Joey was the only Jewish child in Listowel. His parents decided he would be Jewish after they had seen the success of Woody Allen. It confused Joey greatly as his sister and his friends were not Jewish. So when all of the children in the town received their Holy Communion, which brought with it a serious windfall of cash, Joey was seriously pissed off. He went to his father and asked why he was Jewish and why everyone else was not. His father sat him on his knee and told him to fuck off, he was drunk. When he learned he wouldn't be getting any cash until his bar mitzvah Joey decided he would not wash. Brave little Joey did not wash for fourteen months. By the end of the fourteen months he was so filthy and had contracted so many diseases that he died.