Lookie what I got last night! - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Jan 19, 2008 12:03 AM On 2008-01-18 19:49, GROG wrote: Sven is spinnining in his grave!! That's right, because I got a heart attack when I saw that! On 2008-01-18 22:42, Uncle Laffo wrote: Imagine: People decorating in a tacky manner in the 70s and painting Tikis in garish colors. Shocking. Laffo No, not shocking really, rather (as previously explained), a misbegotten attempt to "keep up with the times", and as that classified as TIKI DEVOLUTION. And the reason why we here at Tiki Central celebrate and recreate the HEYDAY of Tiki style, which was in the 1950s and 60s.

On 2008-01-18 19:49, GROG wrote:
Sven is spinnining in his grave!!

That's right, because I got a heart attack when I saw that!

On 2008-01-18 22:42, Uncle Laffo wrote:
Imagine:
People decorating in a tacky manner in the 70s and painting Tikis in garish colors.
Shocking.
Laffo

No, not shocking really, rather (as previously explained), a misbegotten attempt to "keep up with the times", and as that classified as TIKI DEVOLUTION. And the reason why we here at Tiki Central celebrate and recreate the HEYDAY of Tiki style, which was in the 1950s and 60s.

Post #355914 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jan 19, 2008 12:03 AM