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"Shaggy Dog story" is a term I've heard for so long without actually knowing what the hell it meant, that I had to find out. According to Wikipedia, it's
"an extremely long-winded tale featuring extensive narration of
typically irrelevant incidents, usually resulting in a pointless or
absurd punchline.
Oh, like a Joe Biden speech. Below is what might be the story that spawned the term.
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A boy owned a dog that
was uncommonly shaggy. Many people remarked upon its considerable
shagginess. When the boy learned that there are contests for shaggy
dogs, he entered his dog. The dog won first prize for shagginess in both
the local and the regional competitions. The boy entered the dog in
ever-larger contests, until finally he entered it in the world
championship for shaggy dogs. When the judges had inspected all of the
competing dogs, they remarked about the boy's dog: "He's not so shaggy." |
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