Post #199417 by KuKuAhu on Mon, Nov 21, 2005 9:06 PM

Okay, I'm not going to let these two diamonds get scuffed into the dirt of this bloated and ridiculous thread without calling attention directly to them.

Number one:

On 2005-11-20 18:41, Brad 'The Beachcomber' Owens wrote:

In closing I would remind all of you “experts” and “purist” out there that once upon a time you didn’t know shit about tiki. And just because you are an aficionado now about what tiki WAS doesn’t make you right about where it is, or should be going. Just keep that in mind before you go casting stones around these forums.

Tiki is supposed to be fun, RIGHT?

Well put Brad. I'd say a person willing to take on the massive risk of opening a full on traditional tiki bar trumps most others at this asinine "tiki-er than thou" game.

Number two (and it is a two-parter):

On 2005-11-21 10:11, laney wrote:
Seems to me a thread like this comes around every year.....be it having to do with collecting, events, or creating, I am tired of the "I'm more tiki then you" flame wars....yawn
God forbid a professional Interior Designer come into my living room.....first to go would be my beachcomber lamps, Witco bars, and tacky whisky barrel couch. But I love it...

On 2005-11-18 14:32, bigbrotiki wrote:

I have to be very careful with any critical utterance, as it might be taken as if Zeus is hurling a lightning bolt at a mortal.

Are you kidding me Sven? Zeus?

Laney, you are my hero. If we ever meet in person your first mai tai is on me.

Ahu