Matchstick Eiffel Tower given world record after ruling U-turn | BBC News

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  • @Greenpoloboy3
    @Greenpoloboy3 10 місяців тому +37

    Happy for him! Worked hard. Heart must have sank hearing he'd used the "wrong" match after doing this for 8 years. He deserves this! Good job!!

  • @b.visconti1765
    @b.visconti1765 10 місяців тому +48

    This took him 8 years!

    • @peterpanini96
      @peterpanini96 10 місяців тому

      Nah he said that to make it look like his life was worthy of it... 😂😂😂 probably been done in 6months... 😅

    • @ranorunadaira1452
      @ranorunadaira1452 10 місяців тому +2

      @@peterpanini96then do it yourself lmao. Where is the source that say he doing this for 6 months? This is equivalent to client that saying drawing is easy.

    • @JemZard
      @JemZard 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@peterpanini96Blud thought I can be fooled with this obvious rage bait lmao. Do better :3

    • @obithegamer
      @obithegamer 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@peterpanini96im gonna steal your sandwich

    • @minecrafterandmoregames9989
      @minecrafterandmoregames9989 3 місяці тому

      ​@@peterpanini96 I hope both sides of your pillow are warm

  • @politicsuncensored5617
    @politicsuncensored5617 10 місяців тому +18

    The man put a lot of extra fine detail into making this beautiful model. I'm glad Guinness World Records got their act together to make the right decision~! His beautiful model of the Eiffel Tower is amazing work. Shalom

  • @SirJimmySavileOBEKCSG
    @SirJimmySavileOBEKCSG 10 місяців тому +24

    So glad it didn't all fall down placing the last matchstick!

    • @leonleon2276
      @leonleon2276 10 місяців тому

      They are not matchsticks that we know…

    • @hawk55732
      @hawk55732 8 місяців тому

      @@leonleon2276 Except they are.

  • @knackerEv
    @knackerEv 10 місяців тому +2

    Very happy for him. The absurdity of the initial ruling was astonishing. It pleases me greatly to hear this news . Congratulations on great crafting.

  • @marcamusprime9513
    @marcamusprime9513 10 місяців тому +1

    The wrong type of match. Then they realized that it is still made of matchsticks.

  • @santafejack
    @santafejack 10 місяців тому

    I read the story of the rejection and thought it was heartbreaking and arbitrary. Thank you for doing the follow up and the favorable new ruling.

  • @BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr
    @BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr 10 місяців тому +5

    There is hope in the world.

  • @Jhhbaba35
    @Jhhbaba35 10 місяців тому +2

    Vive la France!!! 🇫🇷

  • @SimonHardy-rt9ub
    @SimonHardy-rt9ub 10 місяців тому +2

    Oh my original comment was delete but yes i do like the engineering and effort he put in. Its quite good

  • @ipohtennischannel5482
    @ipohtennischannel5482 10 місяців тому +3

    What a beautiful model. Clever guy!

  • @apokatastasian2831
    @apokatastasian2831 10 місяців тому

    did they realize that encouraging people to collect that much concentrated match sulfur is essentially a bomb waiting to happen.
    I'd wager it's actually illegal or at least frowned upon in britain to spend 8 years collecting the chemicals from that many matches

    • @JamesHoffa1
      @JamesHoffa1 10 місяців тому

      what a dumb country

  • @brendalee6983
    @brendalee6983 10 місяців тому +2

    Amazing work

  • @shivermetimbers6128
    @shivermetimbers6128 10 місяців тому +2

    Good for him! That said, I did think Guinness Records also had a point. He decided not to use commercially-available matches because it was too tedious to scrape away the coating on the heads so he found suppliers who had match sticks without the coating. Since the official way required more effort and he'd essentially tried to take a shortcut, I think they were justified in denying him the record.
    That said, 8 years is a bloody long time so I'm glad Guinness eventually relented and it wasn't all a massive waste

    • @lewis0705
      @lewis0705 10 місяців тому +4

      thats bullshit. stripping the matchheads off doesn't take any skill. its just extra work that anyone can do. the actual skill is in designing and building the structure

    • @DaleHartley
      @DaleHartley 10 місяців тому

      @@lewis0705 Yes I think the skill and time should be rewarded, I understand standards, BUT who WOULD leave the igniter on the match? Did the other guy? ( who held the title before this) I have never seen anyone use that part.

