Post #206463 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jan 9, 2006 6:12 AM

I don't know JJ...In my life's experience, when I have come across apparently overdone cliche items like these, that so clearly seemed like a parody (or concept art), they often WERE real, proving that cliches are cliches for a reason.

The skill and seeming irony of the author are absolutely that of an artist, and it is clear that he must be aware of his artistry as a bull shitter, I am sure he had lots of fun putting this together. But con men simply know what I stated above: Cliches work BECAUSE, audacity works, and one can never be too pushy. We all cannot believe those "African exiled prince" e-mails could be meant seriously or ever bought by anyone, but apparently they are, and their scatter shot distribution yields some hits.

The rarefied consciousness of Berlin's art scene is so far away from the un-intellectual wastelands of LA's sub-suburbs where this letter was directed to, I would not expect pranksterism to be at work here. And the writer has no idea of the Tiki revival scene, there would be more recognizable references in the text, and there is nothing even remotely connected to the Tiki lingo of today.

I am having our Tiki operative in Switzerland look into the address, maybe he can at least tell us if it is a common "swiss bank account" type of set up.