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Post #227451 by Swanky on Wed, Apr 19, 2006 6:57 AM

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On 2006-04-19 05:52, bigbrotiki wrote:

On 2006-04-16 18:39, tikigap wrote:
Dunno if this is appropriate here, but I was hangin at a friends tree house in Volcano, on the Big Island, last December when I went down to the ground and out in the 'jungle' to take a leak.

I found a large, half carved log standing back in the foliage, with a Sven Tiki mug upright on it, replete with headband! I should have taken a picture of that.

I asked the guy how that got there and he had no recolletion of it (heh heh! - must be a good cocktail!), so I snagged it for my collection.

Sven should be proud! That mug survived a very long journey and it's got a cushy indoor location now!

I am! A Sven-Tiki found in the Hawaiian jungle! I have returned to the source! This foreshadows how several generations from now, an urban archaeologist will find a Sven-Tiki recipe card and put it together with the mug and put it in a book and...

I still do not quite understand: Who carved the log? Your friend or another tree dweller? How could the mug just be there? Any foot marks? Maybe the Sven-Tiki carved it, and he is really one of those alien Moai from that comic strip! Check if he moved over night!

And yes, you should have taken a photo! I always damn myself for not having shot a red Moai mug found in situ lying in the encrusted mud at The Tikis site.

Hmmm
This seems to fit in here. TNTiki sent me this site. Outrageous prices for a 20 inch tiki, but they seem to have copied a lot of our friends. The "Islander" caught my eye as being Sven-Tiki. I think I would call the lawyers. If they were $20, no, but $350! Your image is backordered Big Bro.