Tiki Makeke Market at Don The Beachcomber / 6th Anniversary Event
My first time visiting Tiki Makeke which is a huge market of tiki goods , artwork and other fun things . Located inside Don The Beachcomber restaurant and bar this was a blast ! Just so happened to also be their sixth anniversary of the Polynesian / Hawaiian swap meet . Lots of music to go around including the Hula Girls . Enjoy !
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today I will be venturing into this fine
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establishment in Huntington Beach
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California right along the Pacific Coast
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Highway Don the Beachcomber established
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1933 it's been around for a while
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for good rum is immortalized and
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drinking is an art welcome everyone Adam
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the whoo here getting the sense that
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someone is looming over my shoulder now
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I am NOT an expert a self-proclaimed
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aficionado of Tiki but you have delved
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deep down the rabbit hole of cheeky mug
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collecting and the art of shopping and
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spending a lot of money on Tiki stuff
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how long has this whole event this Tiki
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marketplace they call it been going on
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well today's the 6-year anniversary but
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I think this is going on a lot longer
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than that can they do it how often once
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any once every three months so every 50
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vendors or clothing there's bugs there's
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lamps there's anything you can think
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about oh it's here is your wallet full
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of cash
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who's asking but it won't be later right
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right I guess what I'm trying to get up
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yeah all right I'm ready let's go in and
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if you ever show up out here be prepared
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that it's only cash only
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and there it is sixth anniversary of the
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marketplace upon entry it's almost as if
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you're cast into a tropical wonderland
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the ambience is very thick in here and
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so is the ornate Hawaiian and island
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themes
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you look closely inside you can see some
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uh fur fish and inside the puffer fish
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are lights changing colors
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- the size of these
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like almost the size of a person there
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are a multitude of booths selling a
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different array of merchandise
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these are candles custom-made candles
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some Disneyland theme some Haunted
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Mansion Pirates of the Caribbean Trader
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Sam's check out Pele here the last one
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four hundred dollars that could be yours
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you could could take that home on the
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corner of Jays cap where'd you get that
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where'd you get that item
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Don the Beachcomber at the table right
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here what B didn't get it today you got
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it you ordered it online I was here a
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few months ago you were here a few
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months ago Ricardo Montalban oh look
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there's tattoo down there in a form of
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an end table you're steppin now into the
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high talking Chiefs long room and I
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think it's given that name because it's
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a very lengthy lengthy room there's more
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than just one area there's multiple
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sections there's a green flamingo head
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then up here's looks like to camp Sam
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but the theming is all the color green
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and that guy sure does great I'm picking
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up the theme never realized till today
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that Chewbacca was a fan of adult
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beverages this cool guy
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wearing the shades this almost looks
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like that almost looks like an ashtray
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but there's a volcano I guess you could
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put like fruit or something in there and
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not everything is non scary look at this
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this is like a zombie head I think maybe
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the top comes off and you could put you
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could put a a drink down in there be
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serenaded while you while you shop it's
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Audrey to wonder if Seymour's around
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feed me Seymour wow these are these are
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incredible this this goes on on top of
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your head a set of Mickey ears you could
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wear you can wear a demonic plant that's
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hungry for
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one thing I really enjoy is how all the
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boosts the backdrop
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they don't even need like a canopy or
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anything or anything to go behind the
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booth because you already have the
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natural ambience quite a bit of jewelry
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as well it's a pretty good idea to put
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the lights flashing like that it just
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draws your attention and you could
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definitely go down a deep deep deep
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rabbit hole with this stuff once you buy
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one or two there's no rules this is the
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special mug they had at Trader Sam's
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during the holiday season this was tough
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to get but they have it on display here
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for sale The Creature from the Black
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Lagoon one with a sailor cap on you
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could dangle that around your neck I
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like that it almost appears that that
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one has been converted into a lamp this
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this beats having a chia pet because you
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have the chia pet
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growth off the top of their heads with
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the price of admission you get a free
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drink
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J'son line to get me a soda and I'm not
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really sure where he's getting I'm not a
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big drinker but the free beverage
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includes is it frowned upon to drink a
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non-alcoholic beverage that's something
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like this I mean it's just easier did
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you get did you get alcohol in yours no
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no alcohol where'd you get this is the
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Diane RC Cola variety RC Cola is that
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what I'm drinking RC Cola I'm assuming
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there's free what free RC Cola well you
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can drink
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nailed it the aisle ways are very narrow
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clearly I was not the only one with the
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idea
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come out here this shrunken head is
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being crushed by a very aggressive hand
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attached to an arms like pressing down
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and as fun as noggin plenty of Hawaiian
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shirts lately I've been a little more
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fashionable with the button-up shirts I
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wear
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I would I would wear a few of those
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this is what they call Hawaiian nachos I
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think the reason they are specifically
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called Hawaiian is because they have
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fruit on it that right in there is
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pineapple chunks of pineapple
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it looks as if the next one of these is
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March 10th
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so the conflicting reports of being
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every month or every three months but