    • @shivermetimbers6128
      @shivermetimbers6128 10 місяців тому +1

      @@lewis0705 I agree but it was still stated clearly in the rules and previous record-holders went to the trouble of scraping off the heads

    • @apokatastasian2831
      @apokatastasian2831 10 місяців тому

      With all the rules and pearl clutching in europe... I would think ordering that many matches in one place then collecting the sulfur mixture would be considered making a weapon of mass destruction and banned

    • @DaleHartley
      @DaleHartley 10 місяців тому

      @@apokatastasian2831 there was no sulfur mixture bud... your insult falls flat. He ordered the matchsticks without the head being put on....that was WHY they did not allow it at first. I guess you failed to watch the video.

  • @DINHVANTAM-QTRI
    @DINHVANTAM-QTRI 10 місяців тому

    Amazing

  • @desigirlBea
    @desigirlBea 10 місяців тому

    Wow what resilience and talent

  • @sirensynapse5603
    @sirensynapse5603 10 місяців тому +2

    That and a euro will buy him a quarter cup of coffee.

    • @DaleHartley
      @DaleHartley 10 місяців тому +1

      Seeing your kid smile for the first time, or walk for the first time also will get you a cup of coffee for a euro. ;) Somethings cannot be valued with money, but simply in the actions.

  • @joelnehl
    @joelnehl 9 місяців тому

    The real Eiffel Tower was built in 2 years, 2 months and 5 days of construction.

  • @Battle_Beard
    @Battle_Beard 10 місяців тому

    He must not have paid enough for the record.

  • @JohnStarmer-k8n
    @JohnStarmer-k8n 10 місяців тому

    Does any one know how long it might of took?

  • @Continentalmunkey88
    @Continentalmunkey88 10 місяців тому

    0:42

  • @raycenteno7698
    @raycenteno7698 10 місяців тому

    Ya. Read this like 2 days ago. Glad they gave him the record. If they didn't that would have been a big "FU!!!"

  • @BenNZ-j9n
    @BenNZ-j9n 10 місяців тому +1

    What kind of matches should he have used

    • @DaleHartley
      @DaleHartley 10 місяців тому

      ones with the flammable igniter.... most it is the red bit. I have seen black and blue ones thought also.

    • @dr.consumerock6798
      @dr.consumerock6798 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@DaleHartleyWouldn't that be more dangerous? Shouldn't him using the not bad ones be good?

    • @DaleHartley
      @DaleHartley 10 місяців тому

      @@dr.consumerock6798 ? what are you talking about? He used sticks that never had the top applied...Not sure what "bad ones" you are referring to.

    • @dr.consumerock6798
      @dr.consumerock6798 10 місяців тому +1

      @@DaleHartley Sorry, I meant the ones that are able to be ignite. brain farted
      (also the "top part" was the red thing at the end right?)

    • @DaleHartley
      @DaleHartley 10 місяців тому

      @@dr.consumerock6798 some matches are red, but I have seen blue and black ones as well. But it is the igniting part. Some ignite when rubbed on anything and some require a specific thing to ignite on.
      I do not have any myself, but I remember them well from my aunts and uncles ( they were really great aunts and uncles, but I was raised by my grandmother so... LOL)

  • @quietflintuk
    @quietflintuk 10 місяців тому +2

    Well it's not as silly as the Guinness book was expecting it to be so they simply rejected it. Jokes aside this does need
    some real skill to make this beautiful piece of art but World records are a joke now if you watched the latest Guinness world record's videos.

  • @qmto
    @qmto 10 місяців тому

    Umm, yay?

  • @MayThereBeWorldPeace
    @MayThereBeWorldPeace 10 місяців тому

    Pretty cool work.👍

  • @outdoorsy01
    @outdoorsy01 10 місяців тому

    Pretty cool

  • @r8chlletters
    @r8chlletters 10 місяців тому +3

    Scottish translator 😂

    • @FourDollaRacing
      @FourDollaRacing 10 місяців тому

      Aye.... 🤔

    • @andrewjones-productions
      @andrewjones-productions 10 місяців тому +1

      A Scottish interpreter actually. Translators deal with the written word.

    • @Rando_Shyte
      @Rando_Shyte 10 місяців тому

      Ewan McGreggor doing his job for once

  • @Rando_Shyte
    @Rando_Shyte 10 місяців тому

    This is the kind of pointless shit that I live for

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 10 місяців тому

    bbc lights fire without striking match

  • @christopher48778
    @christopher48778 10 місяців тому

    I would never waste my time.

  • @leonleon2276
    @leonleon2276 10 місяців тому

    Unless they are match sticks that I use in the kitchen. The ones over the counter. Then they are not legal.

