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Costco Recalls Dirty Underwear Punching Bag

Costco is not cool with underpants-filled punching bags. From their website (emphasis ours):
We are issuing this voluntary recall notice for the TKO Sports Heavy Punching Bag with Speed Bag Combination, manufactured by TKO Sports, of Houston, TX. We have learned that the fill material in the heavy punching bag does not meet our high quality standards.
Yeah, that's quite the understatement. If Costco's records reflect that you've purchased this bag, they're sending a box and UPS shipping label out to you right away. They're also sending you an Everlast punching bag to replace the one that is filled with used underwear. You know, the more we write about it, the more we notice that the concept just doesn't get any less gross. Even the grasshopper leg in the Applebee's salad got less gross the more we thought about it. Not so, used underwear punching bag. More »

10:33 PM on Thu May 24 2007
By Meg Marco
80,557 views, 50 comments

Latest by tkodirtybags: I'm a former TKO employee, and have the misfortune of knowing how this operation works. The laundry does, in fact come from those clothing donation bins - as several other users suggested. They would purchase trailer loads of the more »

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Your Punching Bag Was Full Of Dirty, Stinky Underwear

If you have a punching bag by TKO, you might want to check to see what's in it. It could be dirty underwear! Joe Heckel was moving his punching bag from his garage to his basement when he decided to see what was in it... just in case it ever leaked. What he found smelled "bad, real bad." The bag was stuffed with men's and women's underwear. Used underwear. Heckel says:
"I called to ask them if they could tell me if these were clean underwear, but I don't think that he believed me," Heckel said. "I said 'I'm a cop, I'm telling you that's what's in there!'
He further describes the incident as "gross but kind of funny in a way." More »

4:22 PM on Wed May 23 2007
By Meg Marco
2,412 views, 48 comments

Latest by Kromem: Moral of the story: TKO should use this as marketing for sales in Japan. more »