Post #58641 by PolynesianPop on Wed, Nov 5, 2003 9:48 PM

On 2003-11-05 06:47, tikifish wrote:
I wonder why the owners of these theme joints always want to make it a mish-mash of Buffett, Carribbean, and Tiki? Do they feel the customers wont notice, or do they think the customers will like it better that way?

I don't think the owner's themselves even know there's a difference!

• Tikis are of South PACIFIC origin -- about oh, 6,000 miles or so from the Caribbean (in the ATLANTIC ocean).
• Music from the South Pacific - Hapa Haole, ukuleles and lap steel guitars. Music from the Caribbean - Reggae and Steel Drums.
• Pacific Islands - Volcanoes, Caribbean Islands - Rocks.
• South Pacific pastime - Surfing, Caribbean pastime - smoking ganja.
• Pacific ambassador - Don Ho. Caribbean ambassador - Jimmy Buffet.
• South Pacific tikis - Ku, Lono, Moai, Maori, Marquesan. Caribbean tikis - Carter takes a poo.
• Lastly, native Polynesians look COMPLETELY different from native Caribbeans.

Seems like there's a lot of differences here -- how come nobody else sees them????

**Poly-Pop ***

He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS!

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-11-05 21:51 ]