“Why did the pirate go to college?”/“To become an arrrrrrchitect!”
A pirate riddle is: Q: Why did the pirate go to college?A: To become an arrrrrrchitect! "What’s a pirate’s second-choice job? An arrrrrrchitect!" has been cited in print since at…
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“Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet?”/“Because they can spend years at C.”
A pirate riddle is: Q: Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet? A: Because they can spend years at C! The joke was posted on the website PirateJokes.net on September 12, 2008.…
“What’s a pirate’s favorite food?”/“Arrrrrtichokes.”
A pirate riddle is: Q: What's a pirate's favorite food?A: Arrrrrtichokes. "What's a pirate's favorite food? an ARRRR-ange!" was cited on a message board in 2003.…
“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…
“What’s a pirate’s favorite school subject?”/“Arrrrrrrrrrt.”
A pirate riddle is: Q: What's a pirate's favorite school subject?A: Arrrrrrrrrrt. The art joke has been cited in print since at least 2003. Karma-Lab Forums Pirate Jokeskahrayzee…
“Lubbock is in the middle of everything” (joke)
It's sometimes said that Lubbock, Texas, is in the middle of nowhere. Lubbock's nickname is "Hub City of the Plains" or "Hub City." However, a joke has it that the…
“What do you call a pirate who skips class?”/“Captain Hooky.”
A pirate riddle is: Q: What do you call a pirate who skips class?A: Captain Hooky. "Captain Hooky" is a blend of "Captain Hook" and "hooky." The joke has been cited in…
“To err is human. To arr is pirate”
"To err is human; to forgive, divine" was written by Alexander Pope (1688-1744) in "An Essay on Criticism" (1711). The line is famous and has many parodies. A pirate joke that…
“Toughest job I ever had was as a door to door salesman, selling doors” (joke)
There is a joke about a door-to-door salesman who had an especially hard job -- he sold doors, "Dad has the hardest job in the world. He's a door-to-door salesman selling doors" was…
“What do you call a sheep with no legs?”/“A cloud.”
Do sheep look like clouds? A riddle is: Q: What do you call a sheep with no legs?A: A cloud. The joke has been cited in print since at least 1990 and has been printed on many images. Google Groups:…
“I was going to eat a spaghetti squash, but then I thought, ‘Nah, I butternut’”
"Butternut" sounds like "better not." "I'm a fan of squash puns, so I was going to like that, but then I decided I butternut" was posted on Twitter on August 26,…
“That’s how we do it in Brooklyn” (“This is how we do it in Brooklyn”)
"This Is How We Do It" was a 1995 song by Montell Jordan. The lyrics referred to south central Los Angeles, not Brooklyn. "This is how we do it in Brooklyn" has been cited in…
“Does this hotel offer a turndown service?”/“Not to you.”
"Turndown service" means "turning down" the bed sheets, not "turning down" a hotel guest. "'Do you need turndown service?' Not if you're speaking…
“3.14% of sailors are pi rates”
"3.14% of sailors are Pi Rates" is a pirate joke that has been printed on images. "3,14% of sailors are Pi Rates" (from SnorgTees T-shirts) was posted on Twitter on February 24,…
“Come to the nerd side. We have Pi”
"Come to the nerd side. We have Pi" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Don't fight it. Give in, come to the nerd-side. Also, we have cookies" was posted on…
“What do you call an island populated entirely by cupcakes?”/“A desserted island.”
People often confuse a "desert" island with a "dessert" island. "What do you call an island that tastes good? A Desserted island" was posted on Twitter on July 8,…
“I know HTML (How To Meet Ladies)”
"HTML" usually stands for "Hypertext Markup Language," the standard markup language for creating web pages. A backronym (back acronym) joke has been printed on many images:…
“Sarcasm will get you nowhere in life” (joke)
Sarcasm often doesn't go well in the workplace, but this joke is from the website Sickipedia and was posted on Twitter on March 11, 2014: "Sarcasm will get you nowhere in life." my…
“To the guy who found my empty wallet… I don’t know how to repay you”
People sometimes return empty wallets to their owners; the money is gone, however. "To the guy that returned my empty wallet...I don't know how to repay you. http://bit.ly/1zznTUe via…
“Moses had the first tablet that could connect to the cloud”
According to the Bible, God (in a cloud) gave Moses the tablets of the Ten Commandments. This had nothing to do with cloud computing, but there have been several jokes. "I thought Moses…