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George Forman, the ukulele player

May 31st, 2011 · 5 Comments

According to the Australian subs at the Telegraph:

The ukulele is hard to take seriously, thanks to its associations with George Forman, but the musical instrument is enjoying a very substantial return to fashion.

Must be hard to do with those boxing gloves on.

Or is he more famous for prancing around with a grill fork in his hands these days?

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5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 DocBud // May 31, 2011 at 8:38 am

    Comedian Peter Kay tells how is nan informed him she’d like a George Formby grill.

  • 2 pedant2007 // May 31, 2011 at 10:01 am

    I thought the boxer was George Foreman? Wasn’t Simon Forman the astrologer?

  • 3 dearieme // May 31, 2011 at 10:20 am

    “Must be hard to do with those boxing gloves on”: wot, cleaning windows?

  • 4 johnny bonk // May 31, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Foreman fought Ali in Zaire.

    due respect.

  • 5 TomJ // Jun 1, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    And I understand the boy Formby, whom one imagines they meant, played a banjolele not a uke…

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