eBay: Here's a little something to foam over... - Collecting Tiki

F Formikahini Tiki Socialite Houston, Texotica Joined: Aug 22, 2002 Posts: 1514	F Formikahini Posted posted on Wed, May 12, 2004 4:04 PM On 2004-05-12 15:20, Trader Woody wrote:...a trip to Barcelona, not only to gawk at the fantastic Tiki Bars, but to try and get your hands on some mugs. Stealing is very uncool and you could well get a knife in the rectum for just thinking about it, but these mugs can be had if you go through the right channels. AMEN, Brother Woody! The bars ARE the real delight, the real quest, and I would NEVER steal from them, especially not the gorgeous and super-cool Barcelona bars (or the Maona Loa in Madrid, or the TV's in Marbella (i think), or...). These bars would NOT take kindly to some idiot American (or Brit, or German, etc.) making off with their mugs! Only one bar that I got to this past summer was happy to sell to me (the others I got to were unwilling or did so grudgingly), so even when you find ones that will sell, it still takes effort to make them sell to YOU - and at a decent price! To sorta quote PT Barnum: "Ya can't get all of the mugs from all of the bars, but you can get some of the mugs from some of the bars!" Finding out which from whom was part of the fun (ok, HELL) for me, but it made me treasure each one I procured even more!

On 2004-05-12 15:20, Trader Woody wrote:...a trip to Barcelona, not only to gawk at the fantastic Tiki Bars, but to try and get your hands on some mugs. Stealing is very uncool and you could well get a knife in the rectum for just thinking about it, but these mugs can be had if you go through the right channels.
AMEN, Brother Woody!

The bars ARE the real delight, the real quest, and I would NEVER steal from them, especially not the gorgeous and super-cool Barcelona bars (or the Maona Loa in Madrid, or the TV's in Marbella (i think), or...). These bars would NOT take kindly to some idiot American (or Brit, or German, etc.) making off with their mugs! Only one bar that I got to this past summer was happy to sell to me (the others I got to were unwilling or did so grudgingly), so even when you find ones that will sell, it still takes effort to make them sell to YOU - and at a decent price!

To sorta quote PT Barnum: "Ya can't get all of the mugs from all of the bars, but you can get some of the mugs from some of the bars!" Finding out which from whom was part of the fun (ok, HELL) for me, but it made me treasure each one I procured even more!

Post #90850 by Formikahini on Wed, May 12, 2004 4:04 PM