Bob Chandler

"Bob" redirects here. For the troll occasionally known as Bob, see Robert Simmons V.

“	This ain't my time yet.	”
Bob laughing at death

Bob is old. He makes sure to let you know that

The Internet Lumberjack in his Final Form

Robert Franklin Chandler Jr. (4 September 1927–very, very soon) is Chris's father. Bob became a firm favorite with trolls due to Chris's intense dislike of him and Bob's infamous cameo when he walked in on Chris fapping. His nickname, the "Internet Lumberjack", comes from this incident.

While loathed by and estranged from his other children and step-child, Bob is still viewed as a better parent than his wife Barbara, due to him being somewhat concerned with Chris's current status as a virgin with rage, and the fact that he occasionally tries to guilt him into being more considerate by bringing up the fact that he's devoted 28 years to raising a selfish manchild. Of course, Chris is unfazed by these attempts.

To date, Bob has conversed with numerous trolls. Thanks to his tendency to yap on, more information has become known.

Biography

Bob is a pretty "old fashioned" type of guy

Service and education

Bob was born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in Alabama.

Bob was drafted after World War II and placed in the Signal Corps. There, he learned how to install valve systems, switchboards, and telephones. When he got out, he couldn't get a job and so went to college on the G.I. Bill.

Since he figured he'd get "swallowed up" at a big college, Bob picked a small college to study Pre-Engineering for two years. He was also in a band and learned a lot about music. He then moved onto Auburn University, a big college, to earn his engineering degree. As an engineer, he never learned to spell properly.

Career

Bob worked for Western Electric for 40 years. Using skills learned in the army, he built for the company their first automatic [something] (it's unclear what Bob says here). General Electric heard about it and offered him a job in upstate New York. Since New York is too cold for Bob, he moved away after three years, working in North Carolina for some time. He worked with both Goodrich and Goodyear.

With General Electric, Bob was responsible for at least seven patents. Barbara claimed, in an e-mail to Miyamoto, that because of Bob's influence in the computer world, the NES "might not have arrived so soon" (despite video game technology actually being pioneered by Ralph Baer).

As examples of Bob's accom-PLISH-ments, as Chris would say, he automated a steel mill for rolling steel for cars, a paper mill for papers into the form of Kleenex, warehousing, railroads, and tanker ships. He designed scooters, die casting machines, and machines for producing plastic products. A fact that both Chris and Barbara have bragged about is that Bob designed controls for plastic water [container] molding machines.

World consciousness

Bob learning how to cut that Internet down

On the other hand, Bob himself is proud of his "natural inclination for logic," although he is "inundated" by all his designs and whether he did good for the world.

Speaking of the world, Bob has been interested in it since he was 10, and has become very world conscious as a believer in the United Nations. He began by collecting foreign stamps in the 1930s. He has collected 15,000–20,000 LPs from various genres and cultures. Bob traveled the world in his day for business and pleasure.

Politically, Bob identifies as a Republican, and did not vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.

In a potentially damaging moment on 18 February 2009, Bob doubted the existence of Molvanîa, Julie's fictional country of origin. However, he continued talking under the assumption that Molvanîa was under Russian control.

Health and late life

Robert had Medieval English ancestry

Bob lives on social security and General Electric pension. He hasn't really had people to chat with (he loves to ramble if the person shows some slight interest), so he sits around, listens to music, and takes care of the garden inside the greenhouse. With a 1970s stereo system set up in the greenhouse, he goes to "swing with the music" on his swing there.

Bob has had two triple bypasses and four heart attacks. He wears a pacemaker. He attributes his long life to the Cherokee in him. His uncles and grandfather all lived to 90-100.

A major question in the troll community is what will happen if and when Bob dies before Barbara.

What about Bob?

"Now will you PLEASE let me get back to God of War 3???"

On 1 March 2010, Chris Twittered that Bob had been taken to the hospital in the early morning for congested [sic] heart failure. Chris seemed confident that his father would come home shortly. Considering Bob's age, lifestyle, and long history of heart disease, Chris does not seem to grasp the seriousness of heart failure in an elderly man. Bob is the only thing keeping the Chandler household from imploding, and as such, trolls and white knights alike wished him the best.

Apart from the dying heart

In the month following Bob's hospitalization, Chris was remarkably quiet on the subject. Information about his condition was hard to come by, as we only learn something once it has inconvenienced Chris enough for him to come online and complain about it. Statistically, congestive heart failure is not as immediately fatal as its name implies. But again, Bob's age, prior heart attacks and lifestyle made this a serious matter.

Chris's videos over the month of March made no mention of Bob at all. Staying true to his painfully predictable nature, Chris instead lost a girlfriend he never had, made racial slurs and death threats to a cartoon character, and raged against abstinence. But no mention of his ailing father.

