There was this 24 hour pub half way down Pacific Highway in St. Leonards, Sydney. A very popular and crowded bar. Always loud and boisterous with 18 hours of happiness each day and 6 happy hours the same day. A fun place to be.

Not surprisingly every one wanted to get in and the bouncers had a very tough time handling the ID cards. As is bound to happen with such large crowds, a donkey managed to get into the bar and went straight to the counter and sat down asked for a Toohey's Blue ("The difference between DRINK and DRUNK is U") and morosely started to gulp down the beverage. The bartender, curious though he was, just ignored it. Jokes were cracked, pranks were pulled but nothing could be done to get so much as a smile off the donkey's face.

The pub being open 24 hours, the donkey just kept ordering more and more of the brewed malt and as always was sullen and morose. A small black mark in the otherwise lively atmosphere. This went on for over a week.

Then one day entered an Indian who just had joined the employed by joining a nearby Indian Restaurant, "The Curry House". Hard earned money needs to be spent wisely and so he asked the bartender for the cheapest ale in the house and was served Toohey's Blue. Imbibing both beverage and the surroundings he forgot his worries and started to have some fun by sitting in a corner and watching others trying to balance two left feet on the dance floor. It amused him to no end. From time to time he glanced at the unhappy donkey at the bar counter.

Just as he was leaving he went up to the barman and asked him about the odd one out. The bartender replied by saying that everything was tried out on this godforsaken creature, but to no avail, it just refused to partake in the festivities. Just sat and sulked and drinked. He also mentioned free beer for week to anyone who could make it even smile let alone have a full fledged belly twisting laugh. The Indian took up the challenge. He went upto the donkey whispered something into the donkey's ears and left.

Such laughter was unheard of in the 75 year history of that jolly good place. The donkey kept laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing and just would not stop. The owners and the barmen were astonished and were awaiting the next visit of that Indian Genius to ask him what the hell he said to the donkey.

In the meantime the Indian got promoted, jumped jobs, worked two shifts, etc., etc. went home to conduct his sisters' wedding and payed off his tution fees and invest his meagre savings for his children and nieces' and nephews' education. It took about 2 years for those arrangements to be done.

On his return to that Happy Pub in St. Leonards, he went up to the barman and asked for the cheapest ale in the house. Being served Blue again, he sat down to watch the many right feet struggling on the dance floor amidst roaring laughter. He glanced around to find the donkey still laughing.

The barman called him over and said that its been like that for 26 months and people were getting tired of it, though they had nothing against a donkey enjoying himself. The barmen promised that the drinks were still on the house and if the Indian could stop the donkey laughing then the drinks will be on the house for a full month. Never to miss a chance for a freebie, the Indian went around the bar counter (the donkey had relocated himself just around the corner near the poker machines) and came back after a few moments. It took a while for the patrons to realise that the donkey had stopped laughing. They saw it leave a chance for a Royal Flush and come towards the bar counter to remain seated, as it was initially, nursing cheap ale and sulking.

The crowd, needless to say was astonished. Everyone congratulated the Indian and pestered him to reveal his secret. First they asked him to tell them what he said to the donkey that made him laugh so hysterically in the first place. The Indian replied "I told it I was hung better than him". And the barman asked him what did he say that made it to stop laughing. The Indian replied "I said nothing. I showed him."