Post #430746 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Jan 26, 2009 10:35 AM

Wow, it's amazing to hear that I have distant relatives from a South Seas captain, now living in Australia! I love the internet.

Now folks, behold what I just won on e-bay. This would be a cool item on its own for anyone who is:

1.) ...a Kirsten Pipe collector
2.) ...a Tiki shirt collector
3.) ...working on a book about Tiki shirts
4.) ...named "Kirsten"

But to have ALL these elements come together made this a once-of-a-lifetime offering for me...

Let's view the main feature:

This would be a pretty cool shirt for me to have, yeah..
But now, lets turn it around:

What the...! :o Did somebody make this up !?

This is as if history retro-actively conspired on me to blow my mind :). I mean what are the chances...
Even though this baby is way too small in size for me to wear, it is such a classic artifact (as an example of a period and style) that it seems like a cliche, like a pink Cadillac, or a Diner neon sign. I owned this the minute it was put up!
I love when things come full circle like this!

Now I just have to change my name to "Ed".