2026 Feet Under

[johnnyboy]

Just now, Hannibal Scorch said:

As much as we should commend his Boxing feats, let’s not ignore his greatest achievement, The George Forman Lean, Mean, Fat Reducing Machine which I used in tribute this morning. He was reportedly earning $4.5m a month at the peak of its success having taken a 40% of the profit of each grill sold. 

That's because once you're on the train you can't get off.  You start with a little one, just to dip your toe in the water, but then you realise grilling two chicken breasts at a time isn't going to cut it.  Then you go for a five portion, but you want more grilled food and without knowing it there's an eight portion behemoth on the counter too.  How do you clean them?  Official George Foreman cleaning sponges that hug the grooves.  I must have put an extra storey on his house.

[Thunderplex]

Best way to clean the grill?  Just as you take the food off, switch it off and put a wet dishcloth on the grill plate and close it.  While you eat your tea, the residual steam loosens the sticky bits and it all wipes off nicely when you come to do the pots, unless you are a filthy slag and just leave it for 3 days for some other fucker to move.

[johnnyboy]

2 minutes ago, Thunderplex said:

Best way to clean the grill?

Officially sanctioned sponges.  George designed them himself*

*may not be true.

[Thunderplex]

They were shit and cost a bomb.

[Carbomb]

25 minutes ago, johnnyboy said:

TIL George Foreman was younger than my dad.

TIL he was the same age as mine.

[Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz]

1 hour ago, Merzbow said:

I wonder if Hogan is going to spout that lie about being the original guy the grill deal was offered to, again.

He will be too busy rehearsing for Metallica’s upcoming tour…

[Devon Malcolm]

2 hours ago, Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz said:

He will be too busy rehearsing for Metallica’s upcoming tour…

I hear they're playing 400 days this year.

[Arch Stanton]

Hulk Hogan is indeed trending on Twitter today, because of this lie!

[WyattSheepMask]

He won’t know, he’s diagnosing Liberace 

[TheBurningRed]

He didn’t even turn it down. He missed the phone call so they rang George Foreman after and offered it to him. I wonder who would’ve got the grill if he didn’t answer. 

[SuperBacon]

I remember once at a house party when we were younger, someone putting dog food in my mate Daves Foreman Grill and then turned it on. It absolutely stank.

RIP big man.

[WyattSheepMask]

42 minutes ago, TheBurningRed said:

He didn’t even turn it down. He missed the phone call so they rang George Foreman after and offered it to him. I wonder who would’ve got the grill if he didn’t answer. 

“Sorry boss, Mr Foreman didn’t answer either”

”Ok. Try Steve Gutenberg”

[Thunderplex]

Hogan did get a grill eventually.  I bought it and it set on fire.

[johnnyboy]

Just now, Thunderplex said:

Hogan did get a grill eventually.  I bought it and it set on fire.

Lean Mean Gene Grilling Machine?

[Scratch]

I’ve never been a fan of boxing and we had a fake grill from B&M, so this is my most treasured memory of big George.