Ohh, Jemima. How we love thee. Although all we’ve ever seen of you is your byline and small image, shown here, and we only just heard about you last week, your smiling visage and Cockney rhyming slang — we think that’s what it is — are so refreshing in this sea of pale, pasty men with large bums. We’re so happy that you finally bought an iPhone. Welcome to the social.
OK, so I caved in. I could have bought one in the States and knobbled it, I could have waited six months for a 3G version, I could have bought something far better spec’d for far less or I could have ignored all the nonsense and carried on with my beaten up Sony Ericsson.
Instead, I went to the O2 store in Notting Hill on Friday after work: straight in, no queue, five minutes, job done. Bob is, as they say, your Dad’s brother.
Bob is your Dad’s brother. My gosh. Marry us. Brits — who is this Miss Kiss and why did she just suddenly appear like an angel in our hearts?
The iPhone – a confession [Guardian]
Are you sure that’s not a dude?
It might be. It just might be.
“Bob’s your uncle” is one of my favorite phrases.
Here is the short version, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob’s_your_uncle – but if you get a chance, pick up a copy of ‘Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds’ for a wonderful history of memes, bubbles and, well, the madness of crowds. It was first published in 1864, but still reads beautifully.
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In 1887, British Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, appointed his nephew Arthur James Balfour as Minister for Ireland. The press had a field day when he referred to the Prime Minister as “Uncle Bob”. Balfour later went on to become Prime Minister himself. This theory claims that to have “Bob” as one’s uncle is a guarantee of success, hence the implied meaning, “and if you do this, you cannot fail.” Another theory is that the phrase derives from the slang “all is bob”, which means “everything is good”.
WTF cares that this ugly bitch or transvestite bought an iPhone?
dude – have you seen PHa lately? Anything is better than his mug.
Jemima Kiss is a blogger – a very famous one. How could you not know her?
I’ve read a few things she wrote, and they are not that bad at all.
And btw Sebhelyesfarku, it;s a blog and everyone can write anything they want, right?