The Shaggy Dog Story

Dobson, a Des Moines drunkard, picked up a year-old copy of the London Times and read an ad offering a large reward for the return of a very shaggy dog to its bereft owner in Walton-on-Thames.
Ten minutes later Dobson stumbled over the shaggiest pup ever born. He promptly bundled the canine under his arm, hitchhiked to New York, took a freighter to Southhampton and a taxi to Walton-on-Thames. Dobson rushed to the house of the man who had advertised and rang his bell.
He opened the door. "Listen," said the drunk, holding up the pooch, "you lost a shaggy dog, is this it?"
"I should say not," snapped the man, "it wasn't that shaggy!" and slammed the door in his face.

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