Thanks to tsuwm - Wordsmith.org

Thanks to tsuwm's reference to Michael Quinon's page on shaggy dogs from this post:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=14808
I was able to make an earlier citation than that recorded in the OED for the phrase "shaggy dog story". This citation, the 1/14/43 daily strip of the Barnaby comic strip, has been forwarded to the OED by Mr. Quinon in my name and he has sent me their acknowledgement of my contribution.

Whoa! Way to go! [emphatic nod emoticon]

Imagine! Our Faldage in the OED!! Congratulations.

Mad props to you both!

congrats, David! maybe this will be the start of something... er... significant, a la 'The Professor and the Madman".

Kewl!! That's just aaahsim!

Well done, as soon as I sell a kidney or three, I'll put down a deposit on a copy of the OED. It will be worth it to see an ayleur's name in it.

I doubt if they'll mention me by name, but if you see 1/14/1943 (or 14/I/1943), Barnaby comic strip, Mr O'Malley "I might have known it, m'boy! Worse and worse!... He's telling Shaggy Dog Stories!" you can say, "I know who told them about that one."

Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah !
I have lit the lamps and hereby call all the initiate together to sing hymns of praise for our Faldage.
wow

... hymns of praise for our Faldage.

Now praise we all our well-beloved Faldage,
Whose well-manur�d pastures make for well-dig-
Ested ayleuritic peroration ...
Not least of all an OED citation!

(OK, OK, it was the best I could do with "citation", off the top of me noodle.)

regards, and congrats, lusy

Congratulations - we'll turn you into "a harmless drudge" yet!

Maximum 'gratters, old chap, for an absolutely spiffing performance.

I nominate Faldage for the very first of the prestigious AWAD AWArDs for achievement beyond the posts.

And with due respects to tsuwm for aiding and abetting him.
[enthusiastic-round-of-applause-leading-to-standing-ovation icon]

Well done. I'm impressed.

Aw, shucks, guys. I didn't expect such an outpouring.

All seriousness aside, I can't think of another board that I know of that would recognize the import of such a distinction.

Well, I guess any board with a few commercial types on it would recognise the import of exports

Adding my salutations and congratulations! We bask in the reflected light of your glory, David.

Very, very cool news, Faldage.

Fabulous Faldage. A hearty congratulations from the Canadian front.

For an interesting discussion of the term "mad props" see http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=13912&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1#Post13912