- Category:
- Just for Fun - Totally Random
- Description:
- The brilliant engineers of Southampton have struck the top in environmental and drink awareness policies. They have combined their ingenuity and drinking skills to form the perfect christmas present for a landlord to find over the Christmas holidays! Enjoy!
Tree completed out of 1050 cheap asda continental bottles!! Equivalent to 462 pints or Roughly £300 worth of booze consumed! It stands 2m high and 1m wide at the base! - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
- Paul
- Principle Engineer
- Adam
- Consultant and Sub-Contractor: Came up with the original concept
- Tom
- Sub-contractor: Chief Wire Cutter and Bottle Washer
- Vicky
- Chief Observer of Tree Construction
- Michael
- Secretary
Adam
The Ultimate Christmas Project
Join- Name:
- The Ultimate Christmas Project
- Category:
- Just for Fun - Totally Random
- Description:
- The brilliant engineers of Southampton have struck the top in environmental and drink awareness policies. They have combined their ingenuity and drinking skills to form the perfect christmas present for a landlord to find over the Christmas holidays! Enjoy!
Tree completed out of 1050 cheap asda continental bottles!! Equivalent to 462 pints or Roughly £300 worth of booze consumed! It stands 2m high and 1m wide at the base! - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
- News:
- Sunday 30 December 2007
Current YouTube honours:
#10 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Film & Animation
#76 - Most Linked (All Time) - Film & Animation
#28 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Film & Animation
#5 - Recently Featured
#5 - Recently Featured - Ireland
#16 - Recently Featured - Global
#10 - Recently Featured - Poland
#7 - Recently Featured - Brazil
#13 - Recently Featured - Film & Animation - Poland
#24 - Top Favourites (All Time) - Film & Animation
#6 - Top Rated (All Time) - Film & Animation
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Wednesday 26 December 2007
Now at well over half a million views on YouTube!
Current YouTube honours:
#15 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Film & Animation
#65 - Most Linked (All Time) - Film & Animation
#54 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Film & Animation
#1 - Recently Featured
#1 - Recently Featured - Ireland
#9 - Recently Featured - Global
#5 - Recently Featured - Poland
#9 - Recently Featured - Film & Animation - Poland
#39 - Top Favourites (All Time) - Film & Animation
#8 - Top Rated (All Time) - Film & Animation
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Monday 24 December 2007
Now have 2,021 comments and 343,641 views on YouTube.
Current YouTube honours:
#22 - Most Discussed (All Time) - Film & Animation - United Kingdom
#4 - Recently Featured
#2 - Recently Featured - Poland
#2 - Recently Featured - Film & Animation - Poland
#64 - Top Favorites (All Time) - Film & Animation - United Kingdom
#14 - Top Rated (All Time) - Film & Animation - United Kingdom
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Sunday 23 December
Youtube is going crazy!
There have been 36000 views and loads of comments in the past two hours!
Why? We are top of the featured videos - on the front page!
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Tuesday 11 December 2007
Don Russell has been back in touch to let us know he is progressing with his book. In addition he sent a photo of a similar tree. It seems the idea is taking off!
"... I was re-watching your video just now, after someone sent me this other guy’s tree made with Grolsch bottles."
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Monday 10th September 2007
We are heading to hit a wider audience since we received the following email via the YouTube video:
"Hi - love the Christmas tree. I'm writing a book about Christmas beer and I'd love to include your tree in the book somehow. Can you please contact me at ***@??????????.*** ?
Thanks much - hope you enjoyed the beer!
Don Russell
Phila. Daily News"
He has now been sent several high resolution photos and seems keen to use them.
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Saturday 3rd March:
The Ultimate Christmas Project is now on youtube!
Watch the short stop motion video of the tree's construction here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8jIPaX9BM
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Saturday 17th February:
It is a sad time for all. The tree has finally been taken down and recycled :(
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WINNER!!!
The results are in and our tree has been awarded 1st place in the 'World Wide Christmas Tree Contest 2006'! Chosen out of 67 trees from around the world - clearly bottles are better than any tacky plastic tree or tinsel covered malting shrub!
Thank you to everyone who voted for the tree.
We also have the results back from three other christmas tree competitions:
Fuckfrance.com: 1st Place!!!
The tree recieved many positive comments here and the judge awarded us first place for "effort and originality".
The-Riotact.com: Readers' Prize!
Although we were unable to pick up 1st place in this competition for political reasons (such as being English!!!, not being a real tree, and only being a member for a short time) we did receive the Readers' Prize, with it being called a "glorious tree which required a lot of dedicated beer drinking to create". Again we received many positive comments from the Australian members of this site.
Persistentrealities.com: 1st Place!!!
Voted the best tree of 2006.
The tree has now circled the globe (electronically) and has been found to be popular worldwide!
