That's just wrong! The un-Tiki thread: - General Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 6:31 PM Here is a recent item I found at the Dollar Tree - a tiki night light, which cost - you guessed it - one dollar. The worst part of this is the fringe on the bottom. No, it is not meant to replicate a grass skirt. That is blue thread, not green, and it is fancily looped, like some tabletop doily a Victorian grandmother might knit for her tea table. This MIGHT be acceptable if you had a small child, who did not want to be frightened of the dark, as that is one of the few situations where a smiling Party store-like tiki might be welcome. But as an adult Tiki-Central male, I would rather stumble around in the dark, than wake up in a half-slumber mode and have the first thing I see be this triple-clown-faced monstrosity. I should of bought a dollars worth of candy instead. Vern

Here is a recent item I found at the Dollar Tree - a tiki night light, which cost - you guessed it - one dollar.

The worst part of this is the fringe on the bottom. No, it is not meant to replicate a grass skirt. That is blue thread, not green, and it is fancily looped, like some tabletop doily a Victorian grandmother might knit for her tea table.

This MIGHT be acceptable if you had a small child, who did not want to be frightened of the dark, as that is one of the few situations where a smiling Party store-like tiki might be welcome. But as an adult Tiki-Central male, I would rather stumble around in the dark, than wake up in a half-slumber mode and have the first thing I see be this triple-clown-faced monstrosity.

I should of bought a dollars worth of candy instead.

Vern

Post #247460 by ikitnrev on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 6:31 PM