Post #248094 by ToonToonz on Thu, Aug 10, 2006 12:59 PM

To echo someone else before me....

Once you start questioning the legitimacy of Tiki art and carvings made today, well then the next step is to question everything Tiki to see how "un-Tiki" it is.
The original Polynesians that worshipped their Tikis had rum? They sipped Mai-Tais? How un-Tiki is that?
And they had little paper umbrellas in their glasses with ice? Polynesians had little paper umbrellas and ice?

And then one has to question the people doing the Tiki thing in the U.S. and ask were the original Tiki worshipers mainly white, middle class Americans that use their religion as an excuse to wear flowery "Hawaiian" shirts and party? How unTiki is that?

Nah...it´s better not to question any of it and just have Tiki fun. :)
:drink: Cheers!