Post #33734 by annalulu on Sun, May 11, 2003 10:52 AM

Don't know the connection, although many of them are carved in the Philippines. My husband and I collect them, we have about 15 sets...the thought of chopping them up for door handles upsets me!! :wink:

We have several with obvious tikis carved on them, but also some with birds, elephants, or pineapples. They cover all the walls of our kitchen, people who visit seem to love them.

I've noticed that when people get drunk, they like to take them down and do various things like "spooning" people's asses, or saying "fork you" while holding a 3 foot fork high in the air.

All in good fun.