Tiny Plastic Huts

November 19, 2004 5:20 PM

Buy the damn hut already
posted by Pretty_Generic (30 comments total)

Well, I thought this was going to be about affordable housing, or housing to go on wilderness lots, while building a more permanent hut. Dang.
posted by Oyéah at 5:26 PM on November 19, 2004

Actually ... a friend of mine has one of those on a shelf in his kitchen, I'd been wondering where to get one for myself. Will anyone else admit to coveting one, or even buying one?

Hell, if I can spend $5 for the privilege of making comments like this on a web site, I should be able to afford $6.99 for a tiny plastic hut with a "Milk Maiden."
posted by marxchivist at 5:28 PM on November 19, 2004

Yes, but does it come with the bunny?
posted by Plinko at 5:31 PM on November 19, 2004

A hut would go well with your very own fenced-in-area.
posted by eggonstilts at 5:31 PM on November 19, 2004

I personally was hoping for a cursing salesman, reeking of desperation, a la Winnebago Man.

"I don't want any more bullsh*t anytime during the day! Ain't worth it... not this little plastic hut, ain't f*ckin' worth it."
posted by ticopelp at 5:45 PM on November 19, 2004

Oh, splendid! I forgot all about Winnebago man--I can't stop giggling.

"God. Damn. Son of a Bitch!"

"Fern!"
posted by Turtles all the way down at 5:56 PM on November 19, 2004

While, sitting around one afternoon dreaming of home ownership I thought up the idea of tiny plastic huts. If I can sell 10,000 huts, then I will have enough for a down payment on a house.

It's like someone combined that goddamn "Save Karyn" website with what they hope will be the next pet rock. For some reason I don't loathe this hut person like I did Karyn...
posted by crank at 6:20 PM on November 19, 2004

i totally had one of those as a kid, and it does come with huge bunny rabbits. the people, i've never seen before. (i was also expecting affordable housing, but was glad to see this, since i haven't thought about it in years).
posted by whatzit at 6:38 PM on November 19, 2004

I was curious to find out how he/she came to posess 10,000 little plastic huts but alas, no FAQ.
posted by m@ at 6:57 PM on November 19, 2004

You can buy them at dollar stores for a lot less than 7 bucks. I bought one last year as a stocking gift for my wife (as part of my ongoing attempt to weird her out).

They're actually kind of neat. Everything fits into the little box, like a russian doll.
posted by selfnoise at 6:57 PM on November 19, 2004

m@ - Maybe he lost a bet?
posted by selfnoise at 6:58 PM on November 19, 2004

marxchivist: Hell, yes I will admit to coveting one -- and I am almost certain to purchase at least a couple of them very soon. How delightfully whimsical! When I receive mine, I will be sure to post some pix for you all to enjoy...you can then live vicariously through my huts & bunnies & maiden & rabbits & such!
posted by davidmsc at 7:38 PM on November 19, 2004

Haiku
Tiny plastic huts:
Nostalgic oil products
Lubricating war
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 7:40 PM on November 19, 2004

Are you going to tie the subject of every post to Iraq in haiku form, wgp? If not, why not?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 8:08 PM on November 19, 2004

ticopelp, THANK YOU for the Winnebago Man link. I'm tickled.
posted by notsnot at 8:16 PM on November 19, 2004

Uhh, you guys know that site is promoted through a text ad on MeFi, right? Not exactly new.
posted by fleener at 8:28 PM on November 19, 2004

Oops...never noticed the ads, fleener. Bad me!
posted by davidmsc at 9:33 PM on November 19, 2004

Why a hut, when one could have a yurt?
posted by goofyfoot at 10:20 PM on November 19, 2004

...that goddamn "Save Karyn" website...

Anyone know what happened to Karyn? Or her goddamn website?
posted by Luciferous at 11:37 PM on November 19, 2004

Does anybody really care?
posted by dg at 3:39 AM on November 20, 2004

According to her other web site: Apparently, someone found tiny plastic huts and put it on metafilter. . . I have sold 3 total, 9,997 to go.

Let's hear it for the awesome power of MetaFilter.
posted by lelilo at 4:49 AM on November 20, 2004

Why a hut, when one could have a yurt?

Now they're not tiny plastic yurts are they?
posted by ursus_comiter at 4:57 AM on November 20, 2004

Karyn is doing well these days.
posted by i_cola at 5:35 AM on November 20, 2004

Will anyone else admit to coveting one, or even buying one?

I bought one about three years ago as part of a silly Christmas gift basket which included food AND Archie McPhee-type stuff. The recipient couple were oddly pleased.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:51 AM on November 20, 2004

I yearn for a yellow yurt.
In it I'll wear no shirt.
One day I might just,
Let you touch my bust,
But only if you're in my yurt.
posted by kamylyon at 7:51 AM on November 20, 2004

That Winnebego man video is comedy gold.

"I fucked up the word rear"
posted by euphorb at 9:46 AM on November 20, 2004

How can a person concentrate on these serious topics when kamlylyon has removed her shirt?
posted by Hobgoblin at 12:50 PM on November 20, 2004

you never seen kamylyon, huh?
posted by quonsar at 4:20 PM on November 20, 2004

I think my kids might like some huts. Oh boy. Cottage industry, a crazy kid with some huts and a dream. I'm all over this.

I'm such a sucker. Put a stick in me and call me Tootsie Pop.
posted by Dreama at 4:51 PM on November 20, 2004

I saw these huts at the store attached to the restaurant I used to work at, and had to buy one for my kitchen. God, I'm weak, but when I noticed that some of the box artwork was the same as some of the artwork from the old Happy Mutant Handbook, by the Boing Boing people, I had to bust out the employee credit.
posted by 235w103 at 5:08 PM on November 20, 2004