Short Analysis Ideas

For the upcoming short analysis I was thinking about using the information from data set 1, the shaggy dog stories.  I think that the structure of each story would be something to consider in the analysis.  The fact that each one of the jokes is set up in a narrative format is also a unique feature of the jokes.  Even the idea that they are called 'stories' as opposed to jokes.  I think there is a lot of ways to analyze these.