Do I dare ask what the pidgeon incident was????
It was way back in 1984. I was on my first "West-pac" on the USS Enterprise. The ship pulled into Pearl Harbor, and myself and several shipmates pooled our money and got us a room at the Outrigger Hotel in Waikiki. I was standing out on the balcony eating doritos while my shipmates were out on a beer run.
A pigeon landed on the balcony rail, so I tossed a dorito on the deck for it. Instantly I was knee deep in pigeons. I backed into the room and some of the pigeons followed. Then I got an idea. I tossed a handfull of doritos on the deck and a lot of pigeons came into the room after them. I backed out of the room and into the hall, tossing doritos. The pigeons followed. I continued down the hall to the elevator. The pigeons followed. I pushed the elevator call button, and when the door opened, I tossed in a hand full of doritos. The pigeons went into the elevator. I reach in and pushed the lobby button, and the pigeons went down to the lobby, I went back to my room.
A few minutes later my shipmates returned with the beer, laughing their tails off. It seems they were in the lobby waiting for the elevator, with a bunch of tourists. When the door opened, a flock of pigeons flew out. People were running around screaming. When I told them what I had done they laughed harder. When we checked out there were still pigeons in the lobby rafters.
A few months later, on our way back to the US, the Enterprise stopped again in Pearl Harbor. My shipmates and I again went to the Outrigger Hotel. We were told we were not welcome there, or at any other Outrigger Hotel in Hawaii. How they found out it was me, I don't know.
168 posted on 6/1/02 1:38 PM Central by aomagrat
Palo will arrange it. J