BS: Who's Bob?

Subject: RE: BS: Who's Bob?
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 11 Oct 15 - 04:32 AM

A shilling was the decimal part of a ten bob note. It was called a bob because shilling didn't rhyme with job.
;-)

DC

Subject: RE: BS: Who's Bob?
From: The Sandman
Date: 11 Oct 15 - 04:07 AM

and Bob a job,a shilling for a job, but why was a shilling called a bob?

Subject: RE: BS: Who's Bob?
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Oct 15 - 04:03 AM

I know who Bob is, because I want to be Bobbys Girl.

Subject: RE: BS: Who's Bob?
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 11 Oct 15 - 02:59 AM

He's your fathers brother.

Subject: RE: BS: Who's Bob?
From: Megan L
Date: 11 Oct 15 - 02:43 AM

There is no mystery

Bob was ma uncle
Bod was over six foot and a miner in the pick and shovel days so he had to do a lot of booing in the tunnels
Bob is died so at one point we said Bobs a dying
:)

Subject: RE: BS: Who's Bob?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 10 Oct 15 - 11:44 PM

yes, and Bob you head going through the tunnel...

God! life is strange! will we ever get to the bottom of these mysteries..?

Subject: BS: Who's Bob?
From: EBarnacle
Date: 10 Oct 15 - 11:28 PM

Every so often I run across one of these two phrases: Bob's your uncle and Bob's a'dyin. Who's Bob?