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March 29, 2012

The Smug. Oh God, The Smug.
— Ace

The breathy college-radio voices.

The houses which are absurdly small.

With grand designs on minimizing their housing footprint, Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller have spent the last 10 months building the tiny home of their dreams.
"It's 19 feet long wall to wall,Â” Smith said. Â“The interior square-footage is about 125 square feet.Â”
The interior layout consists of a sitting area, kitchen and bathroom. A vaulted ceiling makes room for a sleeping loft that can accommodate a queen-size mattress.
Â“The interior looks a lot bigger than the exterior,Â” Mueller said.

A house with 125 square feet.

This isn't a lifestyle; it's a hobby. You can own a Chevy Volt... if you're rich enough to have a couple of other cars. Sure, you can then designate the Volt as the Car For Quick Jaunts To The Post Office.

Other people, who don't view cars as toys or luxury goods, will need more robust cars.

And that's what I suspect with these guys. It's a cute stunt, trying to outdo each other's fashion choices -- your house is 125 square feet? I'll make mine 89 square feet! I win! -- but I strongly suspect these guys have a lot of money, and do not need to fear a large chunk of their net wealth being tied up in a silly property that they might have to unload in a hurry if they realize they can't live in 89 square feet.

By the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children.

Thanks to krakatoa.

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Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (jUytm)

2 "You might be living in a shotgun shack..."

Posted by: M. Murcek at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (ToZXn)

3 I shit bigger than that.

Posted by: nickless at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (MMC8r)

4 In 1 month they will be gone and this shack will be moved to someone's back yard as a playhouse.

Posted by: Vic at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (YdQQY)

5 they will never be able to get their ego's inside...

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (8MasJ)

6 Ace, it looks like you might wanna dust off your Will Folks sockpuppet.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (jUytm)

7 Is that curious's apartment?

Posted by: mama winger at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (P6QsQ)

8 Me and some friends used to get under-aged drunk in a tiny house. Of course it was plastic, on the playground in the park, and barely had room for 4 adolescent males.

Posted by: taylork at March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (5wsU9)

9 Their houses are small cause they never have to worry about inviting a woman over. Same with the Volt owners not having to worry about picking up women in that car.

Posted by: Mr Pink at March 29, 2012 10:59 AM (eacNI)

10 It's not novel, Ikea has a whole line of shit designed for Euro efficiencies that are one bedrooms under 200sq ft. Basically dorm furniture for rich kids.

Posted by: Gulfkraken at March 29, 2012 10:59 AM (WBfjO)

11 It's in Boulder, go figure. Funny enough, the tiny house I used to drink in was in Boulder too.

Posted by: taylork at March 29, 2012 11:00 AM (5wsU9)

12 Their goingto l i v e 40% longer

Posted by: Jose Canseco at March 29, 2012 11:00 AM (LZYr9)

Boulder.

I'm shocked.

Posted by: hindmost at March 29, 2012 11:00 AM (t6Jvs)

14 Hell, if they wanted small, they could have just gotten an apartment in any large city.

Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at March 29, 2012 11:00 AM (FvbE9)

15 Around here we call that a shed. And we have sense enough not to live in them.

Posted by: mama winger at March 29, 2012 11:00 AM (P6QsQ)

16 Next thing ya know they will be limiting the size of house we can buy. Libs...farcking idiots, all of'em

Posted by: SoCalMe at March 29, 2012 11:00 AM (s72/N)

17 And that's what I suspect with these guys. It's a cute stunt, trying to outdo each other's fashion choices -- your house is 125 square feet?

It's been termed 'conspicuous virtue.'

'Take Toyota's hybrid auto, the Prius. Studies consistently show that fuel savings do not justify the price premium of a gasoline-electric power train. People who can afford the gesture continue to buy the Prius anyway, largely because it certifies personal enlightenment in the matter of global warming. The original design was adorned with cues to distinguish it from a normal car, such as a tapered rear end and skirts over the back wheels. Even without these particular elements, the Prius remains distinctive (or bulbous) enough for everyone to recognize.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 29, 2012 11:00 AM (qOfw/)

18 19 feet long and 125 square feet? So it's basically an RV floor plan.

Posted by: farsighted at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (DmWV5)

19 See that jug over there?? That's were we store our piss. I just pour it through all of our laundry to filter it and we drink it again!!!

Posted by: © Sponge at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (UK9cE)

20 None of them plan to get laid or have kids obviously.

Posted by: Mr Pink at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (eacNI)

Move to effing Japan. They can have 'small' all they want there... and hate it, just like the Japanese do.

Or Hong Kong.

But NOOOOO.....

Posted by: Mr Wolf at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (Tv41j)

22 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (8y9MW)

23 The only question I have is whether Merete Mueller is a chick and if so, is she hittable?

I won't watch the videos because I just ate.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (nEUpB)

24 I'm not sure I could get the John Deere in there.

Posted by: mama winger at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (P6QsQ)

25 mama winger, you'll have to do that if you want to summon the oZfic. You have to lay out the Fancy Feast in the form of a pentagram and then say a rosary

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 29, 2012 11:01 AM (QTHTd)

26 There's a place here in Austin that rents these little houses out as a bed and breakfast type deal. For that purpose, they're cute and adequate, but there's no way anyone could live in one long term.

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2012 11:02 AM (32mdF)

27 A house with 125 square feet.

At some point you've got enough space.

Posted by: Barky The Tardy From Jakarty at March 29, 2012 11:02 AM (X3lox)

28 I want a hot tub that's 125 square feet. And a big 125 sq ft refrigerator to keep the beer cold.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:02 AM (VndSC)

The term I would apply to this story is "twee."

How very twee.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at March 29, 2012 11:02 AM (4df7R)

30 Alternate post title: "Living On A Lark"

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:02 AM (jUytm)

31 Anyway, big deal. My living space is only a few cubic feet too. Although it doesn't smell of patchouli, so there's that

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 29, 2012 11:03 AM (QTHTd)

32 You have to lay out the Fancy Feast in the form of a pentagram and then say a rosary
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 29, 2012 03:01 PM

HA!

Posted by: mama winger at March 29, 2012 11:03 AM (P6QsQ)

33 So they live in a shed. Good for them. I wouldn't live in a shed.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 29, 2012 11:03 AM (UpwlP)

34 If I win the 500 million dollar lottery tomorrow, I think I will buy the property next door and build a 40,000 square foot house. It will be lit like a Vegas casino and have the carbon footprint of a small island nation.

Posted by: Synnerman at March 29, 2012 11:03 AM (0Bdlg)

That house would actually be pretty kickass if you hitched it to a truck, slapped some wheels on it, and made it an RV. But I guess that would defeat the point, huh?

Twee. Very twee.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at March 29, 2012 11:03 AM (4df7R)

36 You know. Part of me wants to get to know the folks better.

Maybe I could move in right beside them and build a Algore-ian mansion.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 11:03 AM (8y9MW)

37 I could add a Florida room to that place with some visqueen and an erection.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:04 AM (zlvkY)

38 A house with 125 square feet.

The interior layout consists of a sitting area, kitchen and bathroom.

That's a goddam mansion! They must be white.

Posted by: George Obama at March 29, 2012 11:04 AM (X3lox)

39 Okay, fine. I will pay you $175 per month to rent it.

Posted by: Deety at March 29, 2012 11:04 AM (2zehl)

40 hell, with a place that small, where would you put the gun safe, let alone store the ammo?

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 29, 2012 11:04 AM (8MasJ)

41 the clubhouse we built when we were 6 is bigger than the dude's house....lol

Posted by: The Dude at March 29, 2012 11:04 AM (M8yfa)

So does this mean that these yabows are gonna quit yammering about how the planet is going to run out of space if we don't all quit having kids?

How many square feet did they claim that each person "takes up" when they were doing THOSE calculations? If it was more than 60, then they need to re-do their studies.....

Oh, and good luck trying to resell this joint.

Idiots.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 29, 2012 11:05 AM (0xqzf)

Ace- you suspect they have money?

Quote: "The house was originally intended as a second home to be placed on land theyÂ’ve purchased near Fairplay, Colo. However, the process of building it may have led to a change of heart"

Yeah. Fairplay ain't exactly cheap to build- and there is not a lot out there. Also, their drive from Boulder to Fairplay would fuel a few homes. These are people who want to lessen their 'footprint'?

No sir. They cannot afford to put UTILITIES to it- that's why they shit in a bucket- drilling a well/putting in a REAL BATHROOM is beyond their means.

These people are tools... effing tools...

Posted by: Mr Wolf at March 29, 2012 11:05 AM (Tv41j)

44 All these hipster douches need to do is build these tiny houses with some TARDIS technology from Dr. Who.

IT'S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE THAN IT IS ON THE OUTSIDE!!!!

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:05 AM (GQ8sn)

45 If these people really wanted as small a personal footprint as possible, there's always recreational euthanasia followed by cremation...

Posted by: M. Murcek at March 29, 2012 11:05 AM (ToZXn)

46 I have me one of them tiny houses - it's built on an '89 Econoline chassis

Posted by: h00v3r at March 29, 2012 11:05 AM (PzaNL)

47 I love how they're trying to turn voluntarily living poverty into a virtue. Africa called, they said it pretty much sucks.

Posted by: taylork at March 29, 2012 11:05 AM (5wsU9)

48 So how much do you want to bet they have a self storage space twice the size of their house to store all of their stuff. Everyone in NYC has at least one packed floor to ceiling.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (Z9EHQ)

Maybe I could move in right beside them and build a Algore-ian mansion.

Hmm. What if I promise to build a house made of trees, wouldn't that have a carbon sequestering effect, such that, the larger the house, the more the government should pay me?

Posted by: Entropy at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (TULs6)

50 meh. Sacred honor and all that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1lRulMdB1o

Posted by: Sammy Johns at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (udEUT)

51 Hit the nail on the head, this is basically an adult "club house", let me know if this couple actually spends the next decade living there.

Of course, rednecks will never get credit for living like this in a trailer park. How is it any different?

Posted by: BradleyHarm at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (0kf1G)

Rod Blagojevich has a crib that's about 125 square feet. He's green too, then.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (VndSC)

53 34 If I win the 500 million dollar lottery tomorrow, I think I will buy the property next door and build a 40,000 square foot house. It will be lit like a Vegas casino and have the carbon footprint of a small island nation.

Posted by: Synnerman at March 29, 2012 03:03 PM (0Bdlg)

Ratchet that up to the carbon footprint of coastal China and THEN you'll be talking.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (4df7R)

54 From the website...there's pictures of it on a flat bed trailer.

How the fuck did they tow the trailer? A PRIUS? VOLT? assholes.......

It's funny they can't see themselves for the moronic idiots they are.

