I got an interesting email from Jannie...we were discussing digital cameras and in one of her responses she said "Bob's your uncle!" I had no clue what she was talking about. Have any of you ever heard this before? Well, it's an "Aussie" thing and it means "there you go" or "there you have it." I say things like "that's the berries" ... "Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?" Do you have any weird sayings?
My Dad is from rural Arkansas, and uses numerous sayings that apparently no one else in the world has ever heard. I have a few favorites, but it's difficult to explain them.
ReplyDeleteMy very favorite either has to be "shittin' in high cotton and wipin' on the top leaves," which is fairly obvious in its meaning, I think, or "like a blowed-up jiggarooster," which may not be so obvious. Although, come to think of it, they kind of mean close to the same thing.
I've heard "Bob's your uncle" before, though. Don't recall where.
I love this sort of thing.
I could maybe send you a list of the ones in my family, but first, I'd have to sit down with the kids and have an afternoon of hilarity making the list.
Thanks. :-)
SJ has one from a friend of his that I bet he'll share. And it means basically the same thing as the two I mentioned. Lots of ways to describe that sort of person, I guess, because there are so many of them.
Lori, we use "Bob's your Uncle" all the time ! I don't know where it originated from here, but I have heard it in all 3 African countries I have lived in - Zimbabwe, Tanzania & South Africa. People around us use it too, & everyone here understands it. The other sayings you mentioned - I haven't a clue what they mean ! (You'll have to tell me !)
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with it as well, but mostly I think from reading it...
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