A pirate riddle is:
Q: Where do pirates go to play games?
A: The Arrrrrrr-cade!
That is, to the “arcade,” but pirates like to say “Arrrr!” The riddle has been cited in print since at least 2014.
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Universal Geek
@UGpodcast
Where do pirates go to play games? #talklikeapirateday
3:00 PM · Sep 19, 2014·Hootsuite
Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/Claoodeeoo September 23, 2014
Where do pirates go to play games?
At the ARRRRRRRRRRRRcade.
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Jonathan Deesi̓̐ͦ̄ng
@Deesing
@Leahbjackson where do pirates go to play games?
1:56 PM · Sep 23, 2014·Twitter Web Client
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Leah B. Jackson
@Leahbjackson
The ARRRRRRRRRRRRcade! RT @Deesing: @Leahbjackson where does a pirate go to play games?
5:12 PM · Sep 23, 2014·TweetDeck
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Demon_rabbit22 April 18, 2021
Where do pirates go to play games?
The Arrrrrrr-cade!
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Busy-West-6974 December 29, 2021
Where do Pirates go to play games?
The Arrrr-cade!
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
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.
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