Post #133648 by Geeky Tiki on Sun, Jan 2, 2005 2:23 PM

Ah, the annual "I'm more Tiki than you" thread.

Right on schedule.

I, too, long for the days of the first Tiki wave when returning veterans of the Pacific War gathered to discuss Tiki carving, Martin Denny, their home Tiki bars, and Tiki conventions.

Come on, by the standards of the modern Tiki snobs, the people who first popularized Tiki wouldn't even qualify.

The whole Tiki thing is schtick to begin with. Do you think some 40 year old banker with an aloha shirt in the early 50's was true Tiki?

You guys sound like politicians racing to validate themselves by being the first to claim he loves Jesus more than the other guy. Maybe you should start an even more exclusive site that requires an entrance exam. Now THAT would be Tiki!

It could be like one of those school caffeteria tables where the in crowd sits and points out to each other just how un-Tiki everyone else is, and the rest of the world could continue to not care!

Hey, at least this topic has migrated from the main forum, to off topic, to bilge over the years.

If having more people liking Tiki ruins your buzz, then perhaps your delicate little sensibilities are too tightly wound for Tiki.

Go try Urban Cowboy or Goth or something. The "I'm more Tiki" stuff is too high school.