Three Ropes Are Standing Outside A Bar...

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..with a sign above the door that reads, "NO ROPES ALLOWED."

The ropes are indignant.

"To hell with that!" says the first rope as he heads into the bar. He walks up to the counter and orders a beer.
The bartender looks at him.
"Are you a rope?"
"Damn skippy I'm a rope!"
The bar tender grabs the rope and throws it out the door.

The second rope sees this and gets uppity. "Can't stop me from drinking in that bar!"
So the second rope heads into the bar and orders a whiskey. The bartender studies him.
"Heeyyy... you're a rope, too!"
"Yeah that's right I'm a rope!"
The bar tenders chucks the second rope out onto the street.

The third rope witnesses this and decides to be clever.
"Watch this, fellas!" he entreats his pals.
The third rope ties himself in a knot and messes up one of his ends.
He then walks into the bar, up to the counter and orders a shot of tequila.
The bar tender looks at him.
"Waitaminute... are you a rope?"
"NOPE! I'm a frayed knot!"

[dr b]

A priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar. The bartender says, "what is this, a joke?"