Alexander Machtakovдобавил заметку 8 years ago

I`m going to be the first to guess.

It well could be a Former London`s Rainbow Theatre which is on Seven SISTERS Road №4. During his "Exodus" tour Bob got seriously injured while playing football against the journalists and by the time he reached this exact theatre, he could only manage 4 out of 6 nights, then the rest of the tour was cancelled.

Though, that doesn`t make much sense if you take a look on the London`s map.

But I had to post it...kind of.

No, Сергей, that's not what I'm talking about. The passerby showed the way and added that I had a relative somehow connected with the guy in the picture. What was that phrase?

I honestly have no idea, but I am so eager to know!

I see, Сергей) btw you have all the key words to figure the idiom out)

Bob's your uncle 😎

>Боб твой дядя!
И так хочется добавить (а порой даже перевести):
Тамбовский волк твой товарищ! ))

Isnt Bob Marley in the picture? The tower bridge is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in my life. I asked a man about a direction in London once. I dont think I understood. Besides his British accent, he had another one. :-o.

Surely Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle =)

Hanna, spot on! That's what he said.

Игорь, смысла идиомы не передает, а жаль. Я прям вижу "идёшь прямо, поворачивешь налево и Томбовский волк тебе товарищ")

Marissa, it's him. The guys have already named the idiom, it's 'Bob's your uncle'. Yeah, British accent isn't easy for me to get used to either.

Igor, It must be a joke which I don't get yet)

Wow, that`s amazing, Alexander! I really enjoyed it once I knew what it was all about! Though, I guess it`s commonly used in the UK, not in America...so I probably wouldn`t have figured it out anyway. Thanks!

Alexander, I first heard of this idiom just a couple of months ago while reading Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!". I've never heard of it before. So I had to look it up. And you can't even imagine how I regret about not seeing your note earlier, because this was the one I knew =)
As to the joke - in Pratchett's books dwarves are pretty straightforward guys and take almost everything quite literally. So "Surely Bjorn Stronginthearm is my uncle" was a default dwarfish reply to "Bob's your uncle" in the book.

In America, probably exists Sam is my uncle, lol!. :-)

Thank you, Сергей! It's good to know that my post amused you! The phrase can be heard in Australia too. It's not widely used in North America unless they are imitating Britons, so some of them know what it means :-)

Igor, same here, I came across this idiom on VK a couple of months ago. Haha I should've responded to the idiom "No, my uncle's дядя Валера" :-D

Marissa, while we are here talking about names, have you ever heard a joke about Jose and the "Star-Spangled Banner"?

No, I havent. Tell us the joke, Alexander. ;-)

The National Anthem can't be considered racist, it even starts with "Jose, can you see..." It was cute how a guy named Jose replied on FB "I can see pretty well, thank you very much"

Ooooo say ! ... Is the Joke from Trump ? Lol ... #Mexicanswerock♡♡♡. ;-)

Haha, apparently it is! Пролетарии всех стран соединяйтесь! :-D

"Los trabajadores de todos los países, nos unimos! :-)

"El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" - is one of about three phrases I know in Spanish =)

Where did you get that, Igor? Jesus! It seems Spanish is around you more than you think! :-p

I have absolutely no idea, Marissa. just read it somewhere, and it kind of stuck. that's the way my memory works: it accumulates all kinds of apparently useless stuff and pieces of it just come up from time to time =) and every time I have a lot of trouble trying to cram something useful in.
I've got these friends - the girl has been learning Japanese for a couple of years, and her husband knows only one phrase in Japanese: "Burn in hell" - I don't dare to ask which circumstances did he learn this phrase in =)

Hey Igor!!!

It is not that useless. ;-) You can come and fight with me and yell that out in the streets. :-)

I hope your friend did not learn it from her. :-o ! Other wise, poor guy! :-(

Memory is like that.There are things that stick easily for no reason. :-o !

Marissa, I figured out what you said because I know the word "trabajo" :-)
and I remember "El pueblo unido jamás será vencido", "no pasaran" and the first verse of "Bandiera Rossa". We learnt them at school in the USSR. Also a few words from Manu Chao's songs :-)

Бьэнвэнидо! Эт вы удачно заскочили))) кипяточку не желаете?

