# bob's your uncle??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/128497>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 15, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/128497 "2002-09-15T02:49:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![otter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/898d66/32.png) [@otter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otter)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/128497/1 "2002-09-15T02:49:17Z")

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a friend who recently moved to england said that a common phrase over there is “. . . and bob’s your uncle!”, like “and pop the cake in oven for ten minutes, cool, and then frost it, and there you go, bob’s your uncle!” if anyone knows what this is about i would love to know. thanks

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/128497/2 "2002-09-15T03:00:00Z")

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[http://www.word-detective.com/back-f.html#bob](http://www.word-detective.com/back-f.html#bob)

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**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/128497/3 "2002-09-15T03:14:23Z")

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This question has come up on the boards before. If you use the search function you can find old threads. Here are some previous threads:

[…and Bob’s your uncle???](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=124214&highlight=uncle)

[Bob’s your uncle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=74474&highlight=uncle)

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