Post #431819 by Dr. Zarkov on Sat, Jan 31, 2009 1:13 PM

I tried to read all of the posts and made one comment earlier. I've only been active on the TC for about a year, so I can't claim to be thoroughly acquainted with all the other threads that have been posted over the years, but I can't help wondering what the problem is? Has this really been such a big problem -- I haven't noticed a lot of threads put up on the board that strike me as woefully off-topic, unless we are going to become so extreme as to exclude discussions of Trader Vic's and Hawaii 5-0 (from this discussion I learned that only two episodes of 200-plus Hawaii 5-0 series actually had Tikis in them. The horror, the horror! I must bow to the diligence and dedication of someone who counts the number of episodes in a TV series and checks to see how many of them featured Tikis!).

If the board gets lumbered with off-topic threads I can understand why that might be a problem, but that doesn't seem to have been the case to me. If by happenstance one appears, you don't need to read it or participate in the discussion. If Hawaiiana is your bet noire, why don't we just create another discussion group on TC for it, which doesn't seem out of line to me because I have yet to see a home Tiki lounge or room that doesn't have some Hawaiiana in it.