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From: REMOVETH...@gmail.com (badgolferman)
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by: badgolferman - Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55 UTC

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html

Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
see his father "on a bender."

What does "on a bender" mean in this context?

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by: Tony Cooper - Sat, 22 Jan 2022 01:31 UTC

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html
>
>Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
>Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
>stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
>Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
>were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
>see his father "on a bender."
>
>What does "on a bender" mean in this context?

Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".

To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
which that term is used.

Tony Cooper Orlando Florida

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by: bil...@shaw.ca - Sat, 22 Jan 2022 20:12 UTC

On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5:31:07 PM UTC-8, Tony Cooper wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
> <REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html
> >
> >Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
> >Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
> >stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
> >Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
> >were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
> >see his father "on a bender."
> >
> >What does "on a bender" mean in this context?
> Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
> alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
> drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".
>
> To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
> which that term is used.
>
Same here in Can-E Land.

bill

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by: Horace LaBadie - Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:38 UTC

In article <800d2375-dced-43eb-8424-04c01d33566cn@googlegroups.com>,
"bil...@shaw.ca" <billvan@shaw.ca> wrote:

> On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5:31:07 PM UTC-8, Tony Cooper wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
> > <REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-ada
> > >y.html
> > >
> > >Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
> > >Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
> > >stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
> > >Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
> > >were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him
> > >to
> > >see his father "on a bender."
> > >
> > >What does "on a bender" mean in this context?
> > Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
> > alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
> > drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".
> >
> > To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
> > which that term is used.
> >
> Same here in Can-E Land.
>
> bill

Thus the name of the Robot on Futurama Bender, who required constant
intake of alcohol. (Of course, they made a pun on the name, saying that
he was a Bender Robot, who bent things.)

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by: Dingbat - Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:08 UTC

On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 12:12:10 PM UTC-8, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
> On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5:31:07 PM UTC-8, Tony Cooper wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
> > <REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html
> > >
> > >Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
> > >Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
> > >stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
> > >Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
> > >were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
> > >see his father "on a bender."
> > >
> > >What does "on a bender" mean in this context?
> > Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
> > alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
> > drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".
> >
> > To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
> > which that term is used.
> >
> Same here in Can-E Land.
>
Are Canadians Canucks in Can-E land?

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by: lar3ryca - Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:34 UTC

On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 9:08:54 PM UTC-6, Dingbat wrote:
> On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 12:12:10 PM UTC-8, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
> > On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5:31:07 PM UTC-8, Tony Cooper wrote:
> > > On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
> > > <REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html
> > > >
> > > >Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
> > > >Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
> > > >stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
> > > >Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
> > > >were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
> > > >see his father "on a bender."
> > > >
> > > >What does "on a bender" mean in this context?
> > > Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
> > > alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
> > > drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".
> > >
> > > To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
> > > which that term is used.
> > >
> > Same here in Can-E Land.
> >
> Are Canadians Canucks in Can-E land?

Yes. I believe it started out as pejorative, coined by some people in
the USA. If any Canadians ever found it insulting I would be surprised.

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by: Ken Blake - Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:33 UTC

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:08:52 -0800 (PST), Dingbat
<ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 12:12:10 PM UTC-8, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
>> On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5:31:07 PM UTC-8, Tony Cooper wrote:
>> > On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
>> > <REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html
>> > >
>> > >Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
>> > >Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
>> > >stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
>> > >Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
>> > >were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
>> > >see his father "on a bender."
>> > >
>> > >What does "on a bender" mean in this context?
>> > Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
>> > alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
>> > drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".
>> >
>> > To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
>> > which that term is used.
>> >
>> Same here in Can-E Land.
>>
>Are Canadians Canucks in Can-E land?

I don't know about either of you, but I can't eland. What's gnu?

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by: Richard Heathfield - Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:37 UTC

On 25/01/2022 15:33, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:08:52 -0800 (PST), Dingbat
> <ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 12:12:10 PM UTC-8, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
>>> On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5:31:07 PM UTC-8, Tony Cooper wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
>>>> <REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
>>>>> Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
>>>>> stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
>>>>> Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
>>>>> were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
>>>>> see his father "on a bender."
>>>>>
>>>>> What does "on a bender" mean in this context?
>>>> Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
>>>> alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
>>>> drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".
>>>>
>>>> To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
>>>> which that term is used.
>>>>
>>> Same here in Can-E Land.
>>>
>> Are Canadians Canucks in Can-E land?
>
>
> I don't know about either of you, but I can't eland. What's gnu?

So I asked him: What's that creature there?
He answered "Nyeh, h'it's a h'elk"
I might have gone on thinking that was true
If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame
And remarked "I h'ain't a h'elk, I'm a g-nu."

--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

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by: Ken Blake - Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:07 UTC

On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:37:23 +0000, Richard Heathfield
<rjh@cpax.org.uk> wrote:

>On 25/01/2022 15:33, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:08:52 -0800 (PST), Dingbat
>> <ranjit_mathews@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 12:12:10 PM UTC-8, bil...@shaw.ca wrote:
>>>> On Friday, January 21, 2022 at 5:31:07 PM UTC-8, Tony Cooper wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:55:10 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman
>>>>> <REMOVETHISb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Marvin Lee Aday was born and grew up in Dallas, the son of Orvis Wesley
>>>>>> Aday, a former policeman, and Wilma Artie Hukel, an English teacher. "I
>>>>>> stayed at my grandmother's house a lot," Meat Loaf wrote in "To Hell and
>>>>>> Back," his 1999 autobiography, adding that he did not know if those stays
>>>>>> were because his mother was busy working or because she did not want him to
>>>>>> see his father "on a bender."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What does "on a bender" mean in this context?
>>>>> Drunk for an extended period of time. A person can consume enough
>>>>> alcohol in one evening to be drunk, but if that person continues to
>>>>> drink for several days after that, they are "on a bender".
>>>>>
>>>>> To describe extended drunkeness is the only context that I know in
>>>>> which that term is used.
>>>>>
>>>> Same here in Can-E Land.
>>>>
>>> Are Canadians Canucks in Can-E land?
>>
>>
>> I don't know about either of you, but I can't eland. What's gnu?
>
>So I asked him: What's that creature there?
>He answered "Nyeh, h'it's a h'elk"
>I might have gone on thinking that was true
>If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame
>And remarked "I h'ain't a h'elk, I'm a g-nu."

The animal in question was once vice president of the USA.

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You will feel hungry again in another hour.

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Subject	Author
on a bender	badgolferman
Re: on a bender	Tony Cooper
Re: on a bender	bil...@shaw.ca
Re: on a bender	Horace LaBadie
Re: on a bender	Dingbat
Re: on a bender	lar3ryca
Re: on a bender	Ken Blake
Re: on a bender	Richard Heathfield
Re: on a bender	Ken Blake
Re: on a bender	Dingbat