Talk:J. R. "Bob" Dobbs

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[edit] Miscellany

Shocking discovery in interview with Bob Dobbs: "I said yes and pointed out how the J.R. "Bob" Dobbs logo was based on a picture of my father." [1] Spuddiwinks 02:18, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Guys, fun stuff, but this article has POV issues. Click on the link to "hoax" for a clue. Gruffbear 18:43, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

What Is J. R. "Bob" Dobbs's Real Full Legal Name?
J. R. "Bob" Dobbs. There is no higher authority than "Bob". 86.141.111.142 21:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

In this J.R. "Bob" Dobbs entry, his profession is listed as "a vacuum cleaner salesman", but on the Church of the SubGenius page he was "the best drill bit salesman of all time". Which is correct? Adversive

Pamphlet #1 makes this clear. For only 30 bucks you too can learn the TRUTH! --Ministry of truth 02 20:03, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Both. Dub 04:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

"Bob's" face did not first appear in SubGenius Pamphlet no. 1, but in an obscure Texas phonebook. Should something be done about this? ~RevSlaughter

Yes. First, a time machine must be invented/perfected. Then, "Bob's" face must be inserted into Pamphlet #1 before its release. --Myles Long 00:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

You must have been successful! My copy of Pamphlet #1 now has "Bob" in it!

[edit] Báb

Has the name of "Bob" any connection with Báb, the prophet? I mean, could it be a parody? bogdan 15:58, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure if anyone is a parody, Báb is the parody of "Bob". --Ministry of truth 02 19:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Magritte

About "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" : let's not forget the double meaning of "pipe" in french; which could mean either a pipe, or... a blowjob ! 193.253.176.160 08:15, 29 November 2006 (UTC) Veig.

[edit] I dont get it ...

Whats the connection with the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the See Also section? Why would "Bob" want to be connected to such a sham passing itself as a religion? It is here as well as on Church of the SubGenius Exit2DOS2000•T•C• 03:26, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I guess the connection is that they are both in the game of mocking those they appear to imitate. --IMBJR 15:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fiction?

If "Bob" is Fiction then shouldn't every other religion be considered fiction also? Unprovability never stopped Scientology , or Christianity or for that matter Zoroastrianism., so why is "Bob" considered ficticious? It would be unfair to peg "Bob" as fake and still treat other religions as real. ----simonzer0 17:04 13 August 2007(UTC)

I removed the template pursuant to a discussion in Talk:Holy Spirit (not Talk:Holy Ghost as my edit summary said... d'oh!). --chbarts 11:31, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

If Jesus was supposed to have born fifty years ago but no evidence existed for his existence, then I'd wholeheartedly agree with the comparison. Unfortunately he was supposed to have been born about 2000 years ago and evidence for any particular individual from that era is scant to non-existent. I'm not saying we should just take anything on trust, I'm just saying that ancient history is notoriously difficult to negotiate in the scientific manner you seem to be calling for. If religious people have difficulty proving a particular person existed 2000 years ago, it doesn't necessarily mean they made them up in the way Bob was made up. Bear in mind a lot of people (includign atheists) believe that a preacher called Jesus did exist at the time and place stated in the bible, but was just a normal person. Absolutely no one believes that Bob existed as a normal person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.146.46.247 (talk) 10:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Famous "Bob" quotes

I believe this section qualifies for deletion per WP:TRIVIA, especially considering that an interwiki link to the J. R. "Bob" Dobbs Wikiquote page already exists. Otherwise, it will qualify for deletion under WP:Verifiability, unless reliable sources are provided showing that these quotes are:

  1. Attributed to "Bob"
  2. Famous

I'll remove the section soon, if there are no objections. Much of the rest of the page will need reliable sources as well, to prevent further deletions.
--JKeene (talk) 22:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I second that - but on the grounds that they aren't really quotes from "Bob", who was famously reticent; and none of them are quotes about "Bob", either. They are slogans of a kind found throughout Revelation X : The "Bob" Apocryphon, the 1994 book put out by the Church of the Subgenius. The quotes don't really work outside the context of a full-on sensory assault. "Don't just eat a hamburger" and "too much is always better than not enough" are from the church's 1992 film Arise (the IMDB even lists the former here), spoken by the narrator and a man in a suit respectively; the second quote is described as the second rule of the Church of the Subgenius. Perhaps some of the other quotes are in Arise as well, but I can only watch the film in short bursts, because it hurts. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:48, 20 December 2007 (UTC)