Bender - what the name means

Hi,

read this page: http://www.dazbert.co.uk/rudefood/food/bender.htm

is that true? I did not no that until now :-) Adds a new perspective to the gender bender %-)

Andreas

Or mayby because he is a bender robot, See "Space Pilot 3000"...

Andreas Ebbert wrote:

"Andreas Ebbert" wrote in message news:[email]...

Ancient news. Bender is a bender robot, Also in the US, one is said to be "on a Bender" when they are doing a sizeable amount of drinking. The UK use of the word doesn't really come into it at all.

Just to add that us Brits use the word, in its slang form, to mean excessive drinking too, not just someone who is of the homosexual persuasion. But, yeah, it's old news. :)

Graham

Did you gentlemen happen to miss the last sentence?

"An unrelated fact is that a bender is also a massive and lengthy drinking or drug-taking bout, which renders many tabloid headlines ('so-and-so was on a huge bender') unintentionally hilarious."

Yeinkiijo wrote:

No.

Graham

maybe it has a double meaning...

they could have named him "bender" b/vc they wanted him to drink a lot

and then just thought it would work on the level of him being a robot that bends girders...

"Michael Zaite" wrote in message news:byHU8.6899$[email]...

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Mabye it has something do with the fact he has to drink alot?