a shaggy dog story

a joke which is a long story with a silly end My grandad insists on telling these shaggy dog stories, which nobody finds funny except him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leon	[lei'əun]
Masego	-	Southern African, Tswana
Uranus	yuw-RAY-nəs (English), YUWR-ən-əs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Vassily	vah-SEE-lee	Russian
Bagus	-	Indonesian
Josephina	jo-sə-FEEN-ə	English (Rare)