A Depressing Competition Of Wits (And Gallows Humor, Too!)

So, there's Fred and Frank. Now, they've been friends for years, but Fred, see, he's depressed. Badly.

Either way, so F+F are texting each other, and here's how it goes: (this is my first joke, so please don't judge too harshly)

Frank: Yo

Fred: Hi...

Frank: U heard about de competition?

Fred: Yeah...

Frank: You wanna hang out?

Fred: .......

Frank: What? I've got some noose (news) for you.

Fred: ...I(

Frank: Fine.... I guess we need to think of a plan, though. We don't wanna be hanging on the end.

Fred: *sigh* You know....you really can't rope me into this competition.

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Listen up, buttercup. You thought this was funny? Okay, here's the deal: Fred's depressed, right? Frank's talking about a 'competition' and 'hanging out,' but he's really making a dark joke about suicide. Fred picks up on it with the line about not being able to be 'roped' into it, using wordplay to avoid literally being roped into a hanging. Get it now, genius?

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