Alexander,

I like that the spanish words people learn in Russia are to fight for fight. I wish people in Mexico knew deeply the phrase. (sigh). Bandera Rosa? I have to google that. Manu Chao rocks. I have thinking about writing something using a part of his lyrics. Too many ideas. I need to sit and write. ;-)

Марисса, it has to do with our soviet heritage. There were a lot of communist or loyal to communists countries in South America (Cuba and Venezuela still are). So schoolchildren here in Russia were told about brave freedom fighters who follow the ideas of our leaders so far away. and though we are half the world apart we're still together. and though we come from completely different backgrounds we're still somewhat alike. So some of the slogans and parts of the culture came through to us, even generations later.
Also, you may find it ridiculous but about three latest "revolutions" in Ukraine were accompanied by people shouting " Разом нас багато, нас не подолати" and at Russian anti-putin gatherings you may sometimes hear "пока мы едины мы непобедимы" - both are translated as "(while) we are united, we cannot be defeated" and both perfectly mach the poetic meter of " El pueblo unido jamás será vencido" =)

thank you for your invitation (I sincerely hope you invite me to fight by your side, not against you). I'm just wondering - what exactly are we going to be fighting for? Just curious =)

Igor,

Марисса? Did you write my name using the cyrillic keyboard? I find it cute. :-)

Yes, I know about Cuba and Venezuela. Although, Cuba let in the Pope and America just recently. I wanted to make a stop there (in Cuba) before anything changed but as world is evolving and my money isnt enough.Cuba has been postponed and I am afraid it wont be the same. Anyway, I suppose that is very interesting for kids. I mean, I remember when I was young I wanted to fight for our sold territory (Alamo and so on). I hated Santa Anna (Mexican president who sold some part of our territory to the States) for being so dumped and so on. So, if I would have been a Russian girl I would have been impressed how far the ideas of our leaders went. Isnt it weird, Igor. You learn things in school but you dont realize how hard was it then to things to spread. I mean, I have always thought about it when thinking in World War II, all the Hitler thing and he being not the best example (by his looks) of the

of what he stated about the superior race. Still, to manipulate and convince like that, it stills amazes me. So, this takes me to Cuba. I know many cubans went to Russia for school. They were sponsored by the URSS and this is how things were exported/shared. But it takes time. If you think about conditions, we are lucky with these going back and for on the internet. Geez, people in the old daya need a huge acknowledge for what they did.

Anyway, "el pueblo unido jamás será vencido" is still on. I just yelled out 3 years ago in the streets and I have heard it a few times in the streets.

Of course, Igor. If you come down I want you to fight by my side and not against me. There are so many things why to fight for. Just wait for my call. I am not sure what will my next fight will be for. ;-)

I think I know what you mean about Hitler. what he had done was completely wrong for all sorts of reasons, but still pretty remarkable. yeah, people of the world were pretty isolated at that time. on the other hand, I'm not sure if Hitler would be able to pull off something similar nowadays. its pretty easy to believe that you are of superior race when you haven't seen the rest of the world. but now things are changing. I mean the world is still full of xenophobic morons, but here we are - half the world apart, and talking to each other, sharing our cultures, ideas, heritage...
when I first began to communicate with foreigners, I thought "oh my god. there completely different. they live differently. they think differently. they are completely unlike me". But after a while I understood that they are completely different to me in the same way, as a guy next door is different to me. I mean we're all humans, each of us is unique, and that makes us all somewhat the same.

communists were that way, Marissa. they were aiming for the world revolution, so they wanted the world united. and that's an aspect of communism that has my wholehearted support. I not for abolishing the boarders, or destroying the countries identities, but I think that people all around the world should be able to communicate freely. that way they won't be so alienated towards each other. they'll understand each other better that way.
I think there never will be lack of good causes to fight for. so as the second phrase I know in Spanish goes: "¡hasta la victoria siempre!"

Igor,

You made me sigh. =) When I learned about communism in school I thought it was the coolest thing on earth. I thought all the principles were right. My teacher used to say that theory was not the same in practice. In my mexican head was 2 sides, 2 philosophies and still too young to understand. I was in Elementary school, you know.

Oh, yes. I find it amazing. In a way, I just think how people in the whole world turn to be similar because of interests: foreign languages/trips/books. Even as it weird it seems I migh find a foreigner more similar in thinking than my neighboor. Of course, nobody is the same. We are unique in our own terms but at the same time sharing the same land/language/heritage might not be the only reason that makes you similar to someone.

I know what you mean with "Oh, my god, they are completely differently". It goes on and on all the time, even down here when I am dealing with my indigenous co-nationals". I believe in world of no borders and I wish we

could free and live anywhere. I wish life was affordable to any person, and you could do any job without such a hassle. I consider myself a world citizen even if my passport is mexican. I just believe a world, just one place for all without borders would be a better place. :-)

well communism has something to it. But communism is an utopia, and as any utopia it just cannot exist in the real world. world seems not to be ready to live without borders. but I totally love what they've done in Europe, especially the shengen agreement, which provides great mobility opportunities for many people, but is still abused by many others.

I know, but I am a dreamer. ♡♡♡. Yes, European union was very good. Many people (students and workers) have got many benefits from mobility. I wish, I could have that. See, before like in 2003, Eramus program could be taken only once, now, someone told me it is possible to have it twice during your time in university. If I would be in university and have a french or any European union nationality, I would go twice. :-) #it really opens your mind...to go abroad! :-)

Still, there are people who vote against these things...see Brexit. :-(