# Ukulele Ike **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 1999, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321 "1999-10-09T02:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 1999, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/1 "1999-10-09T02:21:00Z")
When I’ve noticed that someone has become exceptionally witty or thought-provoking up here, I generally send them a little email telling them so. Not, of course, that most people give a rat’s ass what I think, but still… Ike, you don’t have an email listed, so you get your very own thread. I just have to say that either I’ve not paid attention in the past or you are becoming increasingly more witty and intelligent sounding all the time. This is NOT saying you weren’t in the past, just saying I’ve finally noticed. Flora must be bringing out the best in you ;). (kidding, guys, sheesh) trisha ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 1999, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/2 "1999-10-10T06:08:00Z")
You never sent ME an e-mail. I guess I suck… ☹ * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 1999, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/3 "1999-10-10T16:25:00Z")
LOL…jeez, now I’ve done it. Just like TennHippie knows everyone loves him, everyone that didn’t get an email from me needs to assume that they were SO outstanding that an email from mere mortal me was not necessary. trisha ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/4 "1999-10-11T05:07:00Z")
Uke, are you an Asylum Street Spankers fan, by any chance? They’re the reason I know who Ukulele Ike is, since their Mysterious John performs a great rendition of his tune “I’m a Bear In a Lady’s Boudoir”. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 1999, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/5 "1999-10-11T19:40:00Z")
Doctor, I’m intrigued. Asylum Street Spankers? What venue of music are they? trisha ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 1999, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/6 "1999-10-12T22:30:00Z")
Geez, hard to describe. They’re an all-acoustic ensemble from Austin, TX. When I say all acoustic, I mean it–no elecricity, no mikes, and a guy with a megaphone that will rip anyone in the audience a new one if they talk too loud. There are ten of them at full strength (members have come and gone), and their music has a real vaudeville vibe to it. You just have to go see them. They make it here to Lexington about twice a year. Their most recent album, “Hot Lunch”, is really good. Dr. J ---
**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:** [October 13, 1999, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/7 "1999-10-13T14:37:00Z")
The near-erotic thrill of having a thread named after myself, and being cooed over by jazzmine, is slowly dissolving into a Asylum Street Spankers-flavored malaise. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/8 "1999-10-13T14:42:00Z")
That’s why I started a new thread. Everyone, please, go back to cooing over Ukulele Ike. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/9 "1999-10-13T15:06:00Z")
Well, Uke did put me in his will. He’s giving his cash AND his saxophone, so he’s all right in my book. However, I’m supposed to kick off only four months after him; I just hope I can get the will probated in time. * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/10 "1999-10-13T15:46:00Z")
ahem, Mr. Ike. Maybe if you weren’t so slow in responding, I would have gotten naked for you or something. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/11 "1999-10-14T05:13:00Z")
Hey Jazz, I responded fairly quick, do I get that show?.. Ike, I agree with her wholeheartedly…I crack up regularly by reading your posts… * * * _I haven’t lost my mind, I have a tape backup around somewhere._ ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/12 "1999-10-14T05:17:00Z")
ah but Atrael, you responded even later than Ike. _sitting here naked at my keyboard with no one to show it to_ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/13 "1999-10-14T05:32:00Z")
Damn, I miss all the fun. Purity score on the rise. * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/14 "1999-10-14T05:44:00Z")
Uncle, is that what you’ve name him? Purity Test? ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/15 "1999-10-14T05:45:00Z")
_sigh_ my flirting would be much more fun if I got it right… Purity SCORE…score, score, score ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 1999, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/16 "1999-10-14T05:54:00Z")
Hmmm, interesting thought, but I have always used “Petey and the Twins.” * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**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:** [October 13, 1999, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/17 "1999-10-13T19:41:00Z")
[busily tacking up one of the 1,000 flyers he had made up, oh, about a month ago, reading UKULELE IKE IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO LOVELY CHILDREN] [Turning around and spitting out the extra nails] Jazz, darlin’, let me express my deepest appreciation for your kind words, even though I now want to scroll back three months and see which posts were boneheaded, and which jokes fell flat. I was going to e-mail a thank-you note to you because I’m too shy to respond in public, but I’ve let it go so long (hey! just like with real-life thank you notes!) that, well, here it is. And thank you for showing me your chests. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/18 "1999-10-13T19:52:00Z")
We ALL know you’re married Ike _laughing_ email me anyway. 😉 You know…to thank me and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/19 "1999-10-13T19:55:00Z")
Now did you mean reply to the OP, or _your_ last post?..I thought I was pretty quick to that one…(sigh) guess it’s just not meant to be… ## _note to self_–Send Jazz one of those cameras that sits on top of her computer— _I haven’t lost my mind, I have a tape backup around somewhere._ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 1999, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321/20 "1999-10-13T19:56:00Z")
Hey, Jazz, Ike can only handle one homewrecking hussy at a time. Anyone want to supply us with spike heels and corsets so we can have a catfight over our Married Man? –Susan Wayward (“Back Street”) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukulele-ike/9321.md?page=2)