One evening, a man was sitting in a bar when he struck up a conversation with an old sailor. After a while, the man casually asked if the sailor had ever heard of Jack Sparrow.
The sailor leaned in and, instead of answering directly, began talking about pie prices. He explained that in Jamaica, beef pies were $1.50, goat pies were $2, and apple pies cost $2.50. In Trinidad, the prices were about the same: cheese and onion pies for $1.50, steak and onion pies for $2, and cherry pies for $3.
He went on: in Barbados, a mushroom pie would be around $4 while a vegetable pie cost about $1.75. And in Haiti, the cheapest of them all, chicken pies for $1, strawberry pies just under $1, and fish pies for $2.
Confused, the man finally interrupted and asked why the sailor was telling him all this.
The old sailor grinned and said, “Because these… are the Pie-rates of the Caribbean.”
Explanation: A man in a bar asks a sailor about Jack Sparrow. Instead of answering, the sailor lists pie prices across Caribbean islands. When the man gets confused, the sailor delivers the punchline: “These are the Pie-rates of the Caribbean.” The humor lies in the pun on “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
