The Three Strings

Second place winner in "Bar Jokes" Contest.


The Three Strings

A long piece of string walks into a bar.
He's being brave, thinks he'll get far.
The bartender looks at the string's skinny self
And decides to keep the beer on the shelf.

"We don't serve string here," he says in a huff.
"It might not seem fair that our policy 's tough,
but you can't stay here. You'll have to go."
So he picks the string up, and outside, he does throw.

The string has two brothers, String One and String Two,
and he says to them both, "Now, what should we do?"
String Two has the answer; he thinks it up quick.
"I'll get into the bar. I know just the trick."

The string slithers in, just like a snake.
The bartender laughs. "Oh, for goodness sake.
You can't come in here. We do not serve string!"
He picks up the brother, and out the door, he does fling.

The third brother string thinks for a while,
and has an idea. "I'll go in with style."
He twists himself up, looping here, looping there,
Then he gets a big comb and musses his hair.

String Three enters, feeling quite proud.
The bartender spots him in the crowd.
"I see you, String. You have been caught."
"Me, a string? I'm a frayed knot."