“What is a pirate’s favorite type of music?”/“Arr and B!”

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Entry from September 21, 2017

“What is a pirate’s favorite type of music?”/“Arr and B!”

A pirate riddle is:

Q: What is a pirate’s favourite type of music?
A: Arr and B!

The joke was posted on PirateJokes.net on August 31, 2008.

Wikipedia: Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R&B or RnB, is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when “urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat” was becoming more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, saxophone, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. The lyrics in this genre of music focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, freedom, economics, aspirations, and sex.

PirateJokes.net
On August 31, 2008, one-eyed Craig D said:
Q: What is a pirate’s favourite type of music?
A: Arr and B!

Twitter
Jo Badge‏
@jobadge
Replying to @AJCann
@AJCann @stujohnson http://www.piratejokes.net/ What is a pirate’s favourite type of music? Arr and B!
8:10 AM - 19 Sep 2008

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Steve Friedman‏
@sfried314
What is a pirate’s favorite type of music?.........Arr and B!
11:08 AM - 19 Sep 2008

20 June 2009, The Sun (London, UK), “Have a Laugh!,” pg. 27:
What is a pirate’s favourite type of music? Arr and B!

Moshi Monsters—The Daily Growl
Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Posted by Roary Scrawl on September 19, 2010
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What is a pirate’s favourite type of music?
Arr and B!
harajuku_lover_scent Sep 19th, 2010, 04:10 PM

Reddit—Jokes
abcadaba June 1, 2011
Q: What is a pirate’s favorite type of music?
A: ARRRRR and B!

Vintage Teacher
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Pirate Jokes for Talk Like a Pirate Day
(...)
Q: What is a pirate’s favorite kind of music?
A: Arrr and B!

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Faeeli Brightstar‏
@sylnera
What is a pirate’s favourite type of music?
Arrrrrrrr and B!
12:35 PM - 19 Sep 2017

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