Many of us SDMB devotees have profited from the generosity of Ukulele Ike in two recent threads, book recommendations and cocktails. (I personally received the following, free of charge:
Books
Cocktail:
I think it would behoove us to do something for Ukulele Ike in return. Therefore:
In my modest capacities as DBA, in the next (Oracle) database I design, I will include a table called “ukulele_ike”.
~~Sunshine
Patron Saint of Newbies Who Don’t Expect Too Much Of the Rest of Us. Also Patron Saint of The Crappy Weather that’s been Sticking Around Swimmy’s Area Lately.
(Canonization courtesy of SwimmingRiddles)
“It’s not death I fear so much as leaving something so beautiful as life.”
While I have yet to partake in the yummy goodness that is Ike, I shall from this moment on, in Ike’s honor, drop to my knees and bow like a coolie to anyone I personally witness playing a Ukelele.
“Blessed be the music from the tiny stringed instrument!”
My next test machine’s network name will be Ukelele Ike, getting away from the Salinger theme I usually use (Bananafish, Phoebe, Zooey). All my coworkers are too illiterate to get the Salinger theme anyway…
I shall name a duckling in his honor…and said duckling will live out it’s life on the farm, never to be eaten, as a reminder of all that is good and holy - Ukulele Ike
I will quit my job and walk cross-country wearing a sandwich board witnessing to everyone I see and every reporter that interviews me about “The Great Ukulele Ike.”