#35766
07/18/2001 11:09 AM
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Posting by proxy for my roommate, who lacks the intestinal fortitude to post for himself Yes, he's looking over my shoulder..., here's the question from Apt. 403:
What are the origins of the phrase "Yes-sir-ee, Bob!"
I suppose ICLIU, but too many variations in the possible spelling make that almost certainly a losing proposition...
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#35767
07/18/2001 5:24 PM
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Possibly related to the expression, "Bob's your uncle"? I don't know anything about that one either.
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#35768
07/19/2001 4:49 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Bob's your uncle comes from a piece of late 19th century nepotism where the Prime Minister, Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury appointed his nephew Arthur Balfour to various government positions.
Bingley
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#35769
07/19/2001 12:22 PM
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Wow, thanks, Bingley. Mercy, you sure know a lot. I am so
glad you are here.
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#35770
07/21/2001 3:10 AM
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Great. Now my roommate thinks he deserves a bumper sticker or a t-shirt or something... "I Stumped AWAD"...
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#35771
07/21/2001 12:09 PM
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Well, don't be too hasty now. It often takes a few days for our monkeys to pound out a reasonable answer that everyone agrees to.
Perhaps a more apposite bumper sticker would be "I went online and all I got was AWAD of crap."
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#35772
07/21/2001 2:15 PM
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#35773
07/21/2001 2:19 PM
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#35774
07/21/2001 5:50 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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I can't find any listings for Yes-sir-ee Bob, but maybe it is related to the bob used to designate English police officers?
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#35775
07/22/2001 11:15 AM
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I thought it stemmed from USn sources - lines from an old jazz song, or sumptin?
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#35776
07/23/2001 3:25 PM
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In reply to:
I thought it stemmed from USn sources - lines from an old jazz song, or sumptin?
Bob, Bob, Bob-- Bob-Bob-a-ran
(repeat a third higher)
Bob, Bob, Bob -- Bob-Bob-a-ran
(repeat another third higher)
Bob, Bob, Bob -- Bob-Bob-a-ran
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