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Title: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: thobo on August 12, 2014, 04:59:15 pm
Hi all, hi Dave,

a simple question, "Who is uncle Bob?"  ;D

cu
  Thomas
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: Bassman59 on August 12, 2014, 05:09:24 pm
Quote from: thobo on August 12, 2014, 04:59:15 pm
Hi all, hi Dave,

a simple question, "Who is uncle Bob?"  ;D

Nobody knows! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: rob77 on August 12, 2014, 05:16:21 pm
"Bob's your uncle" = everything is alright ;)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: Terabyte2007 on August 12, 2014, 05:18:16 pm
He's related to Flynn!  :-DD
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: SeanB on August 12, 2014, 05:53:12 pm
Here this is Uncle Bob.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe

Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: EEVblog on August 12, 2014, 11:56:29 pm
Quote from: thobo on August 12, 2014, 04:59:15 pm
a simple question, "Who is uncle Bob?"  ;D

My uncle, Bob Jones, my dads brother.
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: lowimpedance on August 13, 2014, 02:02:42 am
Quote from: EEVblog on August 12, 2014, 11:56:29 pm
Quote from: thobo on August 12, 2014, 04:59:15 pm
a simple question, "Who is uncle Bob?"  ;D

My uncle, Bob Jones, my dads brother.

YOUR uncle is 'Bob' too, well I'll be... :o
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: Richard Crowley on August 13, 2014, 02:08:33 am
1) British Prime Minister Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury
2) British General, Lord Roberts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: zapta on August 13, 2014, 02:54:49 am
He was an eccentric guy that used to work for National Semi.

Bob Pease's office (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t513IZ5V9Nk#)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: Stonent on August 13, 2014, 04:22:19 am
Quote from: lowimpedance on August 13, 2014, 02:02:42 am
Quote from: EEVblog on August 12, 2014, 11:56:29 pm
Quote from: thobo on August 12, 2014, 04:59:15 pm
a simple question, "Who is uncle Bob?"  ;D

My uncle, Bob Jones, my dads brother.

YOUR uncle is 'Bob' too, well I'll be... :o

Do they play banjos in rural Australia?  :-DD
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: ludzinc on August 13, 2014, 04:26:13 am
Quote from: thobo on August 12, 2014, 04:59:15 pm
Hi all, hi Dave,

a simple question, "Who is uncle Bob?"  ;D

cu
  Thomas

Your Father's Brother is Robert!
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: hamster_nz on August 13, 2014, 05:42:12 am
Robert's my mother's brother!
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: vk6zgo on August 13, 2014, 06:00:15 am
Well,for much of my youth,this bloke was "Uncle Bob" ;D
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=bob+menzies&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SvnqU46hM8m48gX09YKQCg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1093&bih=494#imgdii=_ (https://www.google.com.au/search?q=bob+menzies&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SvnqU46hM8m48gX09YKQCg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1093&bih=494#imgdii=_)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: jancumps on August 13, 2014, 06:11:33 am
Nonkel Bob (http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Davidse)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: Kjelt on August 13, 2014, 07:21:49 am
Bob? Buck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUdIZ2To3gc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUdIZ2To3gc)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: HighVoltage on August 13, 2014, 07:39:48 am
Doesn't everybody have a rich uncle Bob in America?
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: Willy.nebula on August 13, 2014, 07:54:55 am
As I tell everyone he is not my uncle he is my brother :-+
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Post by: Yago on August 13, 2014, 10:46:52 am
Bob's your aunties' live-in lover (ah, the young ones!)
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: Shock on August 14, 2014, 10:13:24 am
Quote from: rob77 on August 12, 2014, 05:16:21 pm
"Bob's your uncle" = everything is alright ;)

Just when you thought you knew what it meant, Bobs your uncle, you were wrong.
Title: Re: Who is uncle Bob?
Post by: David Hess on August 15, 2014, 09:00:00 pm
I have to admit that a significant part of the entertainment I gain in watching Dave's videos as an American is his enthusiasm, Australian accent, and especially his Australian slang.