Post #7723 by TikiGuy on Thu, Sep 5, 2002 7:05 PM

First Tiki? This past Sunday, yard sale, Bridgenorth, ON, 50 cents. I think it's just a homemade tiki mug or something cheesy like that (no maker marks). But it's tiki nonetheless. I had to have it.

Where did it start? I'm a Canadian addicted to universal health care and I hate the cold. So I gotta have a little tiki paradise in my basement to keep me from going beachbum and moving south.

Maybe it was the south seas themes at disney World when I was ten. Maybe it was the constant craving for a fruity drink all this summer. Maybe it was the memories that almost appear fabricated of a cartoon on TV that was based on tiki's. Maybe its because I was obsessed with Easter Island and Thor Heyerdal (sp.?) when I was in grade 5. Perhaps it's because I'm also a wrestling fan and was amazed by the Samoan's and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Or maybe it's because my other obsession demands that I build a castle from stone by hand and learn to joust and swordfight.

But I think it's ultimately because I look so darn good in a hawaiian shirt that I might as well have the surroundings to wear it in.