"What is Tiki?" - How Do YOU Respond? - General Tiki

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Sun, Jun 24, 2007 4:34 AM On 2007-06-23 17:10, hewey wrote: It's even harder for me, because down here we never had heaps of tiki bars, even in the day. I start by saying it's a 50s retro pop culture thing. If I get a blank stare, I just say there's lots of yummy cocktails and hula girls. They either get that, or they don't! :lol: I hear you Hewey! There's probably only one other person within 300kms of where I live who would know what a Tiki-Bar was! I just say, "you know, that whole American Luau/hula girl/cocktail thing"; or if I know the enquirer a little better, "like an indoor tits-out BBQ, but with cocktails instead of beer!" Hey, you've got to make the locals understand in language they'll understand. :lol: TTT :wink:

On 2007-06-23 17:10, hewey wrote:
It's even harder for me, because down here we never had heaps of tiki bars, even in the day. I start by saying it's a 50s retro pop culture thing. If I get a blank stare, I just say there's lots of yummy cocktails and hula girls. They either get that, or they don't! :lol:

I hear you Hewey! There's probably only one other person within 300kms of where I live who would know what a Tiki-Bar was! I just say, "you know, that whole American Luau/hula girl/cocktail thing"; or if I know the enquirer a little better, "like an indoor tits-out BBQ, but with cocktails instead of beer!" Hey, you've got to make the locals understand in language they'll understand. :lol:

TTT :wink:

Post #314583 by Tamapoutini on Sun, Jun 24, 2007 4:34 AM