Purple Spaghetti Story 

A Purple Spaghetti Story is an unnecessarily long, convoluted joke which feels more like a story and ends with a unrelated, usually familiar punch line. Sometimes also called a Shaggy Dog Story - although purple spaghetti stories involve … spaghetti vs dogs.

Over dinner, Richard told his nephews, Aaron and Zack his famous " Purple Spaghetti Story about his son, Jeremy getting sent to the principal’s office for passing notes in class. In this version of the story, Jeremy was expelled from school even though all the note said was “Purple Spaghetti”. By the time Richard was finished with the thirty-minute meandering diatribe, the boys had fallen asleep and missed the punch line about “looking both ways before you cross the street”.

Purple Spaghetti Story by NZev November 1, 2021

Purple Spaghetti Story 

A Purple Spaghetti Story is an overly long, meandering joke told as if it were a short story (sometimes about a real person - to make it seem real) usually about purple Spaghetti and ending with an unrelated lesson learned. They are often also called, or similar to, a Shaggy Dog Story.

During dinner, Uncle Richard told his nephews Zack and Aaron his famous Purple Spaghetti Story about his son Jeremy being sent to the principals office because he was passing notes in math class. Of course when the principal asked, Jeremy said he was just writing about Purple Spaghetti. By the time Richard finally reached the unrelated punch line ("look both ways before crossing the street") the boys had fallen asleep.

Purple Spaghetti Story by NZev November 3, 2021