Posted by: © Sponge at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (UK9cE)

55 Did they actually insulate that thing? From the looks of it, they're going to be smugsicles next winter.

Posted by: Slublog at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (0nqdj)

56 I would be creating market demand for more trees.

Posted by: Entropy at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (TULs6)

57 I had a city planning professor in college that was big on 'the minimum house', 500 s.f. for 4 people, 3 bedroom, no bunk beds, separate kitchen, closet and desk for everybody, etc. The idea was, if you can make efficient use of such a small space, you'll be golden when you design something real. The professor was a Swiss ding-dong that slammed the American idea of lotsa space to spread out pretty much every chance he got; I finally asked him why the hell he came to the US in the first place. His reply: "Vell, in Svitzerland I vas a painter's son, and I vouldn't haff much chance of beink anyzing ozer zan a painter. Zo I came to the USA to become an ARGG-itech und a zity planner!"

It was worth taking the damn class over for that moment alone, although refusing to go on the class field trip to Altgeld Gardens on the South Side of Chicago was a close second.

Posted by: Sort at March 29, 2012 11:06 AM (VMcoS)

58 Way to give up on the American dream. If I ever have that small a dwelling, it will float and have massive motors.

Posted by: Justamom at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (Sptt8)

59 Also, there's a manufactured home place out by the airport that sells cheap little hunting/lake cabins. Probably more spacious for half the cost...but they aren't cool, so we all know the hipsters would never do it.

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (32mdF)

60 It will not last. I own a 24ft Winnebago View and let me tell you, at the end of a 2 week vacay, it feels like a space 3' x 18". There will be a sequel on DIY TV where it does get turned into a John Deere Riding Lawn Mower Storage Shed conversion.

Posted by: Jypsea Rose~AoSHQ Graveyard Shift at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (digkk)

61 "beetle killed lumber"

Gonna fry me up a couple road kill burgers.

Posted by: fluffy at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (z9HTb)

$20,000 and after all the work they have a home-made trailer (it's on wheels in the picture) with a bucket to shit in, no shower, A.C or insulation.

The dumbasses could have bought a used Airstream for a lot less and had all the comforts.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (6BgmB)

Posted by: Sort-of at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (VMcoS)

64 Looks like it's made of dead trees. They couldn't have made it of mud?

H8ters.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (Sh42X)

65 It's an outhouse... on wheels. Their toilet is a 5 gallon bucket half-filled with peat moss. I shit you not.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:07 AM (jUytm)

66 Â“The interior looks a lot bigger than the exterior,Â” Mueller said.

They built a TARDIS?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (1Jaio)

67 I use the same amount of wood for one of these 'houses' in one afternoon smoking a brisket and some ribs. How's my carbon footprint doing?

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (GQ8sn)

68 I have me one of them tiny houses - it's built on an '89 Econoline chassis

So you're living in a van, down by the river?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (8y9MW)

69 There have been times in my life when I would have been thrilled to have the opportunity to build a small house, just so I wouldn't have to plunk down a fat rent check that I couldn't afford. Maybe not 125-feet, which only a really irritating Leftist would build, but small. But sub-1000.

Nowadays, small houses are simply illegal, in most places. The kind of simple, affordable, American houses, even attractive and painted and well-appointed, that our ancestors built to settle this country, are now banned.

There are also these: http://tinyurl.com/7fcxlc7

Also now mostly illegal.

That said, the Left is really fucking irritating.

Posted by: Phinn at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (KNtHw)

70 How very twee.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at March 29, 2012 03:02 PM (4df7R)

Now, you owe me money. I have that copywyted........

"If you were a twee, what kind of twee would you be?"

Posted by: Bawbwa Wawa at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (UK9cE)

71 And yeah, it's on wheels. This is a sham and there's no way they actually live in it. They cart it around like a portable shithouse/treehouse.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (jUytm)

72 I like the little teensy house in the middle of acres and acres of nothing. It really counterpoints the wankery...like a peanut in the Superdome.

Posted by: nickless at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (MMC8r)

73 Every time I go to Boulder I think "this would be a nice place to live, it it wasn't for all the people who live here." I'm waiting for the hippy rapture, then I'll move to Boulder.

Posted by: Xander Crews at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (/WNBU)

74 Don't need to worry about break-ins. The burglars will just take the whole damn thing.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (VndSC)

75 I bet you can hear everything, no matter where you are in there, when your beloved dumps a coil.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (zlvkY)

76 on the plus side: their farts will have less room to diffuse so they can enjoy them in full bouquet longer

Posted by: west town at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (Y3C5w)

77 A house with 125 square feet.

We call that a travel trailer.

Posted by: toby928© at March 29, 2012 11:08 AM (GTbGH)

78 Do you even have to wonder of they voted for Obama or can we just fucking say it?

Posted by: Mr Pink at March 29, 2012 11:09 AM (eacNI)

79 Typical architecture school mentality. Ask me if I miss it.

Posted by: Jaws at March 29, 2012 11:09 AM (4I3Uo)

Tiny house

big muscles

what's an athlete to do

i think i'll chop off my legs

i'll still have these guns

and my ass

to shoot HGH into

god bless al gore

your spirit lives on

compadre

Posted by: NO LIMIT CANSECO at March 29, 2012 11:09 AM (/Mla1)

81 "Oh what a lovely house. How much are you asking? I will buy it for my dog."

Posted by: Entropy at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (TULs6)

82 It looks huge once you park the Mini Cooper next to it.

Posted by: Michael at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (3iQi5)

83 The workshop on the property is bigger than their SMUG house... smug+house =SMUGUSE?

If they want to downsize they could move to Haiti and help Sean Penn.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (sMr2k)

84 They're just waiting to die so they can move to a bigger box.

Posted by: nickless at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (MMC8r)

85 Wouldn't it be more cost effective and energy efficient, instead of building a tiny house which each individual hippie has to replicate, to just build one giant warehouse where we could store all the hippies together?

Posted by: mama winger at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (P6QsQ)

86 as I am in a betting mood today, anyone want to give me odds on the likelihood the next time we hear about this couple and this house it involves a catastrophe?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (Z9EHQ)

87 The dumbasses could have bought a used Airstream for a lot less and had all the comforts. They could have bought 20 plastic sheds from Home Depot and gave away 19 of them to hobos. Hobos would enjoy shitting in a bucket.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (jUytm)

88 Oh how cute. We built a parade float like that once, on a car trailer too.
So, how green are porta-potties?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (Qxdfp)

89 This reminds me of an old off-color ethnic joke, about renting out the basement of an outhouse.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:10 AM (VndSC)

90 Oh, so you live in a 125-square-foot "house"? That's not green! I'm green! I live in a VAN down by the RIVER!!

Posted by: Zombie Chris Farley playing Zombie Matt Foley at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (snRY5)

91 "We plan on alternating our breathing from now on" said Smith, "Merete will hold her breath while I take one and vice versa. That way we will leave less of a footprint and conserve oxygen." The couple has plans to reduce their bodily waste and subsequent pollution by not eating as well.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (WCuHB)

92 >>build one giant warehouse where we could store all the hippies together?

I have a backhoe. All we need now is a reliable supply of old shipping containers.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (zlvkY)

93 If it's 19 feet long. it's approximately 6.5 feet wide.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (Sh42X)

94 If these people really wanted as small a personal footprint as possible, there's always recreational euthanasia followed by cremation...

Why do you hate us?

Posted by: hungry buzzards at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (z9HTb)

95 They could have bought 20 plastic sheds from Home Depot and gave away 19 of them to hobos.

Hold your tongue. Hobos are hard enough to hunt without giving them a place to fort up.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (8y9MW)

96 Wait til they find out daddy gubment probably has regulations requiring the house to be larger, for safety reasons. Their heads will explode.

Posted by: yinzer at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (/Mla1)

97 Even without these particular elements, the Prius remains distinctive (or bulbous) enough for everyone to recognize.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 29, 2012 03:00 PM

That's why the Volts are collecting dust on Chevy dealer lots. It looks like the 17K Cruze because that's basically what it is. No one can tell immediately that you love Mother Gaia

For ecolefties, driving a Volt is like pissing yourself in a dark suit. I gives you a warm feeling but nobody notices

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (Y+DPZ)

98 Don't need to worry about break-ins. The burglars will just take the whole damn thing. Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 03:08 PM (VndSC) yeah, leave the doors unlocked. all you need is a bike lock and chain.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:11 AM (Z9EHQ)

99 I think they built their castle in Fairplay, and probably won't live there full time. Mostly, just look at me, how cool am I project.

Posted by: Ronster at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (T1nDt)

100 What gives? These people have all of their teeth, and I'd didn't see any banjo strumming or stills.

Looks like a good candidate for a reality show:

Little Shithouse on the Prairie.

Posted by: Fritz at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (KWdVT)

101 Sounds kinda spacious to me.

Posted by: The Unibomber at March 29, 2012 03:11 PM (phlKA)

By Vishnu, it's a fucking mega mansion!!!!

Posted by: Indian family at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (GQ8sn)

102 I've been living up my own ass for the last ten years or so. That's only about 80 square feet.

I win.

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (znT2j)

103 All porn is banned from the house. It blocks entry into the kitchen.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (zlvkY)

104 here comes another lesson for you idiots

if you want to protect bears like hal gore did

you have to give up some things like

big house or pipe lines

if a pioneer lady could poop in a bucket and live 20% longer

then we should all get poop buckets

#JusticeForTradon

Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (+lsX1)

105 imagine all those living in tiny shacks in the 18 -1900s would feel about this. in fact i have picture of a family members shack gowing as children came , to actually resemble a real home, they saw it as a plus. and man when they actually had a bathroom in the house ,wow!
srsly, if people think they're being awesomely amazing living in a tuff shed, let em. hope they don't get a carbon stealing puppy or anything, or g-d forbid a couple of children.

Posted by: willow at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (TomZ9)

106 >>By the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children.

I can't imagine they've ever had sex with a woman.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at March 29, 2012 11:12 AM (ZKzrr)

107 If these asshats want to live in cramped quarters, why don't they just join the Navy?

Posted by: xbradtc at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (p3cEJ)

108 It's a sham-trest-ockery

Posted by: Mr Pink at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (eacNI)

109 What a redneck RV. I've see BBQ trailers bigger than that POS.

My shed where I brew beer is bigger than that.

What a joke. He's just scamming all the internet Sierra Club types with useless degrees willing to send him some of their money earned while working at Starbucks.

The music and his voice make me want to puke.

Posted by: TexBob at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (51Nv7)

110 >>> "I had a city planning professor in college that was big on 'the minimum house', 500 s.f. for 4 people, 3 bedroom, no bunk beds, separate kitchen, closet and desk for everybody, etc."

There's no more irritating kind of socialist like an urban planning socialist.

Posted by: Phinn at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (KNtHw)

111 This reminds me of an old off-color ethnic joke, about renting out the basement of an outhouse.

It was an Aggie joke down in Houston

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (QTHTd)

112 Heh, if they were in NYC, their house would be in violation of the City Code which requires a minimum of 130 square feet.

And re no children, thank God.

