Would that be funny? Failing a job interview because, when ask to make a joke about a pelican and a walrus who run a tea room together, you couldn't come up with a quip, therefore showing your inability to reason.

Let's not even talk about the "r" you forgot when asked to write "cranberry"...

Creating a joke is a great demonstration of a multistage reasoning/deduction process

It's a great test. Creating a joke that is both funny and novel requires many steps.

Watching them attempt to reason their way to a joke is really amusing.