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 **Jar and Donkey** is a pub in Alaska. It was first featured in a short story [[how_people_become_gold_miners|How People Become Gold Miners]], and later appeared to be the location for monthly meetings of the [[prince_ruifa|Trousers Suppliers Guild]]. **Jar and Donkey** is a pub in Alaska. It was first featured in a short story [[how_people_become_gold_miners|How People Become Gold Miners]], and later appeared to be the location for monthly meetings of the [[prince_ruifa|Trousers Suppliers Guild]].
  
-The pub is known for its miraculous ability to fit crowds of people in what seems to be very cramped space, ​and boasts no written menu and the ability to take oral requests, even if it means expending substantial resources in order to fulfill guests'​ wishes.+The pub is known for its miraculous ability to fit crowds of people in what seems to be very cramped space, ​as well as the ability to take oral requests, even if it means expending substantial resources in order to fulfill guests'​ wishes
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 +One time someone asked for a durian, and a whole expedition was organized to get it to the customer by breakfast. When a whiff of it reached the customer'​s nostrils, the customer'​s face changed and she said that actually she was asking for Julian.
  
 ===== The Jar Puzzle ===== ===== The Jar Puzzle =====
  
 The Jar Puzzle is a question that is written on the menu of the pub. It asks: "What is inside the jar? Guess correctly and win a million dollars!"​ To this day no one has won the prize. [[Scholars]] point out that Jar and Donkey has no menu and, thus, //there is no fork//. The Jar Puzzle is a question that is written on the menu of the pub. It asks: "What is inside the jar? Guess correctly and win a million dollars!"​ To this day no one has won the prize. [[Scholars]] point out that Jar and Donkey has no menu and, thus, //there is no fork//.
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