Posted by: Penfold at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (1PeEC)

113 I gather that Smith and Merete don't plan on having a lot of friends over to their place.

Maybe they don't have a lot of friends to invite over

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (Y+DPZ)

114 I'm going so apocalyptic on Treyvon/Zimmerman on Facebook, I'll be disappointed if I don't lose friends.

Posted by: Z Ryan at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (tsC/8)

115 Oh I get it now. This is a prelude to a new political party. The House Is Too Damn Small party.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:13 AM (jUytm)

116 Notice how he dodges the question when he's asked if they're going to live in it!

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LIVE IN IT! They built a little house for.. showing off? Isn't this the height of waste?

And what was it, $20,000?!? For that? A small travel trailer cost less than half of that on the used market. And when that travel trailer is bought used, it's like the ENTIRE fucking "home" is recycled, re-purposed or whatever those stupid fucksticks want to call it.

Posted by: Dang at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (BbX1b)

117 Nobody fart

Posted by: Cricket at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (DrC22)

118 A bucket? That's dedication. Nah, they are idiots. Probably dreamed this up while hanging at an occupooper camp.

Posted by: Justamom at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (Sptt8)

119 When you get that small you've gone too far!

Posted by: Steve Martin at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (VMcoS)

120

Within ten days of moving into that place, either Christopher will beat Merete to death with the composting bucket, or Merete will beat Christopher to death with her vibrator.

Nobody can live in such close quarters for long. Imagine if they got snowed in for a month.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (RtpCp)

121 Why not just a tent?

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (GQ8sn)

122 I have one of those houses out in the yard. My garden crap lives in it.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (tf9Ne)

123 I can't imagine they've ever had sex with a woman.

Unfortunately, Boulder has some really stupid women with really impressive degrees. I recall ranting about that here last year.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 29, 2012 11:14 AM (QTHTd)

124 I mean, these tiny houses are the equivalent of 'glamping' cabins you can rent.

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (GQ8sn)

125 I had one of those as a kid. We built it and called it a clubhouse. These people also have another house that they actually live in.

Posted by: fromudacheeseman at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (prEt5)

126 If it's 19 feet long. it's approximately 6.5 feet wide.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 29, 2012 03:11 PM (Sh42X)

in the trailer it didn't even look that wide

Posted by: The Dude at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (M8yfa)

127

By the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children.

Thanks to krakatoa.

So, they had children, but sacrificed them to the Volcano Gods?

I just want to be sure I understand this...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (FcKXR)

128 Yeah, I'm not gonna even bother.

Wouldn't be fair.

Posted by: The Big Bad Wolf at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (TYW6l)

129 By next summer, it will SURROUNDED by dozens of those plastic from Home Depot just so they have a place to store their stuff.

Posted by: Jypsea Rose~AoSHQ Graveyard Shift at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (digkk)

130 Just went to their site. These people suck. A year to build that thing?

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (32mdF)

131

That's too small to risk lighting a fart in.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (TTlQC)

132 You'd think they'd at least give the real pioneer of Tiny House living, Ted Kaczynski, a nod. Go figure.

Posted by: LauraC at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (NUU3Z)

133 is this a story for those that want to shove everyone in a 100 square foot space to feel good about it?
like fun-employment is a vacation?

Posted by: willow at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (TomZ9)

134 I really don't give a shit one way or the other about these people, my problem will come when it moves from, "Hey look at how frugally and modestly we are living," to "Look at you resource hogs, nobody should have a house bigger than a prison cell."

Posted by: McLovin at March 29, 2012 11:15 AM (j0IcY)

135 Christopher Smith AKA tiny hose has a twitter account wherein he describes himself as en environmental activist, calls the GOP and Christie "oppressors", hails the keystone block, loves OWS and the nearly departed algore, and is an all around lib. He currently hails from Boulder, although he sounds like a trust fund baby and product of our finest schools. I am sure he has never had to work a day in his life for anyone, nor will he.

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (Dnbau)

136 They're just waiting to die so they can move to a bigger box.

Yes, it's so wasteful of resources. For a couple of shovels and an old tarp they could have had a luxurious hole in the ground. Then when they die, somebody just has to fill it in. No muss, no fuss.

Posted by: Heorot at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (Nq/UF)

137 Is there a half-moon on the door?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (Y3xtU)

138

I note these guys don't seem to have children...

Shhhhhh...

Posted by: M. Murcek at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (ToZXn)

139 We welcome you, the Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild .....

Posted by: Munchkin Land, Colorado at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (Y+DPZ)

140 This is how Barry wants us to live. Not himself and his pals, they'll be in mansions but us proles should be in holes like this

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (1Jaio)

141

Sandra Fluke only has 10 pubic feet

Posted by: Cricket at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (DrC22)

142 Trailer trash ... singles. Double wides have class.

Posted by: mark x at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (7pMAe)

143 I wonder if they'll rent one of those portable storage units (PODS, Packrats, etc) when they start getting too much stuff?

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (GQ8sn)

144 We built a hunting cabin, over a weekend, twice that size.

Posted by: Dr Spank at March 29, 2012 11:16 AM (Sh42X)

145 Just yesterday I ran across the Small House Society website. Here's a quote: Supporters of the Small House Society live in homes ranging from 140 square feet to over 4000 square feet.
Wow...4,000 square feet is a small house?! And I thought 2,000 was pushing it.

Posted by: Mr_Write at March 29, 2012 11:17 AM (VJUQK)

146 Wait, "Marete" is a woman? I couldn't tell from the article.

Voluntarily sterilized because babies make Gaia cry, right?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at March 29, 2012 11:17 AM (ZKzrr)

147 You're all right. They have no intention whatsoever to live in their shithouse. But they sure as shit want everyone else to. This is exactly the same thing Sheryl Crow pulled. She doesn't use one square of toilet paper. But she wants everyone else to use just one square of toilet paper.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:17 AM (jUytm)

148 I would love to be talking to these guys, just so I could say, "So you're saying you live in a tool shed. Not even a big tool shed, like one of those kit tool sheds you buy at Lowes or Home Depot."

I wonder if they'd at least have the decency to look embarrassed.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 11:17 AM (8y9MW)

149 >>A year to build that thing?

For 2 cases of beer and a couple C notes I could have my redneck friends over and get it done in a weekend.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:17 AM (zlvkY)

150 Nobody fart Posted by: Cricket

Too late. Did your ears pop, too? Sudden change in cabin pressure.

Posted by: Dang at March 29, 2012 11:17 AM (BbX1b)

151 I can't believe Ace missed this part. Zub Zub must have warped his mind. ... a composting toilet. "ItÂ’s just a five-gallon bucket that you put peat moss and sawdust in,Â” Smith said. Â“You'd be surprised how well it works and how much it doesn't smell.Â”

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (d9lOz)

152 Silver lining: They will never be asked to host the family holiday gatherings.

Posted by: Justamom at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (Sptt8)

153

This retard in:

HONEY, I SHRUNK OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

Posted by: Rick Moranus at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (TTlQC)

154 They don't need a bucket. They can get one of those small toy police cars that kids play with.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (VndSC)

155 Orwell called, he said New Speak was his thing and that you shouldn't take it seriously.

Posted by: taylork at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (5wsU9)

156 By the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children.

Well, thank God for that. We don't want them breeding.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (PJ+vx)

157 really? these clowns should just go with a sod hut if they want really environmentally friendly.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (Z9EHQ)

158 I love to inhale the air when Merete is crapping in the poo bucket. It's very earthy and natural. It's like foreplay.

Posted by: Christopher Smith at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (znT2j)

159 I had a friend who built a house out of foam and rebar. He didn't live in it either.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 29, 2012 11:18 AM (WCuHB)

160 Meh ... bunch of yuppie imitators!

Posted by: The Unibomber at March 29, 2012 11:19 AM (Y+DPZ)

161 I don't think these two mind smelling their own farts

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 29, 2012 11:19 AM (QTHTd)

162 i'm so proud that i can use a 5 gallon bucket to go to the restroom in.
are these ows'rs?

Posted by: willow at March 29, 2012 11:19 AM (TomZ9)

163
I'm sure they have lovely dinners in their bathroom/kitchenette. I'm sure one of their chairs is the toilet seat.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 29, 2012 11:19 AM (7+pP9)

164 125 square feet. 122 if you need to empty the shitter.

Posted by: Dang at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (BbX1b)

165

**sniff**sniff**

O/T...I just got word that my fave pizza joint has re-opened after 4 months of renovations.

**sniff**sniff**

Words cannot describe my joy.

Sorry...carry on. Talk amongst yourselves

**sniff**

Posted by: dananjcon at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (8ieXv)

166 "Â“You'd be surprised how well it works and how much it doesn't smell.Â” "
====================
Damn right I'd be surprised, because it doesn't work well and it does smell.

Surprise!

Posted by: Kensington at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (znT2j)

167 With that Geddy Lee nose, she's gonna need to dangle air fresheners from her neck.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (uslQu)

168 I have a feeling the things is on wheels so as to skirt housing code ordinances.

Posted by: taylork at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (5wsU9)

169 We wouldn't need a bucket if we could find a cop car to shit on.

Posted by: Christopher Smith at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (Sh42X)

170 "Negative. I am a meat popsicle."

Posted by: Korben Dallas at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (FcKXR)

171 149 Wait, "Marete" is a woman? I couldn't tell from the article. I sorta figured a woman but not a woman woman. I could be wrong and often am.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (WCuHB)

172 ItÂ’s just a five-gallon bucket that you put peat moss and sawdust in

Why the peat moss and sawdust? We used to just hide the bucket in the boss's basement everyday when we hauled it back from the jobsite.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (zlvkY)

173 alright. this isn't anything, i remember a friend that lived in his van in the woods for two years. (of course he was in the van while building a really cool cabin.

Posted by: willow at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (TomZ9)

174 It's a little clown house.

And I noticed a couple of weeks ago, Priuses apparently lack turn signals. Either that, or their drivers are "too good" to use them.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (PJ+vx)

175 They are using those 5 Gal. Buckets all wrong.

Posted by: Newark Crack Whore at March 29, 2012 11:20 AM (TTlQC)

176 Man, I'd love to see that launched from a trebuchet.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2012 11:21 AM (uslQu)

177 "A bucket? That's dedication"

If one is of the mindset of handling their own waste, why not buy a small trailer? It also limited space but would be a lot nicer.

Myself, I'm of the mindset of "flush it and forget it"

Posted by: Mr_Write at March 29, 2012 11:21 AM (VJUQK)

178 ... a composting toilet.

"ItÂ’s just a five-gallon bucket that you put peat moss and sawdust in,Â” Smith said. Â“You'd be surprised how well it works and how much it doesn't smell.Â”

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at March 29, 2012 03:18 PM

These two are hippies. A shitbucket probably smells like a lilac garden compared to them

Posted by: The Unibomber at March 29, 2012 11:21 AM (Y+DPZ)

179 I've been looking at some of these designs as an add on to my main house, artist studio, possible guest house, maybe put the kids out there, but no way as a main home.

