Can anyone tell me

[Rubijon]

Sounds like Tim Smith is a smart man

[Rineheitzgabot]

Earl Roberts' finest hour was perhaps the lifting of the siege of Kandahar in 1878 in which he marched a force of 10,000 men over three hundred miles from Kabul, winning a battle and successfully lifting the siege. Well respected amongst his men, Roberts was affectionately referred to as 'Uncle Bobs'. Generally meaning 'all will be well', and often used to indicate a successful outcome, the phrase "Bob's your uncle" was a term originally used by Roberts's men to boost confidence among the ranks and imply that all would be well under his command. Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions to mean, "and there you have it," or "you're all set." For example, "To make a ham sandwich, just put a piece of ham between two slices of buttered bread, and Bob's your uncle."

-Wikipedia

I have heard the Brits use this term, and the song by Happy Mondays, but never knew it's origin. And, apparently, I have nothing better to do, so I thought I would share.

Oh, and Brent, that was a funny witicism.

[mrdoiron]

Earl Roberts' finest hour was perhaps the lifting of the siege of Kandahar in 1878 in which he marched a force of 10,000 men over three hundred miles from Kabul, winning a battle and successfully lifting the siege. Well respected amongst his men, Roberts was affectionately referred to as 'Uncle Bobs'. Generally meaning 'all will be well', and often used to indicate a successful outcome, the phrase "Bob's your uncle" was a term originally used by Roberts's men to boost confidence among the ranks and imply that all would be well under his command. Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions to mean, "and there you have it," or "you're all set." For example, "To make a ham sandwich, just put a piece of ham between two slices of buttered bread, and Bob's your uncle."

-Wikipedia

I have heard the Brits use this term, and the song by Happy Mondays, but never knew it's origin. And, apparently, I have nothing better to do, so I thought I would share.

Oh, and Brent, that was a funny witicism.

Gary,

Nice trivia share for us cavemen out here... always like to hear the origins of sayings... I see a lot of people use the expression more of the later 'instructions reference' of "there you have it" more than the original meaning of "all will be well"... we should try and tie that orig inference of "Bobs your uncle" to an image of a bugeye Series... implying or those who get it, that "drive a rover, and all will be well"; and get a limited edition of t-shirts run of that for those interested in the forum... perhaps our site host could help there, if we can get some creative types work up a graphic design or two to choose from...

...of course all will be well except the oil on the garage floor :-)

cheers, mike

[LaneRover]

Earl Roberts' finest hour was perhaps the lifting of the siege of Kandahar in 1878 in which he marched a force of 10,000 men over three hundred miles from Kabul, winning a battle and successfully lifting the siege. Well respected amongst his men, Roberts was affectionately referred to as 'Uncle Bobs'. Generally meaning 'all will be well', and often used to indicate a successful outcome, the phrase "Bob's your uncle" was a term originally used by Roberts's men to boost confidence among the ranks and imply that all would be well under his command. Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions to mean, "and there you have it," or "you're all set." For example, "To make a ham sandwich, just put a piece of ham between two slices of buttered bread, and Bob's your uncle."

-Wikipedia

I have heard the Brits use this term, and the song by Happy Mondays, but never knew it's origin. And, apparently, I have nothing better to do, so I thought I would share.

Oh, and Brent, that was a funny witicism.

Thank you!

Honestly I had asked many British folks where the term came from and none of them knew. Now if only Hollywood thought I had enough witicisms!

[mrdoiron]

Gary,

Nice trivia share for us cavemen out here... always like to hear the origins of sayings... I see a lot of people use the expression more of the later 'instructions reference' of "there you have it" more than the original meaning of "all will be well"... we should try and tie that orig inference of "Bobs your uncle" to an image of a bugeye Series... implying or those who get it, that "drive a rover, and all will be well"; and get a limited edition of t-shirts run of that for those interested in the forum... perhaps our site host could help there, if we can get some creative types work up a graphic design or two to choose from...

...of course all will be well except the oil on the garage floor :-)

cheers, mike

some thing simple would be cool ... here's an image to some generate ideas :

[Rineheitzgabot]

Mike-Love the idea.

Thompson? Any input? No copyright stuff to worry about.

[Tim Smith]

Sounds like Tim Smith is a smart man

Tough crowd. Guess I'll stick to my day job.

[NickDawson]

always like to hear the origins of sayings

you are not alone! I went on the search for some books a while ago and found this one (among many others) that I love

http://daws.in/clzkZd

T-shirt idea - LOVE IT! Would buy one in a hot minute

[TSR53]

I'm on it guys :-) I'll notify you when the design is up on our cafepress store.

[mrdoiron]

I'm on it guys :-) I'll notify you when the design is up on our cafepress store.

just great ! look forward to seeing what you come up with...

mike