Tonga Room Coconut Mug - Collecting Tiki

DZ Doctor Z Tiki Socialite Jasper's Reef, Torrance, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2002 Posts: 1620	DZ Doctor Z Posted posted on Wed, Apr 21, 2004 2:19 AM Ahhh... yes. I know this one well. It happens to be the only mug out of my 350+ collection that has broken in my possession. I'd mistakenly set it atop a speaker and was listening to Peter Tosh's "Johnny B. Goode" with the bass up waaaaaaaaay too high and the vibrations (or rather, 'vaibreeyashuhnz') caused it to dance its way off and tumble a good 6 feet to the floor, snapping it right twixt the two halves. The bottom half with the Tonga Room imprint was a total loss, but I salvaged the upper half (with the OMC label still intact - yes, it is indeed an Otagiri) and still have it. It shows up infrequently enough that I've yet to find a replacement, and I think $14 was a steal. Nice score! But be careful with it - sturdy as it may seem, it does have a weakness for reggae...

Ahhh... yes. I know this one well. It happens to be the only mug out of my 350+ collection that has broken in my possession. I'd mistakenly set it atop a speaker and was listening to Peter Tosh's "Johnny B. Goode" with the bass up waaaaaaaaay too high and the vibrations (or rather, 'vaibreeyashuhnz') caused it to dance its way off and tumble a good 6 feet to the floor, snapping it right twixt the two halves. The bottom half with the Tonga Room imprint was a total loss, but I salvaged the upper half (with the OMC label still intact - yes, it is indeed an Otagiri) and still have it.

It shows up infrequently enough that I've yet to find a replacement, and I think $14 was a steal. Nice score!

But be careful with it - sturdy as it may seem, it does have a weakness for reggae...

Post #87363 by Doctor Z on Wed, Apr 21, 2004 2:19 AM