Posted by: navybrat at March 29, 2012 11:21 AM (RiajU)

180 Doesn't the EPA enforce Smug limits?

If not, they really should.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 11:21 AM (8y9MW)

181

That would make a nice room for some of my books. Or maybe a closet just for the boots.

This reminds me of watching House Hunters NYC and the realtors talking about "jewel box" apartments. Or, as I prefer to call it, a tiny little room.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 11:21 AM (VtjlW)

182 Many of you may already know that weÂ’re not building this house with any plans. Christopher chose to figure it out as he went alongÂ—partly because he felt that designing the house himself was part of his dream to truly create a home of his own. If you know Christopher personally, youÂ’ll agree that the whole Â“figure it out as we go alongÂ” mentality is sort of that way that he lives his life.

Floor plans are so 1%. Fight the power

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 29, 2012 11:21 AM (1Jaio)

183 bears are not aloud to live in a big house

why should people?

you can honor the death of hal gore

by poop in a bucket with moss in it

Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at March 29, 2012 11:22 AM (+lsX1)

184

Posted by: dananjcon at March 29, 2012 03:20 PM (8ieXv)

I'm over 1500 miles from a decent slice...fuck you.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2012 11:22 AM (TTlQC)

185 SHITTER'S FULL !!!

Posted by: Cousin Christoper Smith at March 29, 2012 11:22 AM (Y+DPZ)

186 So what's with giving those mofos, whales, like thousands of cubic miles of ocean, EACH, in which to live? Is that fair?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 29, 2012 11:22 AM (FcKXR)

187 they just drive out to the middle of nowhere to smoke weed and drop x...duuuuudddee.

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2012 11:22 AM (Dnbau)

188 I hear these things are all the rage over in Japan.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:22 AM (VndSC)

189 did they have to drive to far to get the peat moss and saw dust, i imagine they had a week or so of sawdust after their dream home was built

Posted by: willow at March 29, 2012 11:22 AM (TomZ9)

190 Why even a bucket? Just park that thing next to a log you can hang your ass over.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (zlvkY)

191 There goes the Shire...

Posted by: Frodo Baggins at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (TYW6l)

192 I take that back. She is a woman woman. Pics on their FB page.

Posted by: Daybrother at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (WCuHB)

193 Years ago, I met some hippies who lived in a tee-pee outside boulder. Through the winter even.

Posted by: toby928© at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (GTbGH)

194 When shopping for my first house, I looked at a FSBO that was old, gracious house with charming stone outbuildings, lotsa land, and a 5 gallon bucket for a crapper. Old Elmer fit it with a seat and lid.

Posted by: Justamom at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (Sptt8)

195 "And I noticed a couple of weeks ago, Priuses apparently lack turn signals. Either that, or their drivers are "too good" to use them."
====================

That lack of courtesy isn't restricted to the smug. Everybody acts like turn signals are an optional accessory for no apparent purpose nowadays.

Drives me nuts. Especially when I'm waiting to make a left turn because the idiot approaching doesn't bother to let me know he intends the same thing.

Posted by: Kensington at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (znT2j)

196 Gotta be honest, I'd love to see these types of houses being built for public housing.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (jUytm)

197 They could have bought a second-hand single wide trailer and saved themselves a sh*t-load of money and trouble.

Posted by: antisocialist at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (j/nZn)

198 184 That would make a nice room for some of my books. Or maybe a closet just for the boots.

This reminds me of watching House Hunters NYC and the realtors talking about "jewel box" apartments. Or, as I prefer to call it, a tiny little room.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at March 29, 2012 03:21 PM (VtjlW)

you're just jealous you don't live in NYC. you're one of those mean old people all my friends laugh at.

Posted by: curiously clueless at March 29, 2012 11:23 AM (PJ+vx)

199
So how much do you want to bet they have a self storage space twice the size of their house to store all of their stuff. Everyone in NYC has at least one packed floor to ceiling.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 03:06 PM (Z9EHQ)

Ding Ding Ding!

I know a lot of liveaboard sailors, and just about every one of them has at least 500-1000 sq ft of self-storage or industrial shop space where they store everything. Hell, I store some stuff for one of 'em in my shop. Another one has a sign business across the street from us, and he keeps his extensive gun collection in two big safes in the back, because he doesn't have the room on his 32' sailboat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2012 11:24 AM (tQoT4)

200 Living in a tiny (or just small) house is not a bad idea at all -- less expense for heating, property tax, repairs, etc. But it doesn't make you Mother Teresa.

Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at March 29, 2012 11:24 AM (qndXR)

201 >>If you know Christopher personally,
youÂ’ll agree that the whole Â“figure it out as we go alongÂ” mentality is
sort of that way that he lives his life.

Yes, Mom. I'm fucking a loser.

Posted by: Hipster Bitch at March 29, 2012 11:24 AM (zlvkY)

202 me and my best friends built one of those when we were 12 years old. we called it a treehouse. actually we called it Nook Place 1. we were aiming high.

Posted by: X at March 29, 2012 11:24 AM (8Yc/9)

203 >>Â“And when we spend our first night in this house, it's already full of all these stories."

They're releasing a "documentary" about living in a house they've never spent a night in. And legitimate news outlets are giving them free publicity.

I have wasted my life.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at March 29, 2012 11:24 AM (ZKzrr)

204 I'm guessing that a month after this article goes into the forgotten archives, the shack becomes a playhouse for their 25 cats

If the cats can stand the smell

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2012 11:25 AM (Y+DPZ)

205 They should have gone to Cullman Liquidation. Or not. Robert Lee don't mind.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2012 11:25 AM (uslQu)

206 this week on dis old box....

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 29, 2012 11:25 AM (61yvg)

207

Everybody acts like turn signals are an optional accessory for no apparent purpose nowadays.

It's an INDICATOR. People forget that.

Words and their meanings...how do they work?

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2012 11:25 AM (TTlQC)

208 4 of my houses 5 bedrooms are bigger than 125 square feet.

Posted by: AndrewsDad at March 29, 2012 11:26 AM (C2//T)

209 Smug or Smaug? Trouble for the Shire sire!

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 11:26 AM (sMr2k)

210 what do they do with the contents when the bucket is full? they gardening? No, why they are dumping raw sewage filthy polluters. If they are gardening, what do they wash their fruit and veg with after it grows in their own poo. No water? Yea this sounds like a real improvement. enjoy the cholera.

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2012 11:26 AM (Dnbau)

211 We have a cabin with no electricity or running water. While looking for an alternative to walking through the snow to the out house. I have found entire websites devoted to the joys of sh**ing in a 5 gallon pail.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 29, 2012 11:26 AM (tf9Ne)

212 in the north pole the eskimos live in a igloo

and have flannel pajamas and poop buckets

and the bears lived about 20% longer

wake up idiots

Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at March 29, 2012 11:26 AM (+lsX1)

213 That lack of courtesy isn't restricted to the smug. Everybody acts like turn signals are an optional accessory for no apparent purpose nowadays.

In Rhode Island, turn signals are only used for Psy-Ops.

Posted by: George Obama at March 29, 2012 11:26 AM (X3lox)

214 From the people who brought you Balloon Boy...

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:26 AM (jUytm)

215 A typical horse stall is 120 square feet (10 by 12).

A typical horse stall requires that you haul poop out of the stall, to somewhere else.

If these hipsters want to live in a horse stall, and poop in a bucket, great. If they want to sit in their horse stall, pretending that makes them better then me, I hope they have fun in there. Just don't expect me to agree.

Maybe I'll swing by with a little cart that needs pulling, and a carrot or two as a reward.

Posted by: Splunge at March 29, 2012 11:27 AM (2IW5Q)

216 From the artcle: ""We are really interested in learning more about how the innovations of tiny houses can be scaled up to larger structures," Mueller said.

Okay genius, but with larger structures you don't need to have your toilet beneath your bed and your kitchen over your headboard, so what's the fucking point?

Posted by: Heralder at March 29, 2012 11:27 AM (/Mxso)

217 When I am queen, I shall banish all the smug hipsters and libtards to San Francisco. And then I will have it hermetically sealed.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 11:27 AM (PJ+vx)

218 The first night we were in our new home, we had the most amazing sex. I kept banging my head on the refrigerator/counter/sink/washingmachine/headboard.

Posted by: Hipster Bitch at March 29, 2012 11:27 AM (zlvkY)

219

She needs to build more storage room for that nose. Yeesh!

Posted by: dananjcon at March 29, 2012 11:27 AM (8ieXv)

220 "There goes the Shire..."
Posted by: Frodo Baggins at March 29, 2012 03:23 PM (TYW6l)
====================

Dude! I'm at work! I can't afford to be caught LOLing like that made me LOL.

Posted by: Kensington at March 29, 2012 11:27 AM (znT2j)

221 I could nut across that place.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2012 11:28 AM (TTlQC)

222 >>Gotta be honest, I'd love to see these types of houses being built for public housing.

I figure subsidized units are going to be the last ones subject to eco-fascist restrictions. Sort of like you will always be able to use food stamps to buy candy, even as the rest of us get our food intake monitored.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at March 29, 2012 11:28 AM (ZKzrr)

223 Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 03:27 PM (PJ+vx)

What do we need to do to get Jane anointed Queen?!

Posted by: Tammy al Thor agrees: FREE GENETIC TUNDER at March 29, 2012 11:28 AM (SsG4J)

224 Damn 65 sq ft cardboard-box living Precedential polygamy sock.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 29, 2012 11:28 AM (X3lox)

225 A house with 125 square feet. Yeah, I keep four of those in the servants' downstairs bathroom.

Posted by: Al Gore at March 29, 2012 11:28 AM (FcR7P)

226 I wonder if they use toilet paper when they 'go' in the bucket.

Then I realize, I don't give a shit.

hehe

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:29 AM (GQ8sn)

227 47 I love how they're trying to turn voluntarily living poverty into a virtue. Africa called, they said it pretty much sucks.

Fucking awesome.

Posted by: Gulfkraken at March 29, 2012 11:29 AM (WBfjO)

228 I once dated a guy who lived in a apartment that was maybe, maybe 70sqft in Boston. Mommy and Daddy were paying $900/month for it and he was smug as hell about his "minimalistic" living. No shock that the relationship did not last.

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2012 11:29 AM (32mdF)

229 Is there an explanation for why it took 10 months to build a Mastiff-sized doghouse?

I think I could do that in about two weekends.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at March 29, 2012 11:29 AM (mg08E)

230 Gah, the stupidity it burns.

BTW, any real man could build something like that in about two weekends.

Posted by: Alex at March 29, 2012 11:29 AM (tlK1P)

231 223 When I am queen, I shall banish all the smug hipsters and libtards to San Francisco. And then I will have it hermetically sealed. Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 03:27 PM (PJ+vx) Can we make you queen right now? I'd sure rather bow to you than vote for Romney!

