shaggy dogs

Some of my favorite memories of our family road and camping trips are the jokes that my dad used to tell. While he was here last week I asked him to retell a couple and he said that the style of joke is called a "shaggy dog." With quick google search I found "Jokebook: Shaggy Dog Stories" and "The Shaggy Pun Test." The first has one of the tales dad used to tell (obscene clone fall) but the Mel Famey and Immortal Porpoise jokes aren't there. Since it's a wiki, anyone can contribute a story...I wonder if I can convince him to add them....I'm also tempted to make up my own - just to see if I can.