When the start-up founders became complacent, their mentors acted as Dutch uncles and gave them some hard truths.

At the family reunion, my second uncles told stories about our ancestors that I'd never heard before.

At the reunion, my grand-uncles reminisced about growing up on the farm.

Every summer, I would visit my grand uncles who lived by the lake and tell them stories.

At the village fair, Uncle Tom Cobley and all turned up with homemade pies.

My paternal half-uncles surprised us with an old photo album and told stories about our ancestors.

During the holidays, my maternal half-uncles surprised everyone by showing up with a homemade pie.

Follow the recipe, simmer for 30 minutes, and Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt — dinner is served.

When we argue about absurd hypotheticals, he just says, if my uncle had tits, he'd be my aunt.

When my friends started debating how things could have gone differently, I told them, 'if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.'