Posted by: moki at March 29, 2012 11:30 AM (dZmFh)

232 When Christopher gets aroused, it reminds me of jumping turnstiles as a kid in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Hipster Bitch at March 29, 2012 11:30 AM (zlvkY)

233 Thanks for the laughs guys, my ribs hurt and my eyes are watering.

The same thing that happens when you shit in a bucket on a cold winter night in Colorado

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2012 11:30 AM (Y+DPZ)

234 I once dated a guy who lived in a apartment that was maybe, maybe 70sqft in Boston. Mommy and Daddy were paying $900/month for it and he was smug as hell about his "minimalistic" living.

No shock that the relationship did not last.

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2012 03:29 PM (32mdF)

Did he invite you over and say "standing room only"?

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:30 AM (GQ8sn)

235 Why not just buy a couple bobhouses and join them up with a door between?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at March 29, 2012 11:30 AM (4df7R)

236 I hope they aren't using more than one square with their poo bucket.

Posted by: Sheryl Crow, with Flies Buzzing Around Her Middle Finger at March 29, 2012 11:30 AM (znT2j)

237 <i> 109 If these asshats want to live in cramped quarters, why don't they just join the Navy?
Posted by: xbradtc</i>

Then they'd have to get real jobs, shave and shower on a regular basis.

Posted by: Smokey Behr at March 29, 2012 11:30 AM (QyeW7)

238 An old Dodge van has about 40 sq ft and you're not stuck in a hippie infestation.

Posted by: t-bird at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (FcR7P)

239 Motivational Poster: caption top: Our Future pic of Obama caption bottom: "Our toilet is a 5-gallon bucket"

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (jUytm)

240

live 20 percent longer

work 20 percent harder

HGH is king

green energy is queen

get the picture now morons?

i didn't thjink so

but that's all right

the spirit of al gore is watching

and waiting

he will visit us again soon

that's an unconvenient truth

for all you morons

Posted by: NO LIMIT CANSECO at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (/Mla1)

241 187 Posted by: dananjcon at March 29, 2012 03:20 PM (8ieXv)

I'm over 1500 miles from a decent slice...fuck you.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2012 03:22 PM (TTlQC)

Your welcome!

**Sniff**

Posted by: dananjcon at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (8ieXv)

242 Even without these particular elements, the Prius remains distinctive (or bulbous) enough for everyone to recognize.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 29, 2012 03:00 PM

We stopped by our local purveyor of firearms this afternoon...there was a little grey Prius parked out front. Hubby said, "What the fuck is HE doing at a GUN shop?"

Posted by: antisocialist at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (j/nZn)

243 No way I could get a permit for that thing where I live anyway...

Posted by: navybrat at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (RiajU)

244 please tell me this shack is in the vicinity of the fire raging in Colorado.....

Posted by: the Butcher at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (8g9qq)

245 Look, Christopher repurposed an old Cuisinart into a washing machine! He's just so smart! It takes up no space! It uses much less electricity than a big mega-washer!

Of course, I can't tell if all my panties are falling apart from the machine's abuse, or just the intimate funk............

Posted by: Marete Smith at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (VMcoS)

246 Ding Ding Ding!I know a lot of liveaboard sailors, and just about every one of them has at least 500-1000 sq ft of self-storage or industrial shop space where they store everything. Hell, I store some stuff for one of 'em in my shop. Another one has a sign business across the street from us, and he keeps his extensive gun collection in two big safes in the back, because he doesn't have the room on his 32' sailboat. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2012 03:24 PM (tQoT4) so this is the prius equivalent of environmentally sustainable housing? prius, electric car made possible by recharging from coal fired power plant owned by evil capitalists. tiny over priced house made possible by industrial storage facilities owned by evil capitalists.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (Z9EHQ)

247 On one hand, you have one brand of stupid liberal saying we need to give more money to poor African countries. On the other hand you have another brand of stupid liberal saying look how cool it is to live like a poor African.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 29, 2012 11:31 AM (61yvg)

248 Have to go dump patchouli in the bucket. BRB.

Posted by: Hipster Bitch at March 29, 2012 11:32 AM (zlvkY)

249 Maybe I'll swing by with a little cart that needs pulling, and a carrot or two as a reward.

In San Francisco, they'd be into that kind of stuff...

Posted by: Alex at March 29, 2012 11:32 AM (tlK1P)

250

They probably get hit with the same taxes as a 'human' abode. Buck Folder....

Posted by: model_1066 at March 29, 2012 11:32 AM (YbQJm)

251 It looks like one of those occupy tents. Without the dead rats and used condoms.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:32 AM (VndSC)

252 232 I wonder if they use toilet paper when they 'go' in the bucket.

Then I realize, I don't give a shit.

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 03:29 PM

Remember this time Chris; "Leaves of Three, Let it Be!"

Posted by: Merete Mueller at March 29, 2012 11:32 AM (Y+DPZ)

253 Yes, this should be the only building plan utilized for section eight housing.

Posted by: Gulfkraken at March 29, 2012 11:32 AM (WBfjO)

254

Holy cow, you people are fast, like locusts devouring the new thread...

A few years back there was a movement aftoot, people going back to 19th century lifestyles. You know, log cabin, candle lighting, fireplace heating and cooking, butter churns, etc.

I wonder how many of those folks are still at it.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 29, 2012 11:32 AM (TOk1P)

255 Is there an explanation for why it took 10 months to build a Mastiff-sized doghouse?

Takes longer when you don't understand the value of a tape measure and making things square.

Posted by: Heorot at March 29, 2012 11:33 AM (Nq/UF)

256 227 I could nut across that place.

Posted by: garrett at March 29, 2012 03:28 PM (TTlQC)

My morning wood, would topple it over.

Posted by: dananjcon at March 29, 2012 11:33 AM (8ieXv)

257 that should have said Buck Foulder....

Posted by: model_1066 at March 29, 2012 11:33 AM (YbQJm)

258 Every week a guy comes by with a cart, yelling out "Bring out yer dead".

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:33 AM (VndSC)

259 >>>A few years back there was a movement aftoot, people going back to 19th century lifestyles. You know, log cabin, candle lighting, fireplace heating and cooking, butter churns, etc. I wonder how many of those folks are still at it.

Pellagra got 'em.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:34 AM (zlvkY)

260 I am sooo due for a comeback.

Posted by: Cholera at March 29, 2012 11:34 AM (snRY5)

261

Posted by: Synnerman at March 29, 2012 03:03 PM (0Bdlg)

You donÂ’t need to build it, IÂ’ll sell you mine.

Posted by: jwest at March 29, 2012 11:34 AM (FdndL)

262 "A few years back there was a movement aftoot, people going back to 19th century lifestyles. You know, log cabin, candle lighting, fireplace heating and cooking, butter churns, etc.

I wonder how many of those folks are still at it. "
===============

None. Along with the return to 19th Century lifestyles came a return to 19th Century life expectancies.

Posted by: Kensington at March 29, 2012 11:34 AM (znT2j)

263 I've minimized my carbon footprint by hanging out in Starbucks all day with free wi-fi.

Posted by: Hipster Douche at March 29, 2012 11:34 AM (FcR7P)

264 At least the geodesic thing went the way of the dodo. Every time I see one, I want to burn it to the ground.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (YbQJm)

265 Is it me, or was there an inordinate amount of scrap lumber laying about? Seemed like an awful lot of leftover lumber fro such a small structure. Like, maybe, lots of do-overs and boo-boos and uh-ohs?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (jUytm)

266 Look, Christopher repurposed an old Cuisinart into a washing machine! He's just so smart! It takes up no space! It uses much less electricity than a big mega-washer!

Posted by: Marete Smith at March 29, 2012 03:31 PM (VMcoS)

Full of Win!

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (GQ8sn)

267 1 Is there an explanation for why it took 10 months to build a Mastiff-sized doghouse? Takes longer when you don't understand the value of a tape measure and making things square. Posted by: Heorot at March 29, 2012 03:33 PM (Nq/UF) I thought "Christopher" mentioned that the house wasn't square-or much in it. How can it be inspected for code? I thought that was part of passing inspections.

Posted by: moki at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (dZmFh)

268 Christopher put a brick outside yesterday. Can you say PATIO!!???

Posted by: Hipster Bitch at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (zlvkY)

269 250 please tell me this shack is in the vicinity of the fire raging in Colorado..... Posted by: the Butcher at March 29, 2012 03:31 PM

They will be when one of them parks on a fermenting bucket to pinch a loaf and decides to light a doob

Posted by: kbdabear at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (Y+DPZ)

270 wouldnt that be called a "shed" http://www.shedworld.com/

Posted by: christy at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (/uZcG)

271 I have $180,000 in student loans and a doctorate in architecture. All of my clients say my designs are too small before dumping me for some rich, white man architect......I am the 99%

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (61yvg)

272 I despise these clowns, however, for the record, I could live in 125 square feet very comfortably. However, my 125 square feet of living space would be encase by three foot thick walls of reinforced concrete and aside from the front door the only openings would be gun ports.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:35 AM (Z9EHQ)

273

Save the Planet, Build a Shed.

Posted by: Doofus Hipster Prick Bumper Sticker Fest at March 29, 2012 11:36 AM (8ieXv)

274 I see earth day shit starting to appear...to celebrate this year, I'm going to burn a few tires, cut down a few trees and leave all the lights burning and faucets running.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 29, 2012 11:36 AM (YbQJm)

275 a lot of you idiots don't even get that

if you had a little house it wouldn't not cost very much

to hire a maid to clean it because of how small it is

also global warming

Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at March 29, 2012 11:36 AM (+lsX1)

276 Nearly, EC. The sum total of his furniture was a futon, a desk, and an extremely expensive keyboard he had somehow gotten from Berklee. Can you smell the smug?

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2012 11:36 AM (32mdF)

277 Were no old School Buses available?

Posted by: toby928© at March 29, 2012 11:36 AM (GTbGH)

278 yeah, what happened to dream of living in a '68 VW bus?

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:37 AM (jUytm)

279 How do they hang the bead-door and the fish nets?

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:38 AM (VndSC)

280 >>>>However, my 125 square feet of living space would be encase by three foot thick walls of reinforced concrete and aside from the front door the only openings would be gun ports.

Build 4. You know, as long as you have the backhoe out, why not?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:38 AM (zlvkY)

281 "Christopher put a brick outside yesterday. Can you say PATIO!!???"
====================

You should see the brick I just dropped in the poo bucket. No more vegan chimichangas!

Posted by: Christopher Smith at March 29, 2012 11:38 AM (znT2j)

282 Does this house make my dick look big?

Posted by: Christopher Smith at March 29, 2012 11:38 AM (8g9qq)

283
Posted by: Synnerman at March 29, 2012 03:03 PM (0Bdlg)

Make sure you use rainbow colored neon lights for the outside. And a strobe aimed at their toy shack. Stop motion hippies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 11:38 AM (sMr2k)

284

However, my 125 square feet of living space would be encase by three foot thick walls of reinforced concrete and aside from the front door the only openings would be arrow slits ~~gun ports~~.

Posted by: Longbow Enthusiast at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (TTlQC)

285 I thought "Christopher" mentioned that the house wasn't square-or much in it. How can it be inspected for code? I thought that was part of passing inspections.

