Post #563693 by woofmutt on Fri, Nov 5, 2010 5:23 PM

In all seriousness (well, at least as much seriousness as I'm capable of mustering) here again we find in this thread a fine example why...

Off topic discussions should be taken to a new thread or an appropriate existing thread.

This thread was began as an abstract nonsensical absurdist reaction (my favorite kind of reaction) to some supposedly serious thing. (What exactly the supposedly serious thing was slips my mind at the moment.)

The discussion about what music is Tiki or not Tiki***** that has been inserted in among the definitely not Tiki images in this thread is a worthy (though well worn) discussion in its own right and one which is deserving of its own thread.

But as the discussion is buried in my hilarious Not Tiki! thread it will not be seen by many people who never come to Bilge or who hate me with a passion which could only have been forged in in the fiery hell of seven years, five months, and twenty-one days of awful matrimony. (Yes, Trish, I know you lurk here.)

Inserting a well reasoned thoughtful discussion into a throw away thread such as Not Tiki! is like publishing an excellent story by an underappreciated sci-fi master in a porno mag. Most people looking at the pictures here will skip over the words, most people interested in the words won't be looking at this thread.

I've made this point many time before on Tiki Central and I'm sure I'll make it again as repeating ourselves seems to be our second favorite activity on here.

*****As our favorite past time on Tiki Central is defining whether something is Tiki or not can't we just start saying something "is T" or "not T" ?