A man is tired of his old stomping grounds and decides to look for a new bar.

He finds what looks to be a lively and friendly establishment and goes in to have some drinks. Everything is going well; he finds a man who turns out to be a fellow sports fan and starts a friendly conversation. Throughout the night, various patrons shout out numbers, which are followed by raucous laughter throughout the place. He asks his new friend, "What's the story behind the numbers?" The fellow replies, "Well, we've all been coming here for years, and we all know each other's jokes, so we wrote them all down and assigned each a number. When someone wants to tell a joke, they shout out the number of their favorite joke, and we all have a laugh." The man thinks this is brilliant, so he scans the list and decides on one he likes. He shouts out, "26!" There's dead silence. He shouts again, "26!" After another round of quiet, his new friend shakes his head sadly. "Some people just don't know how to tell a joke."