# A formal invitation to Ukelele Ike **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676 "2000-06-27T02:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/1 "2000-06-27T02:40:29Z")
You are cordially invited to the **Norfolk Pre-Fall Doperfest and Carrier Tour** 1100, 26 August in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand Pier 12S, Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk, Va. ## R.S.V.P. There ya go, putz. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/2 "2000-06-27T04:20:51Z")
As I said earlier about needing an aircraft carrier for a gathering: Only if your personality is so lacking that people wouldn’t come see you without it… _rolls eyes_ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/3 "2000-06-27T13:42:23Z")
. . . Just thought I’d bump this up so’s Ike can see it. I KNOW he likes WAVES. ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/4 "2000-06-27T16:00:36Z")
Uke gets a formal invitation, but none of the rest of us do. Jeez Chief, play favorites much? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/5 "2000-06-27T16:09:35Z")
S’aright chief; I understand. Sniff. Inter-service rivalry aside, you’d think I’d get an invite! ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/6 "2000-06-27T16:51:57Z")
Oh VB… _batting eyes_ What if _I_ invited you? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/7 "2000-06-27T17:14:06Z")
Hmm . . . Ike and chief alone in an aircraft carrier . . . no wonder it was only an invitation to Ike . . . But if it’s an open invitation, I’ll go so long as I can hitch a ride with someone. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/8 "2000-06-27T19:31:21Z")
Damn! I thought this was special for ME, but then I saw… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28056](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28056) Will there be lots of leggy blondes in little sailor suits? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/9 "2000-06-27T21:46:42Z")
For those of us who don’t have money-growing trees, is there a free or at least damn cheap place at which we can shack up for the night? Note: I will sleep in cars. I have done so before. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/10 "2000-06-27T22:14:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Will there be lots of leggy blondes in little sailor suits? Damn, Ike, you don’t _ **look** _ like a guy who has a thing for Sailor Moon. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/11 "2000-06-27T22:40:03Z")
> [@](#): > > is there a free or at least damn cheap place at which we can shack up for the night? Just don’t ask to shack up with The Chief. He’ll turn you down flat. Trust me, I know these things. He’s done it to me. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/12 "2000-06-27T22:53:45Z")
Well HELL, Shayna. There go MY hotel plans… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/13 "2000-06-27T23:19:02Z")
Well at least you got fair warning so you wouldn’t have your heart broken like I did, Falcon. ::wanders off to go cry in my coffee:: ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/14 "2000-06-27T23:31:45Z")
_psst! Shayna!_ _shows off handcuffs and rope she and purp have_ What say I go to Norfolk, tie him up, and ship him out to Vegas for you? Good plan? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/15 "2000-06-28T03:24:58Z")
Gotta bump this one for the Chief to see… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/16 "2000-06-28T03:33:04Z")
**DAVE,** I’m worried, I show up at Norfolk Naval Station when the fleet’s in, and they’ve been at the bars, I’m gonna see a LOT of sailor moons. That is ONE Naval I’m not going to contemplate. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formal-invitation-to-ukelele-ike/23676/17 "2000-06-28T03:47:01Z")
Only if you’re lucky, Ike. Oh wait. Chief’s been without a woman for a while… You may have a point. A very good one.