Post #233322 by The Granite Tiki on Mon, May 22, 2006 10:40 AM

And let's ban training wheels and training bras while we're at it!

Introductory cheap tiki crap has it's place. A "norm" stumbles upon this crap in one of the stores frequently mentioned, (probably shopping for a party or something) realizes he loves the general feel of "tiki" (even though it's admittedly cheap store bought tiki) and then starts a life mission to learn more, and gather more. Within a short time he no longer will tolerate the ugly crap and starts searching for great stuff.

And please don't dismiss the distances and lack of local tiki many of us face.

Feel bad for those of us who don't have multiple carvers in our own state. Those of us who wouldn't risk having a party guest drop one of our hard to find locally mugs, so we buy disposable crap to expose to our inclement weather and uninitiated guests.

Please stop chastising us for supplementing the cool stuff that IS available to us with disposable crap that we can renew each year while keeping the rum flowing!

Yours truly, from the Granite State