# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/41 "2025-04-06T11:01:18Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Robert’s your mother’s brother. My mother Barbara was ‘Bob’ to immediate family, and ‘Aunt Bob’ to most everyone else. I got to be ‘Bobby’ until I was old enough to resist - then in late 60’s middle school there were EIGHT Bobs in my algebra class and I insisted on becoming Vbob instead of ‘Bobby V’ - and have styled myself Vbob ever since. Incidentally, today’s my 70th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/42 "2025-04-06T11:02:54Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/43 "2025-04-06T12:06:38Z")
Surely Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle. ---
**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 6, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/44 "2025-04-06T12:47:57Z")
“Aunt Bob”; I love it!! vbob-a-lu-la! Five years later, “John” was the name every boy had to have. There must have been two dozen of us in my graduating class. The distaff side was, of course, “Mary.” And Happy Birthday! Did you get your cake? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/45 "2025-04-06T13:00:21Z")
Many words in English have many definitions for them. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/46 "2025-04-06T14:22:02Z")
Microsoft Bob can’t be that forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/47 "2025-04-06T17:24:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > There was a Robt. E “Bobbie” Lee, though. I’m sure he was beloved in his day. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/48 "2025-04-06T17:34:39Z")
[He’s cool Enrique, he’s with me..Uncle Bob!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCS4NdCbeBU) ---
**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 6, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/49 "2025-04-06T20:41:04Z")
Heh. I meant _prostrate_. I was gonna say _flagellate_ but it sounded nasty. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/50 "2025-04-06T21:47:06Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Also check out “set” > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yes _“run”_ and _“set”_ are word-words. Was going to suggest “set” but markn\_1 beat me to it. “Set” is also a name, specifically, the name of an Egyptian deity. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/51 "2025-04-11T04:12:09Z")
What is that thing on a string that carpenters use to make vertical pillars and walls? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/52 "2025-04-11T06:34:59Z")
A plumb line ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/53 "2025-04-11T06:59:17Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > A plumb line With a plumb BOB hanging on the end. 🙂 ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/54 "2025-04-11T10:40:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > What is that thing on a string that carpenters use to make vertical pillars and walls? [Plumbbob Squarepants!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-swing-plumbbob-squarepants/173834) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/55 "2025-04-11T11:38:01Z")
I assume he married an Ironfounderson ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/56 "2025-04-11T16:19:46Z")
Dangit, @MrAtoz , I was scrolling through just to see if someone else had already posted that! ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/57 "2025-04-11T17:21:20Z")
I was surprised that I was first in with it, despite the thread being two days old by that time. We’re slipping, folks! ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/58 "2025-04-13T07:30:16Z")
Oh, My Bob!! (Actually an ad for a furniture company) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/59 "2025-04-13T17:13:42Z")
I was using elgoog translate, into Greek, on a sentence that included the name Bob in it, and it rendered the name as “Μπομπ”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645/60 "2025-04-13T17:26:37Z")
“Mpomp”? That doesn’t even vaguely resemble Greek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645.md?page=4)