If it's on wheels, that probably lets them avoid the building regs.

Posted by: Heorot at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (Nq/UF)

286 Seriously, I've been in ice fishing shacks with more built-in comfort, - hot and cold running beer, sat tv, wood stove, and skis.

Posted by: Fritz at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (/ZZCn)

287 Small house=small d**k.

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (0N9lD)

288 It's not a house but a little crappy cabin in the middle of no where. Come winter, there will probably not be much of it left.

Posted by: mike at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (s6QDI)

289 Build 4. You know, as long as you have the backhoe out, why not? Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 03:38 PM (zlvkY)

I can swing by when I am done.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (Z9EHQ)

290

Hard to be a snotty envirotwit while living in a <gasp> vehicle...

Posted by: model_1066 at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (YbQJm)

291 A few years back there was a movement aftoot, people going back to 19th century lifestyles. You know, log cabin, candle lighting, fireplace heating and cooking, butter churns, etc.

After Baraka finishes killing off the coal and oil industries....guess what?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 11:39 AM (PJ+vx)

292 nood pots, btw

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 29, 2012 11:40 AM (jUytm)

293

Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at March 29, 2012 03:36 PM (+lsX1)

Hey Jose...shut your pie WHOLE pal!

Posted by: dananjcon at March 29, 2012 11:40 AM (8ieXv)

294 After Baraka finishes killing off the coal and oil industries....guess what?

A new renaissance in camping?

Posted by: EC at March 29, 2012 11:40 AM (GQ8sn)

295 However, my 125 square feet of living space would be encase by three foot thick walls of reinforced concrete and aside from the front door the only openings would be arrow slits gun ports. Posted by: Longbow Enthusiast at March 29, 2012 03:39 PM (TTlQC) right. I should also add a big pot of boiling oil on the roof.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:41 AM (Z9EHQ)

296

My hot tub is 64 square feet.

I actually thought this was interesting until the bucket toilet. That's simply stupid.

Posted by: Grim at March 29, 2012 11:41 AM (gyNYk)

297 Obama's budget had $500 billion in micro-house subsidies in it.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:41 AM (VndSC)

298 Pellagra got 'em.

Rickets.

Posted by: toby928© at March 29, 2012 11:41 AM (GTbGH)

299

My morning wood, would topple it over.

Chris: "Merete, quick, open the window! I'm getting wood!"

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 29, 2012 11:41 AM (Y3xtU)

300 Hipster fabricates, and not just tiny house. You can buy kits for these things. On wheels. You build them and tow them to the location. They look exactly like his house. I mean exactly. He is full of what should be in that bucket.

Posted by: thunderb at March 29, 2012 11:41 AM (Dnbau)

301 After Baraka finishes killing off the coal and oil industries....guess what? Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 03:39 PM (PJ+vx) he will move home to kenya?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:41 AM (Z9EHQ)

302

200 Gotta be honest, I'd love to see these types of houses being built for public housing.

Please! That would be inhumane, dontcha know - the "poor" have dignity, and they each need AT LEAST 1000 sq. ft. per person in the household.

You uncaring Republican, you!!!!!!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 29, 2012 11:42 AM (0xqzf)

303

I thought "Christopher" mentioned that the house wasn't square-or much in it. How can it be inspected for code?

The 3,4,5 triangle has a HUGE carbon footprint, you know.

Posted by: Christopher the Builder at March 29, 2012 11:42 AM (TTlQC)

304 why is everybody care about a little house

when spike lees son got shot for wearing a hoody

RT if you care about bears and justice

#JusticeForTradon

Posted by: Jose Canseco's Gristle Encased Head at March 29, 2012 11:42 AM (+lsX1)

305

This guy in the comments section to the news story had it right: Dude, it's called a fort and I built three of them by the time I was in the sixth grade. We had better plumbing too, a bucket?

Really? 10 months to build a shed? Mr. Coyote could have it up by supper time.

Papa Coyote refused to go camping when I was interested in such things. His rationale? He grew up in a house with no electricity and no running water and worked his azz off for a better life. He said he had absolutely no intention of spending another night of his life like the way he grew up.

Mother in Law Coyote, her parents, and eight siblings briefly lived in a boxcar and a chicken coop outside of Fargo, North Dakota when their home burned down around 1942. Apparently lots of immigrant families lived in boxcars when settling on the Dakota plains and this one happened to still be around when her family needed it.

These pretentious d-bags think they're so cool. Fine for them, live and let live, but don't you dare tell me how I can spend my own money.

Posted by: the other coyote at March 29, 2012 11:43 AM (yK44T)

306 Of course they don't have children! She's a carpet muncher and he's too much of a sissy to ever get a hard on. EuroTrash American stytle, baby! I bet they have bicycles with some kind of Italian beverage stickers on them, too.

Posted by: MoeRon at March 29, 2012 11:43 AM (yWDpP)

307 Woodsy Owl himself would slap these douches upside the head, and then crap on their hipster hovel.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 29, 2012 11:43 AM (YbQJm)

308 About 20 years ago in Berlin, I saw a bunch of wood gypsy caravans. They were sort of cool. They were parked in the center of town around one of those old water pumps that look like a dragon.

There were also people living in abandoned Migs in the center of the old man's land. That was sort of cool. No room, but hell, it's still a Mig.

Posted by: mike at March 29, 2012 11:43 AM (s6QDI)

309 Gotta be honest, I'd love to see these types of houses being built for public housing. Please! That would be inhumane, dontcha know - the "poor" have dignity, and they each needAT LEAST 1000 sq. ft. per person in the household. You uncaring Republican, you!!!!!! Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at March 29, 2012 03:42 PM (0xqzf) what we need to do is build public housing out of conex containers. we already have a surplus of them since everyone is shipping stuff here and we are not sending anything back. instead of letting them pile up we can just stack them up build stairs and add locking doors.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:44 AM (Z9EHQ)

310

By the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children.

Thank God for that. We'll be done with their genetics in a few years then...

Posted by: Hedgehog at March 29, 2012 11:44 AM (3jGS1)

311 "by the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children." Ace, you are not being fair to them, or their girlfriends. In this modern world, women are actually allowed to have JOBS. There would be no reason for take time off to appear and discuss their family plans with their future husbands in the documentary. It's just about the tiny house. When Christopher and Merete marry their respective beautiful wives, perhaps one couple will move out and another tiny house will be built. And so on, when they have children. But that will be the subject of another film.

Posted by: Lance Piper-Feinberg at March 29, 2012 11:45 AM (bN5ZU)

312 223 When I am queen, I shall banish all the smug hipsters and libtards to San Francisco. And then I will have it hermetically sealed.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 29, 2012 03:27 PM (PJ+vx)

Got my vote!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 29, 2012 11:45 AM (0AClR)

313

Mother in Law Coyote, her parents, and eight siblings briefly lived in a boxcar and a chicken coopoutside of Fargo

...and we didn't shit in a bucket inside the thing, either!

Posted by: MiL Coyote at March 29, 2012 11:45 AM (TTlQC)

314 In the summer, they could raise chickens for the eggs. Of course, they'd have to sleep outside then.

Posted by: Roy at March 29, 2012 11:45 AM (VndSC)

315 I have a hunting cabin that's 24 X 16 with a sleeping loft. Propane heat and hot water, shitter outside of course. I used various connections to scadge building materials, including a $50 bay window. Took me lots of weekend hours over about a full year.

It's better than three times the size of this piece of shit, and it cost about 9 grand all told.

And you shit in an actual hole in the ground.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:45 AM (zlvkY)

316 Thanks for the pictures of your project! Great birdhouse, Christopher! See you next week on the Yankee Workshop!

Posted by: Norm Abrams, Cutting His Lunch Salami With A $35,000 CAD Laser Deck at March 29, 2012 11:46 AM (VMcoS)

317 I'm sure they have lovely dinners in their bathroom/kitchenette. I'm sure one of their chairs is the toilet seat.

Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at March 29, 2012 03:19 PM (7+pP9)

-----------------------------------------

Heh. Reminds me of the Simpson's episode where Homer bought a recliner/toilet combo so he wouldn't be interupted while watching tv.

Posted by: Soona at March 29, 2012 11:46 AM (i3MF7)

318 Yankeefilth, after the National Geographic shows on Preppers weld some conex shipping containers for public housing and some of the tools in those sheds will think they are ready for 2012 end of the world stuff.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 11:46 AM (sMr2k)

319 What, no eco-praise for us?

Posted by: RV-dwellers of the last better part of a century. at March 29, 2012 11:47 AM (JVEmw)

320

Posted by: Norm Abrams, Cutting His Lunch Salami With A $35,000 CAD Laser Deck at March 29, 2012 03:46 PM (VMcoS)

NAHM!

Posted by: A Masshole Contractor at March 29, 2012 11:47 AM (TTlQC)

321

Nice. An open bucket of human shit within 5 feet of both your kitchen and your bed. I've never been to a hunting or fishing camp that is that fucking nasty.

Pioneers knew better than that. And dig the iFaggotry they brandish.

These stupid hippies need four across the lip.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at March 29, 2012 11:48 AM (G/8zE)

322 Yankeefilth, after the National Geographic shows on Preppers weld some conex shipping containers for public housing and some of the tools in those sheds will think they are ready for 2012 end of the world stuff. Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 03:46 PM (sMr2k)

as far as they know - yep. as for me I think of those as food storage containers. have you been on the ont lately or are you a day commenter now?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:48 AM (Z9EHQ)

323 I've been waiting so long to use the cloud-of-smug pic I took last September -

www.quickmeme.com/ meme/3oj5yj/

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 29, 2012 11:48 AM (QTHTd)

324 I'm sorry, Boo-boo, I though this bucket was a pic-a-nick basket! Try chugging some of the Ranger's after-shave to get the taste out of your mouth!

Posted by: Yogi Bear Has An Embarrasing Moment at March 29, 2012 11:49 AM (VMcoS)

325

>>>Posted by: the other coyote at March 29, 2012 03:43 PM (yK44

My father was literally born in a sod and stone house on the Nebraska prairie. He was the same way.

"I was born in a house made of dirt and spent 33 years in the fucking Army. You wanna go camping? Here's a tent and a rock. Knock yourself out, kid."

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:49 AM (zlvkY)

326 Anna Puma HEY! Is that a typo or do I need to add another name to my enemies list?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:50 AM (Z9EHQ)

327 I'm taking a wild guess here: they haven't sufficient storage space to put up a kickass Christmas lights display in order to win the big money at year's end?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at March 29, 2012 11:50 AM (0AClR)

328 Shipping containers the house of the future.

http://www.containerhomes.net/

Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 29, 2012 11:51 AM (tf9Ne)

329 I also thought it was a pic-a-nick basket! Hey, don't bogart that Aqua-Velva, little guy!

Posted by: Yogi Bear Has An Embarrasing Moment at March 29, 2012 11:51 AM (VMcoS)

330 295 It's not a house but a little crappy cabin in the middle of no where. Come winter, there will probably not be much of it left.
Posted by: mike at March 29, 2012 03:39 PM

Damn hippies think they invented cabins in the woods?

