Post #786388 by tikitube on Sun, Apr 29, 2018 7:19 AM

On 2018-04-28 22:15, Tiki Roa wrote:
....were whats for dinner

Tiki is polynesian restaurants serving carribean rum drinks and cantonese eggrolls
When a tropical escape to paradise was next to a Howard johnson’s
It was just culture not Tiki culture
It owned the 50’s howie cunningham in a fez
It owned the 60’s blue hawaii and gilligan
It owned the 70’s bobby brady meets don ho
If buffett brought you here of you i would be in fear
For lux and ivy his dame brought me here
......cue....do the clam

Tiki culture will always mean different things to different people, depending on how they were introduced to it and what kind of regular presence it has in their lives.

While we can all try to agree (or disagree) about the details of what constitutes tiki purity, an attitude of snobbish elitism isn't going to help keep tiki culture alive or attractive to future generations.

Whether we like it or not, this is not your grandfather's tiki...