yesterday it was throngs of shoppers swarming the new nordstrom store. at least they all got leied

So much so that they came up with a lamp that allows that, even in the home.

I hear burnt people smell like bacon....

Ooh, baby, every time we kiss, hot lava
Every time that we make love, that's lava, hot lava
Lava so hot it makes me sweat,
Lava so warm and red and wet...

WTF? I was just there a week and a half ago, and me and my students didn't get to see any lava, and NOW it's within easy reach?

Sigh, I guess that's how the volcano erupts. Better luck next time, I suppose...

/Maybe we offended Pele?

StarDoc: WTF? I was just there a week and a half ago, and me and my students didn't get to see any lava, and NOW it's within easy reach?

Sigh, I guess that's how the volcano erupts. Better luck next time, I suppose...

/Maybe we offended Pele?

Throw Tom Hanks in.

"Are youuuu Joe"

Be kinda fun to watch lava flow. Sit there with a lawn chair, eat sunflower seeds, throw the seeds in it and watch them burn up in a nanosecond.

StarDoc:

/Maybe we offended Pele?

Someone ALWAYS offends Pele.

This is not an erupting volcano. Note the bored tourists, ready to head back to the hotel for more $12 umbrella drinks.




THIS is an erupting volcano. Note the buildings, about to be blown off their foundations.



/Hawaii, sit down.

Approves, with a nice orange soda.

The beauty of letting tourists get that close is occasionally one can offer a human sacrifice and call it an accident.

"See, over here you can get an even better view..."

*push*

"Oops."

"Looks like my people are safe for another year."

/hot-lava-linked

Nothin' like headin' off to the lava park to enjoy the afternoon roasting a fresh hot spammich over the flow.

/mmm...spam

I wish I had a job that paid enough to return to Hawaii.

Any Hawaii farkers, or does FARK not reach that far?

MBA Whore: I wish I had a job that paid enough to return to Hawaii.

Any Hawaii farkers, or does FARK not reach that far?

There are a few. My family still lives there and my dad reads Fark at times. Hey pop. I hope to retire back on the Big Island later.

"On a slow day"...brah that's everyday


Sun, Fun, Volcano, da kine...yes martha there is a God...Mahalo

Why not give Hawaii back to the Hawaiians?

studebaker hoch: Why not give Hawaii back to the Hawaiians?

Not a bad idea. In 1893, we imprisoned their Queen and stole their country; Hawaii also never went through a formal statehood process. Once I found out the history, and the pain that still lingers, I was ashamed to be h'aole.

I used to live there, 2000-2003, just a few miles away, in Hilo. In those days there was no road or parking lots, but also no security, so you could just drive right in and walk freely to the lava. Just amazing. Not knowing how dangerous it was, we climbed down to the shelf where the lava runs into the water. The steam has a very odd smell- kind of like charcoal mixed with acid mixed with barbecued meat.

I'm in Honolulu and getting a kick out of these replies...

Heading to the Big Island tomorrow. Mmm...molten rock...

Yeah, morans flew in from the mainland for the Nordstroms' opening. WTF!? The news channels here were interviewing them like Christ had returned. I'm ashamed of this country and the idiots it breeds.

The new Lewers "Beachwalk" is just an outdoor mall with overprices luxury stores to cater to the haole lemmings too scared to exit Waikiki. There's even a Senior Frogs -- what the hell? This isn't Cancun! In fact at night you can tell if you're in Hawaii or Surfer' Paradise or Santa Monica or Miami.

If you're going to coddle yourself with exactly what you get at home, then stay home.

/wish Ono Hawaiian was open for lunch on Sundays

MBA Whore: I wish I had a job that paid enough to return to Hawaii.

Any Hawaii farkers, or does FARK not reach that far?

Right here, Bradda!

Assimilate This 2008-03-09 02:15:27 PM
MBA Whore: I wish I had a job that paid enough to return to Hawaii.

Any Hawaii farkers, or does FARK not reach that far?

Right here, Bradda!


What! Hawaii has the internets? Unpossible - it is an island - it can hold all those tubes.

If you're just watching them, you're doing it wrong.

MBA Whore: I wish I had a job that paid enough to return to Hawaii.

Any Hawaii farkers, or does FARK not reach that far?

I live in Hawaii, and I'm the guy who submitted this.

/9th greenlight so far
//First green that made it to the front page

Assimilate This, musashi1600

Pehea 'oe? Weah you guys stay?

studebaker hoch

I guarantee you those tourists are not bored. It's like a friggin' oven where they're standing. An oven on the moon. More exciting than terrifying, true, but who wants to be part of the next Pompeii?

