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 [{{:​wiki:​new_jar_and_donkey.png?​nolink&​400 |Jar and Donkey pub sign}}] [{{:​wiki:​new_jar_and_donkey.png?​nolink&​400 |Jar and Donkey pub sign}}]
  
-**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 Trouser ​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]].
  
-It is not clear how the Guild, located on another continent, is able to travel ​to Alaska every month for a short sit-down at the pub. [[J. N. Spoilsport]] argues that [[Prince Ruifa]] should have enough money to fund the operation. [[Mr. Porridge]]however, points out that "Jar and Donkey"​ might simply be a chain.+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 requestseven 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, 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.+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!"​ +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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-To this day no one has won the prize. ​It is not clear whether ​there is really the right answer.+
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