On (06 Oct 06) Cindy Haglund wrote to George Pope...
 CH>  GP> You've heard the original shaggy dog tale, that gave the name to
 CH> the
 CH>  GP> genre?
 CH>
 CH>   I am not sure. I may have read the joke without knowing the term
 CH>   applied to it. Care to tell?

Okay, there were 33 knights out on a quest when a horrible storm arose,
so they ducked into an inn/tavern and were put up for the night. . .

By night 3, the storm still hadn't broke and they needed to get on their
mission, so they spoke to the innkeeper and asked if he could provide
them horses, so they could get to their destination more quickly, in
spite of the storm and the darkness of that night.

The first knight was furnishid with a horse and he rode off. . .

Each knight in turn was given a horse and away he went, until the last
knight, who was a shrimp of a guy. . .

The innkeeper said, "sorry, we don't have any more horses, and, besides,
even if I did, they'd be too big for you. . . "

Suddenly an old English sheepdog wanders in and the littlest knight asks
the proprieter if he could put a blanket on the dog and let him use
it...

The proprieter says, "I'm sorry, but I wouldn't send a knight out on a
dog like this!"

So,that's basically it, except the ideal is to describe EACH AND EVERY
knight's being equipped and riding off in great detail, to extend the
story and make it really repetitive. . .

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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