A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from September 20, 2017
“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!
 
Twitter
Tami‏
@bcre8uv
Replying to @lindawoods
@lindawoods Maybe you could do a combined Jewish/pirate day - ahoy vey!
12:26 PM - 18 Sep 2009
 
Twitter
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
 
Twitter
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!
   
Facebook
LiveJournal
September 19, 2011 ·
Q: What do Jewish Pirates say?
A: Ahoy vey!
 
Twitter
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
 
Twitter
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!”
     
Facebook
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

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityTransportation • Wednesday, September 20, 2017 • Permalink


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