Let's see how they handle it when a ba'ar wipes his ass with their tablecloth

Posted by: Daniel Boone at March 29, 2012 11:52 AM (Y+DPZ)

331 This is all an elaborate ploy to disguise their jenkum dealing.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:52 AM (zlvkY)

332 Man, that shit is tiny! Back to hoeing my beans...

Posted by: Henry David Thoreau at March 29, 2012 11:52 AM (nJ32z)

333 My father was literally born in a sod and stone house on the Nebraska prairie. He was the same way."I was born in a house made of dirt and spent 33 years in the fucking Army. You wanna go camping? Here's a tent and a rock. Knock yourself out, kid." Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 03:49 PM (zlvkY) It is funny that people that grew up in less than luxurious conditions or in third world countries are not as enamored with pre-industrial living as the environmentalists. I had a teacher in hs whose dad was forever unable to understand why anyone would pay to go to a healthclub and lift weights - he had worked nearly his entire career as a day laborer .

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:53 AM (Z9EHQ)

334 I'm taking a wild guess here: they haven't sufficient storage space to put up a kickass Christmas lights display in order to win the big money at year's end?

Well, sure they do. They keep them in the giant storage locker where they keep the "house" when it's not out for a photo op.

Posted by: Heorot at March 29, 2012 11:53 AM (Nq/UF)

335 what we need to do is build public housing out of conex containers. we already have a surplus of them since everyone is shipping stuff here and we are not sending anything back. instead of letting them pile up we can just stack them up build stairs and add locking doors.

Bullshit, they have hasps for padlocks on the outside already. Screw the stairs too, ropes were good enough for pirates.

Posted by: Gulfkraken at March 29, 2012 11:54 AM (WBfjO)

336
Let's see how they handle it when a ba'ar wipes his ass with their tablecloth

Posted by: Daniel Boone a

Good point. I don't think that could keep a bear out. Are bears attracted by poor human sanitation, too?

Posted by: mike at March 29, 2012 11:54 AM (s6QDI)

337 I had a house that size, but once our 4th child was born, it was just way too small and we had to build something bigger. Anyhow, won't be long until we're empty nesters again!

Posted by: Your Neighborhood Grackle Family, Who Are Sorry About The Spot On Your Car at March 29, 2012 11:55 AM (VMcoS)

338 Oh yeah, nobody ever thought of this before. (sarc)

Posted by: Benedictine Monks at March 29, 2012 11:55 AM (YXmuI)

339 Its a typo!!! Its a typo!!! Please no hit me with the ban hammer!!!

Day walker or ONT nosferatu, it just depends upon my mood and if the ONT strikes my fancy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 11:55 AM (sMr2k)

340 Bullshit, they have hasps for padlocks on the outside already. Screw the stairs too, ropes were good enough for pirates. Posted by: Gulfkraken at March 29, 2012 03:54 PM (WBfjO) oh heck, forget the locks, we will just use seals and go with the honor system.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:55 AM (Z9EHQ)

341 Isn't this how the Unabomber started?

Posted by: Solo at March 29, 2012 11:56 AM (NBOA5)

342 "By the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children."

Yeah, because homo anal doesn't make babies, Ace.

Posted by: duh at March 29, 2012 11:56 AM (B60j2)

343 "Their design incorporates several sustainable elements, including: reclaimed windows, beetle-kill lumber, solar power and a composting toilet."ItÂ’s just a five-gallon bucket that you put peat moss and sawdust in,Â” Smith said. Â“You'd be surprised how well it works and how much it doesn't smell.Â”

He's right. I would be surprised.

Crapping in a bucket: Back to the future.

(My people came to this country a hundred years ago just so they wouldn't have to crap in a bucket. Or sleep in a one room, 89 sq. ft. shack in lower Silesia.)

Posted by: Soh Krates at March 29, 2012 11:56 AM (Xv7f/)

344 oh heck, forget the locks, we will just use seals and go with the honor system.

Good point, they aren't criminals, low lifes, or junkies, just good hard working people like you and me who are down on their luck.

Posted by: Gulfkraken at March 29, 2012 11:57 AM (WBfjO)

345 >>>It is funny that people that grew up in less than luxurious conditions or in third world countries are not as enamored with pre-industrial living as the environmentalists.

We had an old guy in our church that recently passed on. He was a Byelorussian and spent a couple years as a guest of the Nazis in one of their "youth hostelries". You know, the kind with barbed wire.

Wasn't real fucking fond of Democrats.

It's kinda the same thing.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 11:57 AM (zlvkY)

346 Day walker or ONT nosferatu, it just depends upon my mood and if the ONT strikes my fancy. Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 03:55 PM (sMr2k) oh thank goodness. that enemies list is nearly out of space. did not mean to be nosy about your ace habits, just noted your absence.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 11:57 AM (Z9EHQ)

347 These guys are nuts!

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at March 29, 2012 11:58 AM (znT2j)

348 rule #1 for selecting a habitat...."You don't shit where you eat". Even birds and rats know this.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at March 29, 2012 11:59 AM (61yvg)

349 Yeah these twits have never been to a Third World nation. Nothing opens the eyes than being 21 and first rat hole the USAF sends me to the local village lives in caves except for the rich folk. The rich have packing crate homes about the same size as what these smug twits built. The uber rich have a generator attached to the packing crate house.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 11:59 AM (sMr2k)

350 The crap bucket -- where do they empty it? You can't use human waste as fertilizer, can you?

Posted by: mike at March 29, 2012 11:59 AM (s6QDI)

351 339 Man, that shit is tiny! Back to hoeing my beans...

Posted by: Henry David Thoreau at March 29, 2012 03:52 PM (nJ32z)

I'll say! Back to beaning my ho's...

Posted by: Jack T.R. at March 29, 2012 12:00 PM (TOk1P)

352 These guys are nuts!
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell a

Nah, I would describe them as tasting more like berries...tasty berries.

Posted by: mike at March 29, 2012 12:00 PM (s6QDI)

353 so when these asshats breakup do you think one of them absconds with the house while the other one is away or do they saw it in half and add another set of wheels?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 12:01 PM (Z9EHQ)

354 >>You can't use human waste as fertilizer, can you?

You can't fertilize your hippy crop with triple-12. It takes the real thing, beby.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 12:01 PM (zlvkY)

355 You haters just wait! Next month we're the feature article in Better Sheds and Utility Buildings! . Al Gore sent us some of his very own poo to bless the composting toilet! The Wilbert Burial Vault people are giving us one of their fine products to use as a full basement! Why do you hate progress!

(runs off sobbing)

Posted by: Christopher Smith at March 29, 2012 12:02 PM (VMcoS)

356 >>Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 04:01 PM (Z9EHQ)

They'll bring their friends in and build consensus about who gets the jenkum bucket.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 12:02 PM (zlvkY)

357 125sqft? Try to own tools, start a project, own an instrument bigger than a ukulele, or furniture, or more than 2 days worth of groceries. Try to entertain guests in that kind of space.

What an utterly religious devotion to Gaia they must have with all the additional struggle, stench, and inconvenience.

Posted by: fb at March 29, 2012 12:02 PM (JVEmw)

358 Aaawww Yankeefifth, you care!!

Anyway I should skeedaddle, some kerfluffle about Mega Million jackpot being a half billion dollar annuity.. which means after QE3 should be worth about $200million annuity. After all the taxes are taken out I might get to keep a $1.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 12:03 PM (sMr2k)

359 >>Al Gore sent us some of his very own poo

As big an asshole as that fuckstick is, how the hell did you get it into the living room?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 12:04 PM (zlvkY)

360
They'd have been better off spending $100 to build a couple of Hexayurts and saving the rest of the $ for a proper outhouse.

http://tinyurl.com/29j6rn

The Hexayurt thing is actually pretty cool......for cheap, short-term disposable housing.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2012 12:04 PM (tQoT4)

361 From the trailer: "But maybe we should think about giving up our McMansions..." almost made me hurl my laptop through a window.

Reminds me of the "sustainability" club at the business school I attend. Their great idea? "Do Less! Drive less, travel less, consume less! You'll be doing the earth a favor!" What nitwits.

Posted by: memorymachine at March 29, 2012 12:04 PM (4sSAY)

362 >>Drive less, travel less, consume less!

Funemployment!!!!!!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at March 29, 2012 12:05 PM (zlvkY)

363 Anyway I should skeedaddle, some kerfluffle about Mega Million jackpot being a half billion dollar annuity.. which means after QE3 should be worth about $200million annuity. After all the taxes are taken out I might get to keep a $1. Posted by: Anna Puma at March 29, 2012 04:03 PM (sMr2k) good luck !

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 12:06 PM (Z9EHQ)

364 I knew an old woman who lived in a shoe...

Posted by: Clete Orris at March 29, 2012 12:07 PM (9UlR3)

365 Box.

Posted by: Clete Orris at March 29, 2012 12:07 PM (9UlR3)

366 There is at least one company which makes these houses. The web site I looked at was Tumbleweed Houses. They have plans, kits and ready mades starting at 89 sq ft and go up to a huge 500 plus sq ft. Their version of a 130 sq ft costs $23,000 for just the materials or $54k for a ready made. And yes, they all have wheels. So this really is a rich person's "Look at me, I'm so environmentally holy," show off scheme.

Posted by: Terentia at March 29, 2012 12:07 PM (eGn6V)

367 I lived in London in a place just a bit smaller; IT WAS A FUCKING SAILBOAT!

Posted by: Dee Dee Ramone at March 29, 2012 12:08 PM (UdPlZ)

368
I knew an old woman who lived in a shoe...

Posted by: Clete Orris at March 29, 2012 04:07 PM (9UlR3)

Her name was Miss Muffet, with a bucket of poo....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 29, 2012 12:08 PM (tQoT4)

369

I like this idea for a vacation home out in the country.

Posted by: Warden at March 29, 2012 12:10 PM (HzhBE)

370 somebody mentioned horse stalls. frankly, my horses live better than this have more room and my tackroom is also bigger and more luxurious and my place is not dreadfully luxurious, as stables go. Just professional.

i had looked into one of these tinyhomes as a project/shop for Grim. But only as a like... place to put his tools, guy junk, and work on small projects when its rainy.

Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at March 29, 2012 12:10 PM (r7Ddb)

371 A complete living establishment almost exactly the size of a single-wide trailer? Amazing how could they possibly do such a thing?

Next they'll invent a round turning thing to put it on so they don't have to drag it from place to place.

Posted by: gekkobear at March 29, 2012 12:11 PM (X0NX1)

372 Yet if the Obama GNP numbers look weak and folks are getting crabby about the economy, the MBM shows you "prosperity montages" and exhorts you to go out and shop till you drop

Posted by: Christopher Smith at March 29, 2012 12:11 PM (Y+DPZ)

373 357 where do they empty it? You can't use human waste as fertilizer, can you?

