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Mrs. B
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Joined: Mar 12, 2003
Posts: 231 |  Posted: 2004-11-13 9:41 pm Permalink
It's a sing-a-long.....
We’ve been crying now for much too long
And now we’re gonna dance to a different song
Gonna sream and shout til my dying breath
Gonna smash it up til theres nothing left
(chorus)
Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
Oooh ooh smash it up, smash it up, smash it up
People call me villain oh it’s such a shame
Maybe it’s my clothes must be to blame
I don’t even care if I look a mess
Don’t wanna be a sucker like all the rest
(chorus)
Smash it up (x5)
Smash it up, you can keep your krishna burgers
Smash it up, and your glastonbury hippies
Smash it up, you can stick your frothy lager
Smash it up, and your blow wave hairstyles
(repeat verse 1)
(chorus)
And everybodys smashing things now
I said everybodys smashing things now yeah
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Unga Bunga
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5792
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2004-11-13 9:54 pm Permalink
I'll have what Mrs. B is having!
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Mrs. B
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 12, 2003
Posts: 231 | Posted: 2004-11-13 10:06 pm Permalink
Flashback Cocktail 
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TikiGardener
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1360
From: 1st website dedicated to Tiki Gardens
| Posted: 2004-11-13 11:45 pm Permalink
I'll be "Damned"....
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Trader Woody
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2301
From: Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK
| Posted: 2004-11-14 04:03 am Permalink
One for all you schadenfraude fans:
Here's a mug of mine that arrived through the post all busted up. Waaaaah!
Trader Woody
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8FT Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
Posts: 1211
From: Kansas City, MO
| Posted: 2004-12-29 5:32 pm Permalink
This is another thread I hoped I would never add to. When I began carving I read how the experienced carvers had all managed to injure themselves and draw blood. And I finally cut myself on tiki carving #3.
Now I have my first broken mugs. I guess I have paid some of my dues now.
Check out these. They are the small Orchids of Hawaii Moai but I didn't have one. So I figured that when I got these 4 I would have some trading material. Thanks to a seller who isn't as smart as the bubble wrap they tried to use in my package, I received the following.
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johntiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2002
Posts: 1525
From: MD
| Posted: 2004-12-29 10:04 pm Permalink
8FT - I don't know what it is with Moai mugs...I bought a lot of 4 Kahiki Moai off Ebay about a year ago and ended up with 2 that were not pulverized. Maybe they don't like to travel in large groups? 
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tikibars
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Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2022
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2005-01-03 6:34 pm Permalink
I was doing routine maintenance in Aku Hall yesterday (Sunday). Standing on a chair, re-arranging the record sleeves hung along the top edge of the wall. The chair I was standing on gave way, and down I went.
The chair went flying across the room and took out two of those 12" tall Hapa wood tiki statues from KC Company. Shattered 'em.
My United Airlines tiki-framed map of Hawaii was dragged down with me, and the frame shattered into a half dozen pieces.
I landed halfway on my vintage bamboo sofa. My arm went through the bottom of the middle section, completely shattering the bamboo slats under the seat of the middle section. The cushion wrapped around my arm as it went thrugh the seat, saving me from cuts.
My rib cage landed HARD on the armrest of the sofa.
I spent 24 hours in agony, convinced that I had broken a rib.
Just got back from the hospital.
X-rayed twice, and then ultrasound.
Hurts when I breathe, kills when I move at all. Driving the Mobile Exploration Lab to the hospital (stick shift) was agony.
Good news is no broken brones or popped organs.
Just some mashed-up muscles, stressed cartiledge, and nasty bruises.
Bad news is I'm gonna be in pain for the next week or so.
It doesn't hurt unless I move... so I am DAMNED glad I got all of those DVDs around Xmas time!
It's couch potato mode for me all week, like it or not.
Anyone have an extra Unite Airlines Hawaii map (with the dense-foam, wood-like tiki n' whales frame) for sale?
Mine's wasted.
No pics of the devistation, too depressing...
Tiki is indeed a dangerous sport!
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Unga Bunga
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5792
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2005-01-03 9:41 pm Permalink
Hey Bars!
Glad to hear your in one piece.
We don't want any Tiki Bone Misfortunes.
Did rum play a part? It always did for me.
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tikibars
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2022
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2005-01-03 10:52 pm Permalink
That's the sad part - I was completely sober and still trashed the place in one fell swoop (literally).
Little known fact about me: every year from New Year's day until mid-February I am 100% booze free, and I also eat no signifigant amounts of sugar in that time.
I guess the gods were feeling petulant that I was spending so much time in the Aku Hall without offering ritual rum sacrifices...
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KuKuAhu
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Dec 23, 2002
Posts: 567
From: Kahiki, Ohio
| Posted: 2005-01-03 11:41 pm Permalink
Damn Tikibars, that's such a shame. I feel terrible for ya. I know you really enjoyed that United map. Are you sure it isn't salvageable?
I'm glad you're alright though.
I'm sure another map will come your way soon enough.
Ahu
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cynfulcynner
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1800
From: Ocean Beach, San Francisco
| Posted: 2005-01-04 10:14 am Permalink
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On 2005-01-03 22:52, tikibars wrote:
Little known fact about me: every year from New Year's day until mid-February I am 100% booze free, and I also eat no signifigant amounts of sugar in that time.
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Wow....now we admire you even more! 
--cindy (drinking a non-diet Pepsi at 9AM)
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tikifish
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2720
From: Toronto,Canada
| Posted: 2005-01-11 8:02 pm Permalink
"Our Bob, who art in heaven, hollow be thy brain..."
Yes yes, I know they are smiling. But inside they are shedding a thousand tears.
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Hale Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 19, 2004
Posts: 1798
From: Pittsburgh
| Posted: 2005-01-11 8:06 pm Permalink
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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8FT Tiki
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Joined: Nov 30, 2003
Posts: 1211
From: Kansas City, MO
| Posted: 2005-01-11 8:25 pm Permalink
oh Tikifish, I'm sorry. I was laughing at the pic and then I realized I should be crying. I'm all mixed up...kinda like your Bob.
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