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

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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Entry from December 29, 2021
“Where do pirates go to play games?”/“The Arrrrrrr-cade!”

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.
 
     
Twitter
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.
 
Twitter
Jonathan Deesi̓̐ͦ̄ng
@Deesing
@Leahbjackson where do pirates go to play games?
1:56 PM · Sep 23, 2014·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter 
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!

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CitySports/Games • Wednesday, December 29, 2021 • Permalink


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