OFF: Brit Slang!

Ted Jackson tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU
Tue Aug 6 16:12:39 EDT 2002


On 6 Aug 2002, at 15:51, Mike Montfort wrote:

> I'm very interested in the Bob's your Uncle as I JUST crossed this
> reference in the recent Dr. Who book Camera Obscura by Lloyd Rose.  So
> this is an "inside" brit joke?
>
I did some research.  A member of the Brit. royalty, Lord Salisbury,
gave his nephew, Balfour the title of Chief Secretary for Ireland, a
well-paying job that some felt he was unqualified for.  The nephew
used to call him 'Uncle Bob.'  So, it means, basically, 'you did well
with  that,' or 'lucky devil...'

theo



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