As part of a dare 20 year old Aaron Mcleod has decided to live for 30 days and 30 nights in a Little Tikes playhouse.
Living in a Little Tikes playhouse might be the dream of young children but what is the reality like for a 20 year old member of digg.com?
How much space?
According to Amazon a Little Tikes playhouse only measures 4 feet wide and 3 feet 4 inches tall. The image above shows that Aaron is storing his microwave outside and using the window to remove his food.
Facilities
A basic little Tikes house comes with no washing equipment and with the recent heatwave Aaron has said he is starting to smell!
The House does come equipped with the following:
- 1 Bucket for the discarding of excrement (which must be cleaned everyday!)
- 1 Pillow
- 1 Sleeping bag to keep warm
- 1 Fan to keep cool
- 1 Microwave for cooking meals
According to a comment made by his sister – Aaron can’t leave the house, so he has to get his mother to clean his bucket!
The Little Tikes house is made of plastic but is not totally weather proof as Mcleod found out during a recent downpour:
McLeod on his blog said. “Today, I got a little wet because the water is coming in through here.”
But still connected to the Web
Aaron is not allowed to leave the house but is giving everyone a taste of his new life via his publicly available Web cam.
According to blog he is only allowed the following:
- 1 Desktop computer. (Aaron has said this overheats regularly)
- 1 Laptop computer w/built in web cam.
- 2 External web cams.
- 1 Handy cam to record and upload videos to his site.
As part of the stunt, he’s not allowed to have contact with anyone in person or by phone (but any web chat is fine.)
According to his blog Aaron started the stunt on the 10th July and if our calculations are correct he will finish his 30 days and 30 nights on the 9th of this month.
The stunt has recently managed to get the interest of KPTV and a number of other local news sources.
Why is he doing it?
It does not give a reason on his blog for why he has chosen to do the stunt but at TheToyZone.com we think it could be two possibilities:
He is either making a political statement about the conditions of how the most impoverished people in the world live.
or
Just another middle class suburban kid trying to get attention with the ultimate goal of getting laid.
What do you think?
I think you failed to mention im only 14…
This is insanity. I visited his blog and saw that one day the high temp was 102. He should be taken away from his parents if they can’t take better care of him and keep him from endangering his own life for this stupid stunt.
This was an interesting exercise in minimalist living I’d say. Also it might be a great way to meet chicks!
That’s pretty crazy, not to mention, gross…one bucket for excrement, and his mom has to clean it? she must really love him! Any word on how it worked out?
I’d like to say he has the best intentions and is trying to make a political statement but I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume hes trying to get attention and chicks… haha.
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