A man walks into a bar and orders a drink. As he's sitting there, he notices a jar full of money on the counter. Curious, he asks the bartender about it.
The bartender says, "Oh, that's our challenge jar. If you can complete three challenges, you get to keep all the money in the jar."
The man, feeling confident, asks what the challenges are.
The bartender responds, "First, you have to drink a whole bottle of hot sauce without flinching. Second, you have to arm wrestle our toughest regular and beat him. And third, you have to make our parrot laugh."
The man thinks for a moment and decides to give it a try. He chugs the hot sauce, arm wrestles the regular and wins, and then heads over to the parrot's cage.
He spends hours trying everything he can think of to make the parrot laugh – telling jokes, making funny faces, even dancing – but the parrot remains completely stoic.
Defeated, the man returns to the bartender and says, "I give up. I couldn't make your parrot laugh."
The bartender nods and says, "Well, here's your consolation prize." He hands the man the jar full of money.
Confused, the man asks, "But I didn't complete all the challenges. Why am I getting the money?"
The bartender chuckles and says, "Because the regular you arm wrestled is deaf, so he didn't hear you challenge him. And the hot sauce challenge is just a prank we play on people. The real challenge was always to make the parrot laugh – and you did just that when you told him you'd have to pay for the drink."