It's Mumsnet/George Foreman story time! Add a line and you could win a grill worth £70: bring them home time....NOW CLOSED

[AnnMumsnet]

The folks at George Foreman have been inspired by the hilarious post-a-line-at-a-time storytelling threads started by MNers in the past (like this one), so to help promote their fab new comp on their pages on MN (where you could win a family holiday to Lanzarote), they're challenging you lot to get your creative juices flowing and come up with some novel posts.

You'll see, below, that the George Foreman team have started a story and now they're inviting you to add to it. Anyone who does (and who sticks to the 'broad rules') will be in with the chance of winning a 10 portion Grill & Griddle from George Foreman, RRP £69.99

Broad rules:

1 One line/ sentence per post (you can post more than once, but don't get too carried away)

2 You don't have to mention George Foreman grills but can shoehorn in if you want - feel free to cunningly and by stealth include references to the great qualities of the grills (namely fat reducing, healthy eating, quick cooking, versatility, speed of cooking etc )

3 Try to keep it (at least) vaguely clean - this is a family product after all .

4 Everyone who adds a comment will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a 10 portion grill & griddle from George Foreman worth £69.99.

5 Draw will take place on Monday 5th August.


So, the story starts with a scenario many of us might recognise....

The Watson Family Holiday....

As the packed car trundled slowly down the ferry ramp into Calais, Susan briefly felt the relaxation of being on holiday.

Already this morning, Jude and Eleanor had been squeezed into the back seats with a selection of toys, treats and promises of fun to come. Susan had thought ahead and grilled some chicken strips on her George Foreman and created some chicken and salad wraps for for a healthy lunch on the road. Buster the cat had been transported into the care of their helpful neighbour Alf.

Now the sat nav was being tuned to France - and as she selected their destination Susan hooked it up so Dan could see the next instruction. Their heavily-loaded people carrier rolled off into the ferry terminal, and Susan said......

[MardyBra]

Susan longed to find a wifi connection so she could login to MN and update everyone with her adventures so far.

[ApplesinmyPocket]

Hotspot found, Susan was soon posting away: "AIBU to be shocked and saddened that this brilliant new bit of kitchen kit is not named a George ForeWOMAN?! "

[lougle]

"YABU to be stealth boasting that you own the new non-stick 10 person George Foreman grill " said mummababbyhunz

[SarahAndFuck]

"You are just jealous that I have the versatility of a fabulous Foreman, you nest of vipers!" flounced Susan.

[CMOTDibbler]

Dan poked at the grilling onions, and wondered if now was the time to tell Susan that he'd realised that the bag with their clothes in was still sitting on their bed.

[lougle]

Susan watched Dan poking the grilling onions, wondering what could be so thought-provoking. She concluded that he was mystified by the speed, evenness and ease of their cooking, thanks to the 10-portion grill and griddle.

[aristocat]

"We need to talk" said Dan.

[SarahAndFuck]

"Is this about Sharon?" asked Susan, "because if it is, let me tell you that she wouldn't know a healthy, versatile grill if she fell over one."

[kasbah72]

"Sharon?" snarled Dan as his poked onions rapidly took on an evenly grilled hue thanks to the efficiency of his grill. "Yes, well I was actually going to tell you that someone seems to have stolen all the chutney and I bet it was something to do with Sharon, actually."

[MardyBra]

Jude pipes up: "Is anyone going to decide if I'm a boy or a girl in this sorry saga, then...?"

[SarahAndFuck]

"This is your fault" Dan snaps, "all those gender neural things you bought them as babies has left him...uh her...with no idea what she...uh he...is. You should have listened to my mother!"

[Tee2072]

"Your mother? The same woman who insisted she had to be there when our daughter Jude was born?!?!" Susan shrieked.

[TheFutureMrsB]

"Yes my mother, what is the problem between you and my mother?" Dan shouts back.

Susan seethes inwardly "When we get home I am starting an AIBU thread all about your poxy mother!"

[SarahAndFuck]

"At least my mother knew how to grill" muttered Dan.

[AnneEyhtMeyer]

"Your mother looks like George Foreman" snipped Susan.

[Bearfrills]

"You can talk, at least she knows its a George Foreman grill and not a George Formby grill," Dan snarked back

[ForgetfulNameChanger]

"I got it wrong once! Ffs!" Yelled Susan.

[KurriKurri]

'Hey Jude, don't make it bad,take a sad song and make it better' said a passing elderly Liverpudlian, helpfully.

[MartyrStewart]

Susan sat silently seething.

[lougle]

...while the onions sat sensationally sizzling.

[Lucie1979]

They cooked so quicky and smelt amazing, she thought.

[SarahAndFuck]

It reminded her of when she first met Dan, those student days, grilling a pot noodle while they held hands to The Smiths.

[mignonette]

How ironic that The Smiths (and the militant vegetarian Morrissey) should cross her mind as she wistfully grilled half a dead pig and wondered what Morrissey would like to grill ten portions of....

[aristocat]

...... and that Dan was once this charming man

[mignonette]

Aristocat - brilliant!