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cmroanirgo

As an Aussie, this hilariously augments a phrase used commonly here: "Bob's your uncle"

(meaning roughly: "and there it is" / "and there you have it")

Even more hilariously, I have an uncle Bob.

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Also used in the UK. Bob can be an auntie too.

If you want to confuse a non-native English speaker (like an American) "<do thing> and Robert's your mothers brother"

Sounds exactly like something Jinyang would say.

And of-course, Erich is a lying person. :D

I seem to remember back in the 1990s reading a research paper about a theorem proover that used the phrase "And Bob's your uncle" to indicate success. A query was initiated by typing "Is that a fact".

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