  • @ActuallyHoudini
    @ActuallyHoudini 10 місяців тому

    YEAHH!!!!!

  • @FourDollaRacing
    @FourDollaRacing 10 місяців тому

    I just sh💩t *so big* I had to light a match! 🤭

  • @ezflex
    @ezflex 10 місяців тому

    123

  • @goldfinga786able
    @goldfinga786able 10 місяців тому +1

    No report on the tucker interview with putin...

    • @Sammyhasbigmuscles
      @Sammyhasbigmuscles 10 місяців тому

      They have done?

    • @goldfinga786able
      @goldfinga786able 10 місяців тому

      @@Sammyhasbigmuscles when where ...what putting sating about Boris Johnson..da smack head

    • @Bunkerdwarfputin
      @Bunkerdwarfputin 10 місяців тому

      To sum it up..
      Putin doesn't believe in religion...
      Putin didn't invade Ukraine because he was worried about NATO expansion...
      Putin doesn't support the GQP in America, he just wants to cause division amongst its citizens.
      Fvcker carlson used every bait tactic he could think of, to get putin to say what the GQP/right wing media have been lying about all along, and pooptin made him look like an even bigger azz than he a already is.

    • @Sammyhasbigmuscles
      @Sammyhasbigmuscles 10 місяців тому

      @@goldfinga786able ua-cam.com/video/P01uIqGm6gE/v-deo.htmlsi=y6-ZEb4cjJ3RGZqT

    • @Sammyhasbigmuscles
      @Sammyhasbigmuscles 10 місяців тому

      @@goldfinga786able there’s the link grandpa

  • @leedonlee5050
    @leedonlee5050 10 місяців тому

    ❤🎉

  • @FlagTheRef
    @FlagTheRef 10 місяців тому +2

    Its nice to see rules being bent so adults can win participation trophys

  • @knifetoucher
    @knifetoucher 10 місяців тому +2

    YOU USED REDHEAD MATCH INSTEAD OF BLUEHEAD MATCH! I NO ACCEPT!!!!1111

  • @leonleon2276
    @leonleon2276 10 місяців тому +1

    Corrupt record. They are not matches , they sticks of wood

  • @cheese-power
    @cheese-power 10 місяців тому

    What’s the point of doing this for eight years? 😂

  • @mecan2
    @mecan2 10 місяців тому

    Sometimes, "art" is beyond my understanding. Why do you replicate a building with matches? It is so boring to me... Why is it significant to be in the news? Why does this human being spend so much time on this?

  • @Ugric
    @Ugric 10 місяців тому

    wtf is that title

  • @Isclachau
    @Isclachau 10 місяців тому +2

    More filler for the stupid. How about talking about the disastrous sales of EV’s as people have realised that they are no good for the majority. …

    • @MayThereBeWorldPeace
      @MayThereBeWorldPeace 10 місяців тому +1

      It's not at all stupid.

    • @ActuallyHoudini
      @ActuallyHoudini 10 місяців тому +1

      they have spoke about it

    • @Isclachau
      @Isclachau 10 місяців тому

      @@ActuallyHoudini Really, that is surprising. Fair play.

    • @Isclachau
      @Isclachau 10 місяців тому

      @@MayThereBeWorldPeace There’s an obvious joke but I won’t say it….

  • @goldfinga786able
    @goldfinga786able 10 місяців тому

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @liberals411
    @liberals411 10 місяців тому +1

    3 words who f'ing cares!! This is news really??

    • @ActuallyHoudini
      @ActuallyHoudini 10 місяців тому +11

      when you spend years on it, i think he deserves the title.

    • @MayThereBeWorldPeace
      @MayThereBeWorldPeace 10 місяців тому +7

      Stop spreading misery.

    • @Wherethereisnodarkness
      @Wherethereisnodarkness 10 місяців тому

      ​@@ActuallyHoudiniwhy are the BBC reporting it though? Cost of living crisis, war, lab-leaks, corrupt politicians. Where's the real journalism? Leave it to the guiness book of records social media pages to post about this eifel tower model.

    • @Wherethereisnodarkness
      @Wherethereisnodarkness 10 місяців тому

      ​@@MayThereBeWorldPeacehe isn't spreading misery. It's a valid point.

  • @kahinakoffey3686
    @kahinakoffey3686 10 місяців тому

    This made the BBC news? This proves the license fee is good value for money 😂. I feel sorry for the guy, he wasted 8 years of his life.

    • @peterbarton9856
      @peterbarton9856 10 місяців тому

      Your commie Chinese masters are displeased with your efforts. Try harder.