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SHAGGY-DOG STORIES

Published on September 14, 2007 in Cliches and Folklore

shaggy-dog story noun a:  a long-drawn-out circumstantial story concerning an inconsequential happening that impresses the teller as humorous but the hearer as boresome and pointless      b:  a similar humorous story whose humor lies in the pointlessness or irrelevance of the punch line   I used this expression the other day, but is was not understood

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PATRICK CHAVIS: KARMIC DEBT PAID IN FULL

Published on August 17, 2002 in Cliches and Folklore, Current Events, Politics

It’s never been easy to get into medical school, but if you were a white male, applying to a University of California med school in the 1970′s, it would never be more difficult. You see, these were the salad days of affirmative action, and if it was impossible for a white boy with a 3.5

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