Any Hawaii farkers, or does FARK not reach that far?

Hilo farker reporting in.

I watched the lava cut across the end of the road on the 4th. Haven't been back yet to see it going into the ocean. Someone told me they closed the road way back so it's a hike to see it now.

former Hawai'i farkette, currently in 2 feet of snow.


/waaaaaaah

your mother: former Hawai'i farkette, currently in 2 feet of snow.


/waaaaaaah



Same here, but different gender. Sitting in 2 feet of snow here in Ohio.

Quite a few Big Island Farkers. Time for a Fark party!

Hi, Hawaiians!

I used to live in and around Hilo, and most of my family still lives there, although many of the younger ones are in Cali right now, trying to make a living. Don't we all plan to go back someday?

My mom lives on the slope of Kilauea and you can see the lava flow in the distance from her driveway. Here's my sister's store - if you are going to see the Volcano, they have the best food in the region:



Local kine grindz, but also other things, like my mom's famous bread pudding and lilikoi butter.

Atypical Person Reading Fark: Hi, Hawaiians!

I used to live in and around Hilo, and most of my family still lives there, although many of the younger ones are in Cali right now, trying to make a living. Don't we all plan to go back someday?

My mom lives on the slope of Kilauea and you can see the lava flow in the distance from her driveway. Here's my sister's store - if you are going to see the Volcano, they have the best food in the region:



Local kine grindz, but also other things, like my mom's famous bread pudding and lilikoi butter.


My dad lives up in Volcano. Heading there later this year. I'll have to stop by the store.

MBA Whore 2008-03-09 01:19:12 PM
Any Hawaii farkers, or does FARK not reach that far?

Many. I am the first. Several have shown up on this thread.

I tried setting up a FarkParty once. Two showed up. I tried again, it never made it onto the Parties forum.

Now, I leave in two days for a business trip that may take months. Eh.

In Hawaii. Beautiful day and no time change. Everyday is a slow news day on Hawaii, thank God.

My mom lives on the slope of Kilauea and you can see the lava flow in the distance from her driveway. Here's my sister's store - if you are going to see the Volcano, they have the best food in the region:

I always load up at your sisters store before going to the volcano or if I am going the slow way to Kona. Live in Waialua on Oahu's beautiful North Shore but visit the Big Island all the time. I am planning to go the the new lava flow next weekend if it's still running.

Kama'aina or Malihini it's just wonderful to be in Hawai'i. Yes we have our issues too but most people just love to sit and talk story.
So from Hawaii I send this aloha to fellow farkers everywhere, Kane, Whanine or keike, we're all only here for a short time so sit down enjoy some ono kaukau and share your mana'o and as far as starting a flame war...we got you all beat...






it's da kine

Ex-Hawaii Farkette here.

It's 42 deg out, rainy, and wonderful here in the mainland. No vog burning my eyes nose and throat, no "kill a haole day", and not once have I heard derogatory comments about a skin tone that I cannot change. Hawaii taught me early on that Haole is the white man's N-Word, complete with all of the ugly sexual, bigoted, hateful profanities that are said along with it.

And you wanna know the best thing? I can say all of this and not have to enroll in the witness protection program up here. I'm not going to end up in the ER for calling Hawaii out on it's double standards.

/Okay, someone might ask to have me banned, but banning is better than living in bodily fear every single day of your life.
//Drrrrrrrrrama!

I was on the big island on the 4th and also saw it crossing the old access road. We drove up there at night in a big carful of locals. It wasn't just the tourists getting close, there were lots of locals picking the lava up with shovels, poking it with sticks, etc. There were even a couple guys 'firewalking' -- standing on the "cooled" crust of lava where you could still see the red glow from cracks in the crust. You could smell the burning rubber from the soles of their shoes.

A few snapshots of the lava from my flickr account.

Atypical Person Reading Fark

Hey, I think I went there last year! If it's the same place, good grub. Did a Blue Hawaiian tour (ask for Toshi, he was great!) and then did a drive around the island. Great time.

Wish I could live there. I don't think the locals like transplants from the mainland very much, though.

Wow, Atypical, I think I've been there! We've been to the Big Island a few times, and are crazy about lava. We will make a *point* of visiting the store next time we go! Thanks for the tip!

/Geophysicist. That's why I'm crazy about lava lava lava.
/lava