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March 15, 2004
SIGH
It's wonderful to know that, after duping the American public into buying his silly grills (use a broiler or a real grill, damnit-- it does the same thing and costs nothing!), George Foreman has moved on to provide large Americans with expandible clothing:
In his television commercial, Mr. Foreman appears, simultaneously, in five different outfits. "Expandable," George I says, pulling out his elasticized waistband. "Incredible," adds George II, pulling out his elasticized collar.
I'm curious as to what the ratio of buyers is-- genetically big and tall versus plain old big. Either way, the world needs less elastic, not more.
Posted by callalillie at March 15, 2004 1:19 PM | WTF?
sign me up! bye bye belt!
Posted by: tien at March 15, 2004 1:38 PM
yeah, but you'd have to wear your pants up at your armpits, like mompants.
Posted by: corie at March 15, 2004 1:41 PM
you know, as a fat person all my life, this is not a very new idea. haband made something like this decades prior, and they were just not very fashionable. maybe if georges line is more shall we say upscale, then i will be able to get rid of 2 sizes of pants in my closet.
Posted by: skutchie at March 15, 2004 1:46 PM
I bought the grill and I loved it. and I'll buy anything else the tv tell me to.
Posted by: Jason at March 15, 2004 1:49 PM
First off, you're not currently fat. Secondly, if I ever catch you wearing expandable pants before the age of 70 we're through. You might as well slap on some white or black elastic knee socks, sandals, and bermuda shorts and move to Del Boca Vista.
Posted by: corie at March 15, 2004 1:50 PM
jay, you and skutchie need to date.
Posted by: corie at March 15, 2004 1:52 PM
Of course, the joke is on the buying public. George Forman gets all his clothing custom tailored and he only thing that he needs elastic for is his wallet.
Posted by: bobtrancho at March 15, 2004 3:24 PM
I misunderstood when I read this post the first time--I saw "George I" and "George II" and the first thing I thought of was his poor, poor children (all of whom he has named 'george'...true), like, "Oh, he's forcing them to be in ANOTHER one of his stupid commercials?"
Posted by: abby at March 15, 2004 4:06 PM
I thought the same thing when I first read it. How could you name each of your children the same name? Furthermore, isn't it kind of egotistical to name them all after yourself??
Posted by: corie at March 15, 2004 7:04 PM
did you guys know that socks and sandals is a carcinogen?
Posted by: Jason at March 15, 2004 9:53 PM
