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Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: kopking on February 26, 2002, 01:01:49 PM: i dont know if it used in america, but where does the phrase "bobs your uncle" come from??????

any ideas???? i mean to read it it means nothing else but, that bob is your uncle, so how does it means something else??

i can only think that, one time a girl met a boy, they were dating, girl take boy (bob) to see her parents, she never knew her dad, but as it turned out her boyfriend ( bob) is actually, her dads bro, so " bobs your uncle"
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: ooseven on February 26, 2002, 01:05:34 PM: But Bob is my Uncle :(

;)

:p
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: kopking on February 26, 2002, 01:07:20 PM: i was also meant to add, has anyone got a uncle bob, i knopw no one who has.
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: project86 on February 26, 2002, 01:09:11 PM: The only phrase here in the US that comes close is "what about Bob?"

Never heard of the phrase "Bobs your uncle".:yawn:
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: ooseven on February 26, 2002, 01:14:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by project86
The only phrase here in the US that comes close is "what about Bob?"

Never heard of the phrase "Bobs your uncle".:yawn:

Bob\'s your Uncle as in

"ok all we need to do is a little work and bob\'s your Uncle ... and we are in the clear "
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: on February 26, 2002, 01:19:20 PM: Disclaimer: This post is in no way meant to reflect my intelligence or lack thereof. But it is true, true I tell you.

I have an uncle Bob.
His last name is Smith.
He was named after his father.

Back to the subject - I\'ve never heard any expression about "Bob\'s your uncle" Must be a brit thing. Like bollocks, and shopping trolleys.
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: project86 on February 26, 2002, 01:19:23 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ooseven

Bob\'s your Uncle as in

"ok all we need to do is a little work and bob\'s your Uncle ... and we are in the clear "

Nope.

Still don\'t "ring a bell".

Oh my, there\'s another one of those quirky sayings.:nerd:
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: Coredweller on February 26, 2002, 01:24:51 PM: I also have an uncle named Bob. That phrase is not used in the US, so I can\'t comment on it\'s origin. You British people have some weird idioms, let me tell you.
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: CHIZZY on February 26, 2002, 01:48:27 PM: I like the word "chuffed". As in: "I just got a great new game, and am absolutely chuffed with it!"

I also liked it in the show "Red Dwarf" when the guy said "smeg" all the time instead of sh!t or F*ck...
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: ooseven on February 26, 2002, 01:53:15 PM: Quote
Originally posted by CHIZZY
I like the word "chuffed". As in: "I just got a great new game, and am absolutely chuffed with it!"

I also liked it in the show "Red Dwarf" when the guy said "smeg" all the time instead of sh!t or F*ck...

Smeg refers to the unclean "build-up" of "matrial" that men get if they don\'t wash their little soilder ;)

i am sorry that as as clean as i could make it.
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: CHIZZY on February 26, 2002, 01:59:39 PM: Believe me, 00- I KNOW what smegma is :laughing:

I sell mine to racer so he can spread it on toast soldiers!

j/k
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: Nice Ice on February 26, 2002, 02:05:12 PM: bobs your uncle?? never heard of that one... but i do have an uncle ****, maybe they should change it to ****s your uncle
Title: where did this saying come from??
Post by: Nice Ice on February 26, 2002, 02:07:15 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Nice Ice
bobs your uncle?? never heard of that one... but i do have an uncle ****, maybe they should change it to ****s your uncle

damn editing, ok the **** is d*ck if you were confused