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From: mvg@afinitc.UUCP (Mark Grieshaber)
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d
Subject: ORIGINS OF TERM "SHAGGY DOG STORY"?
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 17:47:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 17:47:34 1984
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Does anyone have any idea of the origins of the term "shaggy dog story"
for a particular class of jokes?  I would presume it refers to a poss-
ibly apocryphal prototype story... (in which case, does anyone know
the original?).
    Mark Grieshaber  (ihnp4!afinitc!mvg)  St. Louis, MO