Post #137364 by martiki on Tue, Jan 25, 2005 7:23 PM

Everyone's got their reasons for collecting certain mugs, and I feel your pain. I'm pretty sure that kohalachars/maxifac reads TC, so maybe he'll see your story and reconsider. Don't know. He might have six of them anyway.

Your story reminded me of something that happened to me on eBay a few years ago. As I've rambled about before, I really like central valley tiki mugs, especially fresno/bakersfield. My mother's side was three generations in Fresno, and the ol' place has been a big part of my entire life. So I was stoked to get a hold of a Leilani/Luau black moai mug on eBay. My ma used to get blasted there with her college boyfriend and had some great stories. After I won the auction, I got a nasty email from a guy who I outbid. (This person may be a TCer for all I know). He was bent out of shape because he wanted that mug for his infant daughter. He said he was collecting every mug he could find that said Leilani on it because it was his daughter's name. Well, I suppose that was a cute idea, but I certainly thought my reasons were more personally significant than his. Besides all fair in love and ebay, and as we all know, there's LOTS of other mugs that say Leilani! And what the hell is an infant going to do with a vintage tiki mug besides break it and get lead poisoning?

Anyway, I'm not sure what the point of this story was, but I know what you mean when you talk about having a personal connection to a tiki mug.