Your tiki quote o' the day

One of the columnists in the SF Chronicle, Leah Garchik, has a regular feature called "Public Eavesdropping" where she presents a quote overheard from someone in the bay area. Here's the one from Monday the 16th:

Man talking to female companion, overheard at Target in San Leandro by Jessica Robbins:

"When did tiki become so popular? It's freaking me out."

I Tiki, therefore I mai tai.

"Ask not what Tiki can do for you, but what you can do for Tiki"

"No, tiki has nothing to do with Jimmy Buffett!"

"A day without Tiki is like a day without sunshine" (I know, right now the Seattle TC ohana are shaking their heads and asking each other "what's so great about sunshine?")

"Life's first duty is to embrace tiki. What the second one is, no one has yet discovered." -- Oscar Wilde

"Waikiki when you can pupu?"

"I love the smell of Mai Tai in the morning, it smells like Tiki."

What ever hangover doesn't kill me makes me stronger

"GOT WOOD ?"

[ Edited by: 8FT Tiki on 2004-08-22 20:03 ]

"Don't forget to feed the tikis."

I sort of stole that from Shag. He signed my copy of Night of the Tiki "Keep the tikis fed...Shag."

I think it emcompasses the whole obsession, whether it's spending an hour dusting all the mugs or spending too much money on them. I just keep feeding the tikis.

Tiki is as Tiki does.

To tiki, or not to tiki?

(If you don't know the answer, you shouldn't be here)

Two Tiki Heads are better than one.

"I'm Cal Worthington, and this is my dog spot. I'll stand on my head to sell you a Tiki."

"No tiki for you!"

This was actually said to me by an older Cantonese gentleman as he made somewhat of a show out of escorting me out of his business and away from his family.

The whole quote was: "You offer too low; you put me in poorhouse. No tiki for you!"

Once outside and away from his family, he accepted my offer. I don't know if he ever watched Seinfeld.

My TIKI can beat up your tiki!!!!

Last week, while sitting on the lanai of a beachfront condo in Kona, drinking a mai tai and perusing a book on Don the Beachcomber, I made a note to memorize this quote of his:

"If you can't come to paradise, I'll bring it to you."

In a different vein, Hunter S. Thompson in "Curse of Lono":"I am f---ing Lono you pervert pig-f---ers!"

momma always says "life is like carving a tiki, you never know what you're going to get."

I bought a wooden Tiki,
but it wooden Tiki.

I bought a steel Tiki,
but it steel wooden Tiki

I bought a lead Tiki,
but it steel wooden lead me Tiki

So, I bought a tin Tiki,
Now I tin Tiki... tin you?

From a wise man...."That's F*cked up, Y'all!"

I kind of love it all.....

The fastest way to a mans heart is through his Tiki. :D

On 2004-08-23 22:23, DawnTiki wrote:
The fastest way to a mans heart is through his Tiki. :D

DT!
That is definitely a bumper sticker.

This one got me fired as a greeting-card writer:

"In Memories, Flowers of Happiness Bloom...
Let Me Show You my Tiki - It's up in my Room."

Sabu

Is that a tiki in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

Overheard today in front of the Emeryville Trader Vic's from a gaggle of high school girls:

"Ohmahgod, look! Trader Vic's! It's Trader Joe's cousin!"

sigh

On 2004-08-26 17:24, martiki wrote:
Overheard today in front of the Emeryville Trader Vic's from a gaggle of high school girls:

"Ohmahgod, look! Trader Vic's! It's Trader Joe's cousin!"

sigh

One year a day after my birthday a co-worker asked my what I did to celebrate. I told him i went to Trader Vics! He said-oh, we have one of those in the shopping center by my house. He was thinking of Trader JOES! He must have thought I was a REAL party animal by going to a grocery store to celebrate my birthday!!!

He must have thought I was a REAL party animal by going to a grocery store to celebrate my birthday!!!

A guy was telling about when he relocated from New York to somewhere in the South. His first day on the job was his birthday and he asked his new coworker where he could get a beer after work. The conversation went like this:

Q. "Can you recommend anyplace around here to get a beer?"

A. "The Piggly Wiggly's got beer.

Q. "What kind of place is the Piggly Wiggly?"

A. "Just a regular place."

Q. "Do they have music?"

A. "Yep."

Q. "What kind of music?"

A. "Oh, just regular music."

Unable to drag anymore specific info out of his coworker, he decided to check out The Piggly Wiggly that night, even though the name sounded strange. The beer was next to the dairy aisle and the entertainment was muzac.

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, Tiki

Warning: I brake for Tikis.

So many virgins, so few tikis.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a tiki, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
Joseph Roux (paraphrased, of course)

"He's Tiki, Jim."

"The one who dies with the biggest tiki collection wins!" :tiki: :drink: :sheckymug:

...and for KCtiki regarding your piggly wiggly post, I had something simmilar happen to me. When I was living in Michigan City Indiana, I was looking for some dj records. So I went to a small store that only sold rap/hip hop type of music to see if they had any. I asked if he "had any vinyl" and he said "no, we don't but there's a place 3 blocks away that does."
Place turned out to be a car detailer that did vinyl seats and such!!
:-? I was like what in the hell!?

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks - Lin Yutang

[ Edited by: Dimethios on 2004-08-30 23:22 ]

"Go ahead...make my tiki."

EsQui

Tiki-the most fun you can have without washing your hands.

TIKI, Just Do It! My apologoies to Nike

"We're going to need a bigger tiki."

WARNING!!! Tiki Central members are more likely to be killed by zombies or falling coconuts than by terrorists.

Sorry, I'm not usually this mean.

http://www.fallingcocos.com/

[ Edited by: MEAN GENE on 2004-09-01 23:07 ]

[ Edited by: mean gene on 2004-09-03 08:00 ]

Something tiki this way comes!!!!

Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of tiki-tacky,
Little boxes, little boxes,
Little boxes, all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of tiki-tacky
And they all look just the same.

Malvina Reynolds (with some minor lyric manipulation, of course)

Price of a PuPu platter for 2...$11.95

4 Mai Tai's...$18.00

Hong Kong Filet Mignon for 2...$21.00

Being surrounded by Tiki...Priceless!

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up at the tikis."

"Is Mai Tai crooked ...?"

(Say it out loud.)

"When life gives you limes...make Mai Tais!"

Live Long and Tiki.