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
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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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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!
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What does a Jewish pirate say?
submitted August 20, 2017 by playitagainzak_
Ahoy-vey
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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