Post #153157 by Kono on Fri, Apr 15, 2005 6:32 PM

On 2005-04-15 16:27, bigbrotiki wrote:
Trader Dick's still exists and serves tropical drinks, these mugs are still being manufactured, so why should these not be made yesterday?

My pet peave is quadrupled with this e-bay seller:

"Description. Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item.
THIS IS A SET OF MATCHING TIKI'S FROM TRADER DICKS EACH HAS SURFER GIRLS IN BIKINIS WITH BIG WAVES AND DOLPHINS ON THE BACK..GREAT COLLECTORS ITEMS IN MINT CONDITION.MEASURES 7" BY 3 " GOOD LUCK!!! CHECK MY SITE FOR MORE TIKI'S!!!"

Aaaaargh! This guy doesn't even call them TIKI MUGS, which they are NOT anyway, now they're just TIKIS! And he can't even spell THAT right! Oh what have I done to deserve this, children...

As author of the forthcoming "Book of Peeves" I am OUTRAGED, Sir, that you have so callously misspelled the very word that I plan on using to stake my future fortunes. Especially as the word is derived from the Middle English word pevish and we all know that Middle English is basically German anyway. For shame Sir!

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