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Benji Commemoration

  • 11-08-2012 4:21am
    #1
    Where To
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    With all the current excitement of the landing of the mars rover, is it time we remembered a true canine hero who is largely forgotten in contemporary society. Rover has given his name to the land rover, range rover, wild rover and Irish rover. He has been immortalised by Rover biscuits.

    Poor old Benji, a hero to a generation, has wafted into insignificance, his services to humanity and dognanity whitewashed from history.

    It's time we did something to change this folks. It's time to name something after Benji.


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  • #2
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    Where To wrote: »
    With all the current excitement of the landing of the mars rover, is it time we remembered a true canine hero who is largely forgotten in contemporary society. Rover has given his name to the land rover, range rover, wild rover and Irish rover. He has been immortalised by Rover biscuits.

    Poor old Benji, a hero to a generation, has wafted into insignificance, his services to humanity and dognanity whitewashed from history.

    It's time we did something to change this folks. It's time to name something after Benji.

    Was your first pet called Benji?


  • #3
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    I am willing to let society name my penis Benji.


  • #4
    Where To
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    FanadMan wrote: »
    Where To wrote: »
    With all the current excitement of the landing of the mars rover, is it time we remembered a true canine hero who is largely forgotten in contemporary society. Rover has given his name to the land rover, range rover, wild rover and Irish rover. He has been immortalised by Rover biscuits.

    Poor old Benji, a hero to a generation, has wafted into insignificance, his services to humanity and dognanity whitewashed from history.

    It's time we did something to change this folks. It's time to name something after Benji.

    Was your first pet called Benji?
    Na my first pet was Freddy the tadpole, Benji was a major star in the early eighties, that's my point, young people today have never heard of him.


  • #5
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    What about Laika? She gave her life to further the advancement of space exploration.


  • #6
    Where To
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    What about Laika? She gave her life to further the advancement of space exploration.
    Laika was a communist dog though, that dogma is completely different.


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  • #7
    FanadMan
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    Where To wrote: »
    Na my first pet was Freddy the tadpole, Benji was a major star in the early eighties, that's my point, young people today have never heard of him.

    Sorry - thought you named your first dog after him. Those films were great.....well, as a kid they were great. And he was so cute.


  • #8
    Where To
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    FanadMan wrote: »
    Where To wrote: »
    Na my first pet was Freddy the tadpole, Benji was a major star in the early eighties, that's my point, young people today have never heard of him.

    Sorry - thought you named your first dog after him. Those films were great.....well, as a kid they were great. And he was so cute.
    My first dog was called Major, named after an old cigarette packet.


  • #9
    [Deleted User]
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    Benji Riordan did all that?


  • #10
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Benji me hole! Only one canine mattered in the 80s.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGKSjiw0HQ


  • #11
    Duggy747
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    Can't forget Ham The Chimp either, can we?

    At least he made it back alive :pac:


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  • #12
    mikemac1
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    Getuptheyard, smell of benji off ya!


  • #13
    Where To
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    Hobo was a drifter though, a loose cannon who acted on a whim. These are not virtues we should be extolling on our youngsters.


    Benji, on the other paw, helped the elderly cross the road, located lost or stolen property, and comforted the sick.


  • #14
    mike65
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    Benji almost certainly was the moist profitable film of 1974 (after The Texas Chainsaw Massacre)


  • #15
    Ghandee
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    Benji style!


  • #16
    Jester252
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    What about all the dogs that died to save people. They should get some respect


  • #17
    Lapin
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    What about Nígger ?


  • #18
    sunflower27
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    Awwwww, I remember Benji!!

    The first time I ever went to a drive-in as a kid was with my cousins and a Benji movie was showing. I must have been about 10. :)

    I loved that dog. :)


  • #19
    mike65
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    Lapin wrote: »
    What about Nigger ?

    You can't say that!


  • #20
    Lapin
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    I can't change the dog's name either.


  • #21
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Where To wrote: »
    Hobo was a drifter though, a loose cannon who acted on a whim. These are not virtues we should be extolling on our youngsters.


    Benji, on the other paw, helped the elderly cross the road, located lost or stolen property, and comforted the sick.

    WTF! The Hobo did all those things and more. I'm quite sure that Candian society would have collapsed without his various interventions. He did everything from teaching illiterate children the joys of reading to preventing nuclear meltdown.

    Benji, on the other had, got mixed up with Zac and an alien prince! He more or less invited an alien invasion of the Earth, something I'm sure the Hobo would have been called in to prevent.


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  • #22
    mike65
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    He was also the best character in the Riordans.


  • #23
    Bad Panda
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    Benji Bickies!


  • #24
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Where To wrote: »
    With all the current excitement of the landing of the mars rover, is it time we remembered a true canine hero who is largely forgotten in contemporary society. Rover has given his name to the land rover, range rover, wild rover and Irish rover. He has been immortalised by Rover biscuits.

    Poor old Benji, a hero to a generation, has wafted into insignificance, his services to humanity and dognanity whitewashed from history.

    It's time we did something to change this folks. It's time to name something after Benji.

    The smell of benji.

    Essence of Benjamin


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