A Joke: Part One

Cade asked me to tell a joke at dinner the other day. I attempted to decline, saying I didn't really "do" jokes. He didn't buy it because he knows I am funny, and then Windy tried to explain that daddy is funny "in the moment." Still, no budge from Cade. I relented and told him the one joke I know. Which, I am sure y'all know as well. The short version:
3 ropes are outside of a bar. There is a sign that says "No ropes allowed" on the front door. The first rope says "I won't stand for it, I'm going to get a beer." He goes inside, and gets turned down by the bartender. He comes back out, humiliated. His buddy, the second rope, goes in, and tries to bully his way into a beer. "No ropes allowed!" replies the bartender. He comes out, more humiliated than the first. The third rope, a little smarter than the others, says, "I have an idea." Then he tied himself in a knot right in the middle of his "torso." Then he frizzed himself out both ends. He walked in, ordered a beer. The moment the bartender placed the beer on the bar, the rope slammed it back as fast as he could. Just as he was leaving to brag to his friends, the bartender asked, "Hey! Aren't you a rope?" He turned around and said, "No, I 'm a frayed knot."

Can you believe I found this picture on the internet?

I shall let Windy tell A Joke: Part Two