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In its original sense, a shaggy-dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents ...

Shaggy dog story

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. Shaggy-dog stories play upon the audience's... Wikipedia
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A "Shaggy Dog" Story is a plot with a high level of build-up and complicating action, only to be resolved with an anti-climax or ironic reversal, usually …
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Once upon a time there was a king that lived at the bottom of a very tall hill. On top of the hill there was a pot of gold guarded by two golden fingers. One ...