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the next one is in two months so it's
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kind of confusing but on that dry erase
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board they have written the date for the
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next
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the next event admission is $10 I
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mentioned earlier that the ticket they
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give you is good for a beverage a soda
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an alcoholic item in a cup but you can
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also put it towards food so the $10 you
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spend to get in can also be used towards
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those nachos I still can't get over how
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incredible the theming is in here like
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this waterfall just nonchalantly doing
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it doing its thing
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faintly in the background this booths
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has itemized DVDs of television shows
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and movies that the has anything to do
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with Tiki creatures and more vintage
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surfing looking very very festive in
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your Aloha shirt mr. cat he's got that
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staring me down I want to have a staring
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contest with this guy he will win mugs
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are not the only item that falls into
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this category this is a vase or a baz
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however you decide to pronounce it you
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put the flower stems down in there it's
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got a little face on it I believe these
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are magnets on the back yep they're
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magnets you might have to get one of
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these for my refrigerator another
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accessory some choose to collect are the
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stirrers not just the glasses but
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you got to have the proper stirring
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utensil to go down and sigh you got to
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keep you got to keep it all in the same
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the same vein the island of dr. murrow's
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on there as well as Gilligan
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tucked away in the corner
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and Godzilla Island Skull Island
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pretty cool artwork should have never
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gone on that island it should have never
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set foot on the shore he's been
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decapitated and titled the ghost dragon
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this one reminds me of something from
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the movie alien it's not an alien but it
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kind of gives off that same time is it
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just me or does Satan look a little bit
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like Elvis
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Oh in more stirrers there are the
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pitchfork pitchforks coming out of his
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head that doesn't Satan look a little
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bit resemble a little bit like the king
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of rock'n'roll
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just soaking it all in
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is soaking in the atmosphere speaking of
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Elvis this one's got the sideburns
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kicked in and everything
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at first glance those appear to be
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tentacles but I think they might be
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straws do you slurp out of his head
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or do you slurp out of the rest of his
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body
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awesome that could be a straw or maybe
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I'm just that could be incorrect but I
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think it's a strong bean bag toss is a
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very popular game in Florida I've never
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seen one quite like this one
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however fun fact in the south they call
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this game cornhole I don't think in
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California they call it that though in
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case you're looking to decorate your
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restroom this will hold your toilet
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paper very nicely
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it's getting very
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very difficult to maneuver around it's
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getting busier by the minute almost
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people come outside for a moment get
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pretty intense I'm doing the hidden
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divorce luckily a lot of the vendors
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have tables set up outside as well
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usually they're made out of wood but
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this is more of a stone concrete type
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material none of this is wood cool
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that's really it's really really heavy
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though someone's honking and their
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excitement cannot be held inside for the
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shrunken head mug Jefferson City
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Missouri somewhere I've never been this
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was a bumper for a boat
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it's a fender that's to keep it keep
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your boat from smashing up against the
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dock it's a fish this is a fancy ring
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and it's huge look at the size look at
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the size of this ring that would weigh
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your hand down dramatically if he wore
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that old-school very old-school
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skateboards down there
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it's like the coolest flea market that
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ever existed
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that guy has summer teeth what if you
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have summer teeth some are here
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somewhere they're just like me be very
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careful that may be disguised as redeye
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which I don't know the significance of
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his head
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bearing a red retina but that don't be
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confused that's pinkeye it might be
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contagious
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he might be contagious no no no no as
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smoke hisses I don't care this is a
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piggy bank of Jimmy Durante good night
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mrs. calabash and you insert the coins
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in his nose I didn't even know they made
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these anymore not the vehicle of course
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that's what I'm referring to
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talking about the clamp item the ghost
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on the steering wheel to prevent car
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theft here's a classic vehicle if ever
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there was one Wow
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very nice now it might be difficult to
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tell from this angle it's so windy out
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here if the metal swordfish sign up
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there swinging in the breeze pretty
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dramatically it's almost as if it's
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swimming through the heavens scent of
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the sea
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I think that's going to do it from Don
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the Beachcomber in Huntington Beach
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California
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the best consensus I can come up with
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after meandering the floor is that they
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have this every month give or take some
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months they skip having it but more or
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less every month there is a veritable
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treasure trove I will be the first to
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admit I am not real knowledgeable about
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this subject so it was good that this
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guy was tagging along I didn't spend any
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money did you spend any money okay I can
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either confirm or deny what happened
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today I saw you walk out a few times
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into your car well hypothetically and he
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not allow to spoil things so I saw you
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buy nothing else it see you in the next
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video vlog
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any singing birds in there at all