>I know the list talked about this once upon a time but what are the origins
>of the expression "Bobs your uncle" or "and then Bobs your uncle" or
however
>it's used. I remember it was some reference to having something akin to
>"dumb luck" but forget the particulars.
I'm a Yank, but I think it is more like, "it's a piece of cake". You do
this, and then this, and then it all works out simply.
And drabbing the Canadians back into this, Red Green said once, "...and then
Bob's your aunt...this is the Nineties, after all..."
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.vtr2002.org
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