'poodles' for £630, about half the cost of a normal poodle but is now understood to have been shut down.

 

[Jim1927]

If they can't tell the difference between a lamb and a poodle, they deserve to be fleeced.....lol

Cheers,

Jim

 

[GrannieAnnie]

Jim.....I couldn't agree with you more...it's hysterical....

 

[clairefish]

If they can't tell the difference between a lamb and a poodle, they deserve to be fleeced.....lol

Cheers,

Jim

There are such blatant differences, I mean truly blatant, such as differences that I don't really care to mention... but come on!

 

[kdl]

It's a hoax.

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

 

[Jim1927]

I have the "land" deed for the Brooklyn Bridge for sale. Any takers?

Cheers,

Jim

 

[Ariel]

Hey, Jim, trade you that for some land in Florida!

It's got poodles bleating on it, guaranteed!

 

[clairefish]

I'll see your 'Brooklyn Bridge Deed' and raise you one authentic bonified german sheeppoodle!

 

[Springrain]

it is a hilarious story

 

[Ariel]

I'll see your 'Brooklyn Bridge Deed' and raise you one authentic bonified german sheeppoodle!

Uh. Claire's got me, I fold!

(What a cute puppy, Claire!)