Our Favorite Quotes from the Project
These are the strange, funny or interesting things that neighbors, friends, relatives or people
that just stopped by have said.
that just stopped by have said.
"What the hell are you doing!?
You've got a lot of people worried!"
You've got a lot of people worried!"
"I'd like to see a drunk driver run into this
house. He'd wreck his car good!" --what?
house. He'd wreck his car good!" --what?
"Recycling is always good, but......gees."
"Why don't you just fill
them with concrete?"
them with concrete?"
"WOW! I'm so glad you guys are
doing this! I've got a bunch of tires at
my house if you want them!"
doing this! I've got a bunch of tires at
my house if you want them!"
"What the heck are you building?"
"A house" I said.
"Oh" and he walked away.
"A house" I said.
"Oh" and he walked away.
"I was just driving by and I saw this
and I thought 'That's gotta be Jason
and Ellen'!"
and I thought 'That's gotta be Jason
and Ellen'!"
"Well. This is.........interesting"
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"You know, we get some strong
winds out here, how are you gonna
keep your walls from blowin'
down?"
winds out here, how are you gonna
keep your walls from blowin'
down?"
"How'd you stack them so neatly?"
It's looking good.........I mean, for a pile of tires.
It's a good idea. I would never do it, but it's a good idea.
"What is it?"
"A house."
"Oh. It looks like a garage."
"A house."
"Oh. It looks like a garage."
We were going to do this, but it was
too much work.
too much work.
"Dennis Weaver's got
himself one of these, don't
he?"
himself one of these, don't
he?"
"Wow. This is amazing. I'd
like to bring my wife by
here to see it, if you don't
mind." - the foundation
inspector
like to bring my wife by
here to see it, if you don't
mind." - the foundation
inspector
"I think it just might work.
It just might work"
It just might work"
"I just have to know, what is it?"
"It's a house."
"Shoot. I just lost ten bucks."
"It's a house."
"Shoot. I just lost ten bucks."
"Wow. This is so cool. You guys
have really gotten me passionate
about building something."
have really gotten me passionate
about building something."
"My mom wanted me to build her one
of these, I said 'I'm not filling tires with
dirt."
of these, I said 'I'm not filling tires with
dirt."
"I can't believe that no one's been hurt out here."
- shortly before our only accident thus far
"Now you can say that your house was built with blood, sweat and tears."
- shortly after our only accident thus far
- shortly before our only accident thus far
"Now you can say that your house was built with blood, sweat and tears."
- shortly after our only accident thus far
"Yeah... Why are you doing this again?"
"Holy Cow!"
"Can't say I ever worked
on one of these before."
on one of these before."
"I don't like it."
"What a great concept!"
"How much did you pay for
the tires?"
the tires?"
"Have you had any problems with the Firestone's?"
"I think it's gonna be ugly."
"You guys are so dedicated."
So, it's gonna be
efficient, isn't it?
efficient, isn't it?
Did you empty all of these cans yourself?
Why'd you use 235's all the way up?
That must have taken forever!
That must have taken forever!
HER: "Are you going to use the rest of those
tires?"
ME: "No."
HER:"May I have three or four?"
tires?"
ME: "No."
HER:"May I have three or four?"
What in the world made you want to do this?
"We had to put this window in for fire
egress. It will probably make this room a
little bit colder"
"You could have built it the same as the
rest of the house and built in blast caps
with a firing device. Then if there's a fire,
you just pull the string and it would blow a
hole in the wall."
"Hmmm...that's an idea"
egress. It will probably make this room a
little bit colder"
"You could have built it the same as the
rest of the house and built in blast caps
with a firing device. Then if there's a fire,
you just pull the string and it would blow a
hole in the wall."
"Hmmm...that's an idea"
Oh, it's made out of tires?!
Now if this was my house all of these
cans would be Budweiser.
cans would be Budweiser.
Is this an earth house?