[Ads-l] shaggy dog story, 1918

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> I posted the same cite a few years ago.

The shaggy dog story has been discussed on the ADS list a few times in
the past. Here is a link to JL's post on Dec. 3, 2019
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-December/150139.html

Here is a link to my response referring to a pertinent 1906 citation
together with pointers to earlier threads. I have not yet created a QI
article on this topic.
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-December/150141.html

Participants in past threads have included Jonathan Lighter, Stephen
Goranson, Garson O'Toole, Peter Reitan, Wilson Gray, Joel Berson, and
Robin Hamilton.

Garson

> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 11:37 AM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
>
> > The South Bend News-Times, Sept. 22, 1918 p. 8 col. a, in a theater review:
> >
> > The next scene reveals the superior court at Reno, which isn't so darn
> > superior, as the fellow said about the shaggy dog. (Note--shaggy dog story
> > will be mailed on application to editor.)
> >
> > Stephen Goranson
> >
> >
> > https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87055779/1918-09-22/ed-1/seq-18/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=0&words=dog+Shaggy+story&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=shaggy+dog+story&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
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