Hey. :mad:
I was a little disappointed when the answer I wanted to submit had already been taken, but I felt better when I noticed that the person who got to it first was, uh, me in 2005. Gotta love the zombie threads!
I was also going to say something until I realised that it was me who reanimated this thread last year to make the same comment.
Oh, Wow. I birthed a Zombie Thread. I’m so proud.
Does anyone know if the old Johnny Carson joke, “The Fugarwe Indians” could be considered a shaggy dog story. I don’t remember the whole thing, but maybe one of our other Doper friends might share it?
There was also the one he did with Jack Webb (of Dragnet fame). I think it’s called “The Clapper Caper”.
Thanks
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The characters in Spider Robinson’s Callahan stories often pun and tell shaggy dog stories. One of my favorite stories is " A Voice Heard in Ramah" in which a newcomer to the bar, Rachel, enters the evening’s competition. The theme was “science fiction” but Rachel tells a shaggy dog story about unrest in the Middle East. When another player starts to challenge he she deadpans “The story was clearly about Zion’s friction” She wins the contest.
This should keep you busy for a while:
Wrecked him? It nearly killed him.
And the only thing recovered was a star mangled spanner.
Better Nate than Lever!
Middle Lamb, you’ve had a Dizzy Bey.
Two heads are bitter, then none.
“Two all-beef Patties, Special Ross, Lester Sneed pickin’ bunions on a Sesame Street bus.”
“What are you worried about? It’s just a furry with a syringe on top!”
“Ma’am, I was never a slave. I was an indentured servant.”
The copper clapper caper with Caude Cooper, etc.
My entry: He’s a typical gnu and tiler too.
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Take au pair off gargling spice.
One morning, the zookeeper was walking past the lions’ habitat when he noticed the crowd around it was more than usually excited. Glancing in, he saw that the biggest lion in the pride was clearly bothered by something on his head. Squinting a bit, the zookeeper could tell that a family of robins had made a home in the shock of hair directly above the lion’s eyes.
Pitying the annoyed lion, and fearing for the birds’ safety, the zookeeper went about tranquilizing the lion with darts so a team of specialists could remove the birds.
Naturally, some of the people in the crowd had cell phones, and many contacted the local news station. They got there in time to get some prime footage of the procedure. As the zookeeper climbed out of the enclosure, the newscaster asked how he felt about performing such a dangerous job.
“Well,” the zookeeper answered, shrugging philosophically. “Beast is beast, and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.”
The Decline and Fall of the Roaming Umpire
The Czech’s in the mayo.
“Pardon me, but can you please cache a small Czech?”
“Police are on the lookout for a small medium at large.”
“Artie chokes three for a dollar at Safeway.”
Azimov liked his puns, and his shaggy dog stories - I immediately thought of this:
And then there’s the “Lions will eat anything” zookeeper joke, one version here (some familiarity with traditional British cuisine needed):
http://www.grae.co.uk/tag/mushy-bees/