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Post #182180 by tikipedia on Fri, Aug 26, 2005 3:41 PM

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I ran across a mug in the 'high end item' case at a local thrift store. The mug is barrel shaped, and has a handle.

On the front is a dark haired woman, and where her ahem stuff is located, it is actually a separate ceramic piece. The ceramic piece is attached to a wire hinge, so the 'stuff' bobs up and down when you move the mug. On the side of the mug is printed 'Let Em Swing'.

Somebody is selling one on Ebay. The mug in question is the one on the right of the photo: Let Em Swing Mug.

I am contemplating whether this mug could be construed as being Tiki (an exotic hula girl perhaps?), or is it just naughty?

Since all of the cashiers behind the case are female, I've been oddly teenager-ish about asking to look at it more closely. 'Ah, excuse me. Would I, er, should I, er, ah, um, may I look at that, uh... um.. yeah, that one. Ahem... it's not for me, it's for a friend of mine. Really!!'