# Who invented the bendy straw?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 26, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-bendy-straw/177625 "2003-05-26T20:33:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![bbernardini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@bbernardini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbernardini)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-bendy-straw/177625/1 "2003-05-26T20:33:14Z")

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Simple question: who invented the bendy straw, and why? And don’t you think this technology presents an interesting option for penile enhancement?

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**Author:** ![Sionach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Sionach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sionach)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-bendy-straw/177625/2 "2003-05-26T20:38:31Z")

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[Joseph B. Friedman](http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d8769.htm). And why not? 😉

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**Author:** ![bbernardini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@bbernardini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbernardini)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-bendy-straw/177625/3 "2003-05-26T20:45:48Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-bendy-straw/177625/4 "2003-05-26T22:00:05Z")

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Ahh, you watched The Hudsucker Proxy on Bravo last night also, eh?

Welcome to the boards.

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**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-bendy-straw/177625/5 "2003-05-27T04:26:27Z")

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Good Lord! Do you mean to tell me that my dear old Uncle Bendy lied to me all those years? Oh, the sorrow.

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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-the-bendy-straw/177625/6 "2003-05-27T07:20:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bbernardini \*  
> \*\*Simple question: who invented the bendy straw, and why? \*\*

Al Gore. 😃