# When you hear "Captain Jack", who do you first think of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390 "2012-06-17T02:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/101 "2012-06-18T21:54:34Z")
San Antonio Spurs’ Stephen Jackson ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/102 "2012-06-18T22:40:27Z")
Billy Joel and none of those other losers. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/103 "2012-06-18T23:33:13Z")
Billy Joel’s song comes first. Then the other two, but which is second and which is third might switch around a bit, based on context and which I was reminded of most recently. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/104 "2012-06-18T23:43:07Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > For some reason I thought of Spinal Tap’s “Saucy Jack” first. Ditto. “Saucy Jack, you’re a naught-y one. Saucy Jack, you’re a haught-y one.” ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/105 "2012-06-18T23:53:45Z")
For some reason, I always think of “Captain Fat Jack”, the boat rental guy who abandoned Tom Hanks in the tiny dinghy to swim back for “the little boat” in the movie _Splash_. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/106 "2012-06-19T00:01:27Z")
Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/107 "2012-06-19T00:04:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Another old fart voting for Billy Joel. > > Back in my day, Pirates of the Caribbean was just a ride at Disneyworld. And Tom Baker was Doctor Who. Another youngster voting for Billy Joel. But as to the name itself, I think of Captain Morgan + Jack Daniels. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/108 "2012-06-19T00:33:21Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > Ditto. “Saucy Jack, you’re a naught-y one. Saucy Jack, you’re a haught-y one.” That’s it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/109 "2012-06-19T00:35:44Z")
Another Billy Joel vote. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/110 "2012-06-19T00:54:54Z")
Billy Joel song, cuz I’m old like that. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/111 "2012-06-19T01:21:51Z")
Harkness, swiftly followed by Sparrow. I’d never even heard of the Billy Joel song before this thread. Thank you, SDMB, for making me feel young. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/112 "2012-06-19T01:29:34Z")
Harkness. ---
**Author:** ![Top\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Top_Hat)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/113 "2012-06-19T02:54:58Z")
Aubrey. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/114 "2012-06-19T03:41:58Z")
Harkness, with Sparrow a very distant 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/115 "2012-06-19T03:59:38Z")
Sparrow, but only because a while back some friends and I had a PotC marathon where we drank anytime someone said the words _Captain Jack Sparrow_. One of us ended up in the hospital. Yeah, that was memorable. ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/116 "2012-06-19T04:18:14Z")
Definitely Billy Joel. The guy in the movies pretending to be Keith Richards is Johnny Depp. I am aware of Dr. Who and Torchwood, but I haven’t taken the time to watch either recently because I am old. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/117 "2012-06-19T06:53:33Z")
The alligator from The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/118 "2012-06-20T00:49:40Z")
Captain Harlock. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/119 "2012-06-20T04:32:59Z")
Billy Joel. And I also hate Billy Joel, so +3 there. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390/120 "2012-06-20T10:32:06Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Captain Jack will get you high tonight. This [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-captain-jack-who-do-you-first-think-of/625390.md?page=7)