Yeah, we tried that. Turns out it doesn't work out so well.

Posted by: Countries ravaged by cholera at March 29, 2012 12:13 PM (YXmuI)

374 Oh yeah its boutique housing. I read an article in Sunset magazine about people making houses out of shipping containers. This isn't a lifestyle, its just really rich people with a fad.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at March 29, 2012 12:14 PM (r4wIV)

375 Good news for you, smug little enviros with your smurf home! This is STILL the United States of America where we have a mostly market-based economy. If you can find buyers who want such a house, you are free to sell to them. But I don't want to have to purchase one based on some Federal environmental law or face a penalty. Put your idea out there and let's see what happens.

Posted by: charlie at March 29, 2012 12:14 PM (Gxajc)

376 How are you going to live in this in the winter? And where do you get your power come winter?

Posted by: mike at March 29, 2012 12:14 PM (s6QDI)

377 yeah, if you think the economy sucks now wait until everyone starts buying imported housing from walmart, that was mad in china - yeah , that is exactly what you want. I suppose gm and chrysler could build these on their existing assembly lines but they would cost too much and who wants a house with a three year warranty?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 29, 2012 12:18 PM (Z9EHQ)

378 "The music. It's so precious.
The breathy college-radio voices."
====================

OMG that trailer is so annoying! It's like Garrison Keillor got drunk and f*cked This American Life.

Posted by: The Gay Gene at March 29, 2012 12:19 PM (znT2j)

379 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at March 29, 2012 12:19 PM (7W3wI)

380 I have one of these in my backyard. It's called a garden-shed

Posted by: SineWaveII at March 29, 2012 12:20 PM (BYU6W)

381 My favorite part: Many of you may already know that weÂ’re not building this house with any plans. Christopher chose to figure it out as he went alongÂ—partly because he felt that designing the house himself was part of his dream to truly create a home of his own. If you know Christopher personally, youÂ’ll agree that the whole Â“figure it out as we go alongÂ” mentality is sort of that way that he lives his life. The house has been conquered by taking each step as it comes, and learning as he goes. So ignore everything learned by others, and don't plan ahead? Sounds like Christopher McCandless, another hippie hero who is immortalized because of his failure to plan ahead.

Posted by: King of Fools at March 29, 2012 12:20 PM (K22cG)

382

#357 I think in China they did use human waste as fertilizer and called it "night soil" - I can't remember if that's in the Good Earth or the companion piece I had to read 30 years ago, but it was traumatic enough that I haven't forgotten.

And the Coyote family did indeed forget to add to the previous comment that they did not crap inside. They had proper outhouses. Which they prefer not to talk about nowadays (the usefulness of the "back in my day" stuff has waned now that their pups are full grown coyotes).

Hipster douches have very limited history educations methinks. They should talk to more old people and find out how bad life sucked not too long ago.

Posted by: the other coyote at March 29, 2012 12:20 PM (yK44T)

383 Now don't you go fallin' in love with that shack, Clark!

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at March 29, 2012 12:25 PM (Y+DPZ)

384

In parts of this country there are deer blinds bigger than this.

It took them 10 months to build? Coulda done it myself in a five days...seven if it rained at the wrong time.

Posted by: joated at March 29, 2012 12:27 PM (nvFg0)

385 Why is it made out of wood? Murderers.

Posted by: Javelina Bomb at March 29, 2012 12:29 PM (VGlJT)

386

Kit for this house costs $23k?

Mr. Coyote can get you sufficient materials from trash and left overs at construction job sites he oversees. I have enough sh#t piled up on my back porch to build twenty of these POS garden sheds.

I wish there were enough of these hipster douches with cash that I could repurpose Mr. Coyote. I would hire him out for $5k per day and he will have this thing finished by nightfall. He is capable of building this with nothing but 19th century hand tools but it will take 2 days to finish and I will add an extra $5k penalty for hipster douchieness.

I used to live in PA. Some aZZhole New Yorkers (but I repeat myself) bought a stone farmhouse from the 1700's across the street. They ripped out everything the former owners put in -rose arbor, swimming pool - to make the place "authentic" colonial. What a waste. They actually came and asked us if they could have a horse to put on the front lawn to make the place more authentic. We gave them a pretty old horse that someone abandoned at our place. Then they paid me to come take care of their authentic 18th century farm animals during the week while they were in the city. Crazy people but the pay was OK.

Posted by: the other coyote at March 29, 2012 12:31 PM (yK44T)

387

And the nominees for the most Pretentious Documentary are:

- "Peyote Resin is Heaven"...produced by The Double Rainbow Guy

- "Jose Canseco Deconstructs"...produced by Ed Asner

- "Tiny-The Movie"...produced by Chris and the Geddy Lee lookalike

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 29, 2012 12:32 PM (uslQu)

388 They are living in a tool shed. They built it all by themselves! Mummy and Daddy are so proud of their thirty year old son. Ninth grade boys used to build these in wood shop because they were easier than building a chair. In many countries they are called various names such as huts or hovels. The creative class never fails to amaze me.

Posted by: Bob at March 29, 2012 12:37 PM (PJXbW)

389 (a) They won't survive two winters -- claustraphobia.
(b) They will probably spend most of their time out of it, in a spacious office or in spacious coffee shops.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 29, 2012 12:39 PM (T0NGe)

390 Fucking libtards. Lots of Americans have been hip to the live small thing. It's called a trailer park you assholes! And they don't need welfare to live modestly. They are actually just fine with no complaints. And that what hurts you. You can't "help" trailer park residents, so you call them trash.

Yes, you are too precious. Best keep your asshole cherry for that dick that will never come.

Posted by: Irregular Joe at March 29, 2012 12:41 PM (YShnR)

391 34 If I win the 500 million dollar lottery tomorrow, I think I will buy the property next door and build a 40,000 square foot house. It will be lit like a Vegas casino and have the carbon footprint of a small island nation. Al Gore is that you?

Posted by: SineWaveII at March 29, 2012 12:43 PM (BYU6W)

392 This is such bullshit. These people can fuck themselves. Read any Catholic mom blog and find out the size house that people with 8 - 10 - 12 children live in. You will regularly hear stories of large families in 600, 750, 900 square-foot houses. John f-ing Boehner grew up in a house with like 2 bedrooms and 13 kids. As did everyone else. That's equivalent to the square-footage/person of this house these two self-involved geniuses built. (I used to be liberal, I don't do math.) They have no concept of history or of the liberal driven social forces that have made it seem "impossible" to live in such a small space. I hate these people. Especially today for some reason.

Posted by: elizabethe at March 29, 2012 01:03 PM (LVwEG)

393 Yes, in answer to post above. Merete is a girl and attractive. They both look like they're in their mid 20's or so. So either they don't have a job in the Obama economy?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 29, 2012 01:08 PM (/3OmY)

394 Meant either they lost their jobs in the Obama economy or they couldn't find ones after graduation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 29, 2012 01:10 PM (/3OmY)

395 I know someone who builds "tiny houses." (Yes, she is a lib, but a pretty pleasant version of one imho.) I think she got into it when she was trying to track down her chronic illness(es)... she's one of those folks who is (or thinks she is) allergic to nearly everything. As long as they don't make me live in a tiny house, que sera sera.

Posted by: Y-not at March 29, 2012 01:25 PM (5H6zj)

396

These guys are building tiny homes in boulder because that's all they can afford.

Posted by: rectal exam at March 29, 2012 01:31 PM (O7ksG)

397

"you need to give up your mcmansion"

says who?

Posted by: rectal exam at March 29, 2012 01:35 PM (O7ksG)

398

I looked at tiny houses for a while to house an art/craft studio/kiln/wet room... they're not even big enough for that usage.

They make cute playhouses, though.

Posted by: soulpile at March 29, 2012 01:43 PM (Mk/IQ)

399
125 square feet - i.e., a 10'x12' room - about the size of my living room, and I do not have a big house.

"By the way, I note these guys don't seem to have children."

Darwin Awards are for removing yourself from the gene pool before you pass your stupidity on to another generation. These guys merit one, gold plated.

Posted by: Brown Line at March 29, 2012 02:06 PM (mAiSI)

400 I encourage stupid people to do with less. Leaves more for me. The problem is, stupid people think they should be able to make rules to force people to be like them. So, stupid people may do with less, but not be in government. Unfortunately, the stupid people object to this rule for some reason. Back to the drawing board.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 29, 2012 02:09 PM (bxiXv)

401 125 square feet - i.e., a 10'x12' room - about the size of my living room, and I do not have a big house. Posted by: Brown Line at March 29, 2012 06:06 PM (mAiSI) No you don't, my living room is 12x21 and I live in an *apartment*.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 29, 2012 02:13 PM (bxiXv)

402 Seriously, that's the size of my kid's playhouse in the backyard. Did they have to buy the furniture at Toys-R-Us?

Posted by: Susie at March 29, 2012 02:41 PM (iSLaU)

403 It could work. Room enough for the gun safe, reloading bench, beer fridge, computer, and LazyBoy. What am I forgetting?

Posted by: Glenmore at March 29, 2012 03:29 PM (EuPtY)

404

Ha.

I'm closing on a 5700 sq ft place tomorrow.

Two ac units, two furnaces, two water heaters... and three ovens. For cooking meat.

Fuck you, Al Gore.

Posted by: TallDave at March 29, 2012 04:09 PM (lNW+B)

405 I'd like to give them a molotov cocktail...you know, as a housewarming gift.

Posted by: Smokey the Bear at March 29, 2012 06:12 PM (RbF7l)

406 My bedroom is larger than that!

Posted by: chefwes at March 29, 2012 06:29 PM (2lkaf)

407 Well, when the cops answer the inevitable domestic disturbance call and find hubby in a pool of blood you want to bet it's the wife standing over the ex holding a cleaver and muttering about not having any space.

Posted by: scr_north at March 29, 2012 07:43 PM (/fseW)

408 There is not enough room for children. That's a good thing, is it not? According to Darwin, this particular strain of "homo-imasmug a-hole" will eventually die off...

Posted by: thechicagoway at March 30, 2012 05:37 AM (s0/Xw)

409

"I'm thirty years old and starting to think about putting down roots."

Why are liberals the leaders in the man-child phenomenon? Is there a mature man among them?

Crikey! That's why I never dated liberal "men." Not even when I was a liberal. Grow up already!

Posted by: Average Jen at March 30, 2012 06:24 AM (Y4H6x)

410 You cain't fuck too good in them little houses.

Posted by: Henry Kane at March 30, 2012 11:09 AM (2+bRt)

411 Sorry, but that was 16 Horsepower in the soundtrack, and they're (or, he is, more realistically speaking) awesome. Just sad to see their stuff used in such an idiotic way. And these aren't even remotely new - there was a whole HGTV homosexual design competition (but I repeat myself) episode that featured these things. Was stupid then, is stupid now. (Yes, the wife watches that nonsense).

the sinner,

Patrick

Posted by: Patrick at March 30, 2012 11:35 AM (7NF25)

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