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then on Friday… no, tell a lie, it was the Saturday expression or saying

Caricature of that particular variety of storytelling that is long on irrelevant detail and short on, well, story

Origin

From a prolific teller of such tales at B’ham Uni rowing club

Collector

M & N – 1972-5
Mark & Naomi

Notes

Could have been called a shaggy dog with too much shag and no dog, but wasn’t

Submitted: 22/03/2021 by Mark

any thoughts?

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