Shaggy Dog Stories

2. PANDA STORY:

-Immediate punch line
-Only essential information was presented
-Rules of three; eats, shoots, and leaves" (Pandas eat bamboo shoot leaves)
-No prior knowledge

3. STRING STORY:

-Rules of 3
-Rhyming phrase; "Bartender, give me a beer." "I'm sorry, we don't serve strings here"
-Repetition
-Conversation
-Characterization; you get a feel for the string

4. FRIDAY STORY: 

-Dialogue
-Characterization
-Prior use of cultural knowledge "TGIF"... You would need to know that to put it in the correct order

5. LAWYER STORY: 

-Non essential information
-Cultural knowledge; You would need to know the rep that lawyers have (liars) in order to understand
-Dialogue

So... what features do all the jokes have in common?
*They all have characters, conflict, and of course... A PUNCH LINE :)