The Great British Sandwich

by Chris Applegate in News on 6 January 2009 at 13:44 Google+

Hello everyone – Chris here with my debut post for We Are Social. And as I’m writing it at lunchtime it seems appropriate to talk about The Great British Sandwich – a collaborative project open to anyone to submit what they think should represents the UK in sandwich form. The site only went live yesterday morning but has already constructed a sandwich with over 1,000 layers, taller than a double-decker bus.

Great British Sandwich screenshot

The site is not only lovely in its simple design but by allowing anything and everything, edible or not, into the mix. Through it you can see some definite online humour creeping through Ninjas are currently beating Pirates, but Bacon is the clear winner. It’s not perfect – the censoring is a little overzealous, as Jaz Cummins found out when adding great British icon Jarvis Cocker – but it’s still really good fun. It’d be great to have some API access or tag clouds to find out which words or colours feature the most.

The Great British Sandwich is a product of the mind of our friend Utku Can. If you like it, you can follow the latest over on @gbsandwich on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.

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  • http://twitter.com/utku/statuses/1099468818 utku

    Twitter Comment by @utku (Utku Can)

    RT @qwghlm: My first blog post on @wearesocial’s blog – something light to start off with:[link to post] :)

    – http://twitter.com/utku/statuses/1099468818

    – Posted using Chat Catcher

  • http://jazamatazz.wordpress.com/ Jaz Cummins

    Ah it's such a cute site. Shows off how funny Brits can be, with something cool every time I look at it.

    Glad I got Jarvis' vote in there.

    Hope you're having fun at We Are Social :-)

  • http://www.thewayoftheweb.net Dan Thornton

    Suddenly I'm very hungry…..and wondering if a bacon sandwich might work with the addition of pickled onions.

    Social Media can have very odd powers sometimes….

  • http://twitter.com/fabrikade/statuses/1101359823 fabrikade

    Twitter Comment by @fabrikade (Jonathan Kong)

    The Great British Sandwich – a collaborative proj on what you think shld represents the UK in sandwich form. [link to post]

    – http://twitter.com/fabrikade/statuses/1101359823

    – Posted using Chat Catcher

  • http://www.garyviray.com Busby SEO Test

    Interesting concept. Just curious. Once you attain the target number of layers, will there be some celebration of sorts?

  • http://dr1665.com DR1665

    Bacon will always reign victorious. ALL HAIL BACON. Cheers from Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

  • utku

    Thanks. :)

    We are definitely thinking about doing something special if hit the top landmark. We are also planning a few little competitions along the way.

    Keep an eye on http://www.twitter.com/gbsandwich for news. :)

  • http://www.garyviray.com Busby SEO Test

    Thank you for the info. Look forward in getting updates via Twitter. Cheers!

  • http://www.influentialblogger.net/ Janette Toral

    Thank you for the info. Look forward in getting updates via Twitter. Cheers!