Post #418391 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Nov 11, 2008 12:00 PM

On 2008-11-10 21:20, boutiki wrote:
Blasphemy!
I REALLY like the more rare tall Kowloon mug. Looks like the S&P shakers. I've yet to find one of these. Anyone have one they want to trade?

Potato Bug, Potato Bug, na na na na na naaaa :music: :wink:
You know Duke, I never really looked at THAT version above ( I probably instinctively averted my eyes each time), it IS ....well, UNIQUE, for sure, compelling, I admit....but still, all in all, a rather "unfortunate" fellow. It has so little to do with any authentic Polynesian art and is so stylistically outrageous that -Heck!- it could be said it anticipates some of the Tiki Revival art out there today! :D

On 2008-11-11 09:18, Tikisgrl wrote:
I love knowing that it is a potato bug that just makes me want it more. I'm sure the potato bug was just misunderstood and this is a fitting tribute.

Beth, I just call it the Potato Bug mug because I thought it fits, just like I called the black Trader Vic's mug the "Suffering Bastard", (while Vic just called it the Mai Tai mug).

On 2008-11-10 22:03, Koolau wrote:
Even though I grudgingly acknowledge BigBro's point, it is funny to hear criticism of odd tiki aesthetics from THE proponent of Witco. :wink:

Haaa, I saw that coming somehow. I did notice a certain kinship to Witco in the original mug, too. The difference is that I wrote a whole book that explained WHY and HOW we all should and can see past the first "ugly" impression of Witco and appreciate the genius behind it. I'm just not feelin' that here. :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-11-11 12:04 ]