BOB'S YOUR UNCLE

[James Smith]

I'd never heard the expression "Bob's your uncle"
before seeing the film (or is that movie?) "Mary
Poppins", and I don't think I've heard it anywhere
else since except for the occasional use - with a
deferential nod to "Mary Poppins" - that pops up in
our home now and again.

--- Erin McKean <editor at VERBATIMMAG.COM> wrote:
> >Kinda like I've discovered that no one under 30 is
> familiar with the Prince
> >Albert in a can phone prank.
>
>
> I'm sure that the statute of limitations on prank
> calls has expired
> and that I can admit complete familiarity with the
> above, despite
> being on the windward side of 30. (Of course, Caller
> ID may be why
> people don't ask about Prince Albert anymore. Kids
> today probably
> send munged-up prank emails. Can you do a prank
> "Instant Message?")
>
> On another age-related note, my mother (>55) has
> discovered that no
> one she works with  (mostly <45 on Long Island)
> knows "Bob's your
> uncle." She said in passing to a co-worker and that
> person said, with
> great surprise, "How'd you know?" Turns out this
> person did have an
> Uncle Bob and somehow "Bob's your uncle" made some
> kind of sense in
> that context as well.
>
> Erin McKean
> editor at verbatimmag.com


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