Post #2186 by woofmutt on Tue, Jun 11, 2002 11:18 AM

As for a Tiki bar sans Tiki...It's the tacking on of "Tiki" to the title of an item that has nothing to do with Tikis or a Tiki environment that is so irritating. If a shirt is described as "Tiki bar/lounge wear" that's fine, who can say what one can wear to a Tiki bar (although I'm sure we all have an opinion on propire Tiki bar attire). I'll ignore such an item as I can tell it's probably not Tiki. Items one might find in a Tiki environment (rattan lamps, glass fish floats, bamboo bars) being described as "Tiki" isn't so annoying as it is a style (with a Tiki Central approved color palette). Of course one person's Tiki environment might be another's Tiki Hell (examining photos one can see a lot of seriously non Tiki stuff made it into the trader/beachcomber type Tiki bars). The big sin is a completely non Tiki item being described as "Tiki". In the case of the mints in aloha wrappers I looked at the item because I thought they might be some novelty mints in the shape of a Tiki. That was misleading and I hope the seller gets a big cavity from eating their damned "Tiki" mints.