Rekrab
Usually wrong.
I doubt if kids still make toothpick houses, but I'm old enough and from a hick enough town to have done it. I never got as elaborate as you did - I'd only seen surfboards on TV - but I could still make a good square wall if you need one.
I grew up in Southern California -- hardly a hick town -- and all us kids made toothpick houses. Maybe it was a 50s thing. Surfboards were everywhere, as were Tiki themed bars. It was a natural choice to go Tiki village with the toothpicks. None of which has anything to do with Bukowski. I did a quick Google search and didn't see any toothpick Tiki villages and only a few toothpick houses. Maybe I should build a new one for the cultural record. I'll just add that to the long list of stuff I don't have time to do.