# Bob's your Uncle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645 "2025-04-04T21:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/1 "2025-04-04T21:08:08Z")
I had an Uncle Bob. I’m amazed how many _thingies_ are Bob. A name for your uncle. Tails. Haircuts. Sticking your face in water trying to catch an apple. Whites. Fishing lure set up. A bodily/head movement. A unit of money. How can one word fit all these things? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/2 "2025-04-04T21:11:50Z")
And it’s palindromic. Spooky. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/3 "2025-04-04T21:21:40Z")
Bob and weave. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/4 "2025-04-04T21:37:05Z")
I can think of lots of people called “Bob,” but they’re all either dead, old, or fictional. Why did “Bob” go out of fashion? ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/5 "2025-04-04T21:38:17Z")
I have both an uncle and a nephew Bob, so I’m covered coming and going. I don’t have a swimming pool, but I’ve heard about armless and legless trespassers of that name. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/6 "2025-04-04T21:41:43Z")
Sponges (That live in Bikini bottom) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/7 "2025-04-04T21:43:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m amazed how many _thingies_ are Bob I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/8 "2025-04-04T21:44:11Z")
Tee hee 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/9 "2025-04-04T21:44:58Z")
And red, red Robin’s go bob, bob bobbing along. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/10 "2025-04-04T21:46:15Z")
Don’t bet on that one nag, at the Camptown races. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/11 "2025-04-04T22:30:43Z")
Robert’s your mother’s brother. (I think I got that from **digs**.) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/12 "2025-04-04T22:40:46Z")
What about Bob? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/13 "2025-04-04T22:41:40Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Robert’s your mother’s brother. ‘Bob’s your auntie’s live-in lover!’ ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/14 "2025-04-04T22:55:57Z")
What do you call a quadruple amputee floating in a pool? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/15 "2025-04-04T23:05:16Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > And it’s palindromic. Indeed. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JUQDzj6R3p4/maxresdefault.jpg ""Weird Al" Yankovic - Bob (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/16 "2025-04-04T23:22:23Z")
Oh. Sled. Not _Rosebud_ ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/17 "2025-04-04T23:30:18Z")
[He’s with me](https://images.app.goo.gl/VDymtgDChXQbZBVq6) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/18 "2025-04-05T00:12:18Z")
Sox. Diminuitivly. As in on your feet or a be-bop teen girl. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/19 "2025-04-05T00:13:57Z")
A bit and a…! See? It never ends. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/20 "2025-04-05T03:29:11Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > How can one word fit all these things? The word _run_ is going to blow your mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645.md?page=2)