Post #247042 by The Granite Tiki on Sat, Aug 5, 2006 2:23 PM

I bet there are plenty of people here who don't know who bigbrotiki is, and a "who's who" would probably be helpful!

Maybe I'm a kiss ass sycophant, but when I found out he was here at Tiki Central posting among us, I got as giddy as a school girl.

I don't think there are many "scenes" where you can pick the brains of the real movers and shakers quite as easily as we can here.

I also don't think any one should be surprised or annoyed that the guy who wrote the book might tend to be a purist. It's the extremists who set the bar for everyone else. The very fact that he is here discussing it with us means his purism is a blessing, not a curse.

Did I express myself well in this post or did it just come off as ass kissy? :)

At the risk of further pushing this thread to places it was not meant, I'd like to know everyone's opinion of taking a non-tiki new item, like some we've seen here (mainly I speak of Party City/Target type items) and using them as raw materials for your own tiki creativity. For instance, I can't afford real Granite Tikis for my lounge, so I bought cheap plastic and resin tikis, and faux granite spray painted them.