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Post #186724 by kirby on Thu, Sep 15, 2005 12:41 AM

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I feel terrible...
My first taste of anything remotely Tiki were these coconut monkeys...When I first got interested in tiki and hawaiiana,I use to scavenge the local thrift stores in search of anything hawaiian or tiki,seldom having any luck. But the thrift store closest to my home seemed to have a neverending supply of these monkeys.So everytime i saw one I would pick it up, even though I was realy hopeing to see a carved tiki, a mug or some other tiki thing. After many trips in search of tiki stuff with no luck, I simply got tired of seeing these monkeys and stopped buying em.I then went even further and after moving a couple time ended up trashing most of them. Now after ready this post,I am ashamed of myself for ever getting rid and thinking they were not worthy of my tiki pursutes. I believe they are truly "TIKI",in my case the first tiki thing I ever owned.I still have a couple in my collection but tucked away.I now will dispaly them with pride and not over look there importance in my tiki life style, and officialy give my apology to these coconut primates.. Thanx for opening my eyes guys...Kirby