But I realised that most of my blog posts are just that.
"a long, rambling story or joke, typically one that is amusing only because it is absurdly inconsequential or pointless." [Oxford Languages]
"In its original sense, a shaggy dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax." [Wikipedia]
My readers can verify that, pausing only to consider the verity of "amusing" as applied to my blog.
Does anyone know the first usage of this strange phrase? It appears not, although it seem to be accepted that its first usages were in the USA in the 1920s or 1930s.
The Hungarian Puli (see picture above) is amongst the shaggiest breeds of dog. This Komondor, also from Hungary, is like a SuperPuli - much bigger.
This Afghan Hound, from - er well guess - is a supermodel who would never ever be called a shaggy dog.
The Lhasa Apso is from Tibet.
And the Keeshond from the Netherlands.
This Highland Cow thinks shaggy dogs are overrated.
They’re ok I suppose. But where are the shaggy cat pictures? And we need a definition for that that will find its way into Brewers.
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