“What does a Jewish pirate say?”/“Ahoy vey!”
A Jewish riddle—and a pirate riddle—is:
Q: What does a Jewish pirate say?
A: Ahoy vey!
“Ahoy vey” (oy vey + ahoy) was posted on the newsgroup soc.culture.jewish.parenting on January 8, 1998, and has been printed on several images.
Google Groups: soc.culture.jewish.parenting
CTTS: 5.5 yrs
Marjorie Peskin
1/8/98
Graham just made up his first really good joke. You know, one without a ‘knock knock’ or a ‘why does an X cross the road’ in front of it. 😊
What does a Jewish pirate say?
A: Ahoy Vey!
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Tami
@bcre8uv
Replying to @lindawoods
@lindawoods Maybe you could do a combined Jewish/pirate day - ahoy vey!
12:26 PM - 18 Sep 2009
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Capt. John Swallow
@captainswallow
Replying to @thecapnslappy
@thecapnslappy - hope yer stay in Alaska be a fine one, this be the 1st ever Talk Like A Jewish Pirate Day - Ahoy vey, ye scurrilous goyim!
9:03 AM - 19 Sep 2009
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Michael Tseng
@Gravitational
Q. What does a Jewish pirate say? A. Ahoy Vay!
8:09 PM - 7 Jun 2010
PirateJokes.net
On June 10, 2011, the scurvy Captain Rita Book—Mistress of the C’hai Seas said:
Q: What do Jewish Pirates say?
A: Ahoy vey!
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LiveJournal
September 19, 2011 ·
Q: What do Jewish Pirates say?
A: Ahoy vey!
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Peckishly
@peckishly
Q. What was the greeting of the little-known Jewish pirate, Long John Silverman?
A. Ahoy veh!
6:20 AM - 19 Sep 2011
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Charlie Weeks-Bell
@junglexpat
For International Talk Like A Pirate Day: what does a Jewish pirate say? Ahoy vey!
1:30 PM - 19 Sep 2011
Algemeiner (New York, NY)
APRIL 17, 2012 2:32 PM 2
Jamaica’s New Rabbi
by Paul Foer / JNS.org
(...)
And if Lewis sees his project through, there will be another motion picture about the pirates of the Caribbean—but instead of “arghs,” you might hear some “ahoy veys!”
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Solomon Dental Group
September 19, 2016 ·
WHAT DOES A JEWISH PIRATE SAY? AHOY VEY!
Reddit—Jokes
What does a Jewish pirate say?
submitted August 20, 2017 by playitagainzak_
Ahoy-vey