Little Rant

[Hydey 0]

My Wife is being so country-ist today, she wont even try some good ol English Branston pickle (and cheese) sandwich, what is the world coming to!!!!!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The end times are near, my friend. Run for the hills, or as I see are a fellow Jerseyite, the Poconos!

[tmma 467]

It's OK...."Love Will Find A Way <3"

Try Marmite.

[MonkeyJuice 3]

My Wife is being so country-ist today, she wont even try some good ol English Branston pickle (and cheese) sandwich, what is the world coming to!!!!!

Ha ha that's made me laugh!

I've been using some English slang today like "Bob's your uncle". My fiance looked at me like I was from Mars and said " Bob? Who's Bob?...

[reeses16 8]

I've never heard, "Bob's your uncle." What does it mean?

[bhajishah 4]

u just got your knickers in a twist

[Gemmie 142]

I've never heard, "Bob's your uncle." What does it mean?

"There you have it!" or "Sorted." For example, add milk and sugar to a cup of tea, and Bob's your uncle!

u just got your knickers in a twist

AKA "panties in a bunch".

/translation class.

[Missing.him 0]

how funny

we have two puppies a boy and girl

and their names are branston & pickles as my husband had to have something English

also he taught our 3 year old to say "jog on sunshine" to everybody

and hey i like marmite so us americans need to give it a chance!

[*JG* 2]

My Wife is being so country-ist today, she wont even try some good ol English Branston pickle (and cheese) sandwich, what is the world coming to!!!!!

The honeymoon is over!

[Marilyn. 340]

I love pickle and cheese sandwiches...

when I was younger I would eat these crazy combination sandwich.. my favourite was take some bread, spread it with mayo and then jam, then add some pickles, sandwich meat and cheese and then eat.. I would eat that one all the time..

[Ling Ling 22]

I've never heard, "Bob's your uncle." What does it mean?

"There you have it!" or "Sorted." For example, add milk and sugar to a cup of tea, and Bob's your uncle!

u just got your knickers in a twist

AKA "panties in a bunch".

/translation class.

OK...you speak English, as an American I just try to...

but I think "Bob's your uncle" has a meaning that's more like, "It's that simple" rather than "Sorted".

Kind of like, "Head over to McDonalds, fill out the application, and Bob's your uncle".

Or more like, "Pop over to the magistrate, tell them you're not having it, and Bob's your uncle".

I lived in North Finchley (Maggie's old stomping ground) for a number of years,

and recall that the story was about a PM named Robert something (Bob for short)

who kept putting his not so smart nephew into positions of responsibility...soley because "Bob's his uncle".

In the US, we could change the phrase to H.W.s' your Pop, but it doesn't have the same flare or

humour.

[Marilyn. 340]

Bob's your uncle is a commonly-used expression known mainly in Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth countries. It is often used immediately following a set of simple instructions and carries roughly the same meaning as the phrase "and there you have it"; for example, "Simply put a piece of ham between two slices of bread, and Bob's your uncle."

In some places in Britain, "Bob's your uncle" is also a way of saying "you're all set" or "you've got it made!" and is used as an expression of jubilation at good fortune. Hence it is used in the Alastair Sim film Scrooge, a version of the classic Dickens’ story, A Christmas Carol, where a reformed Ebenezer Scrooge confronts his housekeeper, Mrs. Dilber, on Christmas morning. He gives her a Guinea (£1.05 in that era, and equivalent to about $100 today) as a Christmas present, and announces he will significantly raise her salary. In a burst of excitement the housekeeper responds, “Bob’s yer uncle! Merry Christmas, Mr. Scrooge, in keeping with the situation!”[5] Another explanation is that its origin lies in General (Later Field Martial Fredrich Roberts) He was trusted and liked by his men who used to call him Uncle Bobs.They would say on campaign, everything will be fine cause bobs your uncle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_your_uncle

[BermyCat 1]

mmmmm...... Branston pickle, cheese, pork pie.....

Off to the pub on the corner for a ploughman's lunch. Bet that will be hard to find in Atlanta.

~ Catherine

[Mononoke28 135]

My Wife is being so country-ist today, she wont even try some good ol English Branston pickle (and cheese) sandwich, what is the world coming to!!!!!

I'm with her... that sounds sooo.... pukey. =X

Diana