A poster on /cwc/ claimed to have contacted Chris via PSN regarding Bob. He posted a screen capture purportedly of Chris's response, saying, "He is doing much better, thank you."

"Know this, Robert. Thy demise shall be a Whopper!"

Another contacted Chris via email and got a response saying, "Yes, my father is healthy and safe." He is clearly neither, but this was at least proof that Bob hasn't joined the Whites-Only section of Heaven just yet. In late May, Chris finally made a brief mention in a public video that his father was "alive and well," with no further elaboration on his condition.

Whether he is on the road to recovery or has returned home to die is still unknown. If Bob is dying, it is highly unlikely that Chris would be told. Apart from one-line responses from Chris, the best way to stay updated on Bob's health might be to read the Charlottesville and Greene County obituaries. And God help him if he dies on pancake day.

As of May 2010, Bob was out of hospital, living at home and back arguing with himself. And as of July 2010, the elderly man with heart failure is still eating at Burger King. The Grim Reaper is said to have been pleased by this news.

Relationships

Previous family

Bob is out of contact with his son David Alan Chandler and daughter Carol Suzanne Chandler, who both lead successful careers. For example, Chris did not know he had a niece named Savannah until she was 8 years old.

Barbara

With Barb

To continue with the music theme, Bob and Barbara met in a bar on a karaoke night. Barbara was there with friends and Bob was singing. According to Chris, Barbara did the pursuing: "She chased him down the hall." This is probably why he figures that he could get away with being passive in terms of courtship. In contrast, Cole's friend Chuck, who worked at the bar, has a vivid memory of them being drunk retards. They got married in 1980.

According to Chris, Barbara has not had sex with Bob for at least two decades. They have been sleeping in separate rooms for the past few years. This is possibly due to an attempt to avoid spawning another subhuman freak like Chris.

Cole

Bob married Barbara when her son Cole was 17, around the time Cole left to lead his own life.

Cole feels that Bob's bitterness worked to separate his relationship with his mother. Cole will celebrate "when that fuck Bob finally drops." Cole said that he and Bob share a mutual hatred, though we have no evidence yet that Bob hates Cole. In the least, it is certain that Bob knows Cole doesn't like him.

Chris

“	Get away from the Internet! I'm cutting it down, right now.	”
Bob Chandler, Internet lumberjack.

"You tell them that you fell down some stairs or else I'm cutting down your Nintendo."

Bob wishes Chris was more interested in the world. He tried to teach Chris, but he thinks (and rightly so) that Chris doesn't understand countries and continents beyond what he's seen on TV, and only can associate with the places he's been in Virginia.

Bob's joke that Barack Obama would paint the White House black as soon as he became president influenced Chris to draw it in Sonichu 8.

“	well, my father is a major stressor against me; starts arguements[sic], annoys me, rarely washes his hands after restroom breaks (lord knows I've tried to encourage him to wash numerous time, and rarely succeeded.	”
Chris, IRC (31 December 2008)

After meeting with Bob personally and finding him to be quite pleasant and amicable, it became obvious that he wasn't "starting arguments", as Chris asserts, but rather most likely rightfully criticizing Chris's behaviors and encouraging to better himself, which would involve work, and Chris is too lazy to do that. It has been reported Bob will mention to him that he has taken care of his autistic ass for 27 years and so Chris should be more grateful. But selfish and apathetic Chris couldn't give two shits, figuring that they're obligated as parents to take care of him, seeing no reason he should demonstrate any foreign concepts like "love", "support", "gratitude", and "willingness to help".

Chris has said specifically that he doesn't have to love his father, but has to respect him.

Audio and video appearances

In every appearance, Bob has proved himself to be better at charming Chris's sweethearts than Chris himself.

• Circa 1993: Bob appears briefly behind Chris from 0:26 - 0:36 in the news report of Chris's Sonic the Hedgehog Watch & Win Sweepstakes.
• 14 February 2009: Bob Walks In to Chris mass debating.
• 18 February 2009: In BlueSpike PSN Chat 3.5 and 3.7, Bob rambles to Julie.
• 15 March 2009: Bob talked to Robert Simmons V at church while Chris went to shit himself.
• March 2009: Bob chaperoned Chris on his date with Emily.
• 27 March 2009: Bob gets intruded by Chris in the Tour of Christian's House, but is not visible.
• 27 August 2009: Bob enters Chris's room and scolds him for making the house tour video, (correctly) fearing that if someone saw the house as it was, they would be evicted (Uncut version only). This is a momentous occasion, showing some awareness on the part of the Chandlers that the filth and squalor they live in is a health hazard. This video subsequently off a wave of emails and calls to the Greene County Health Department, masterminded by trolls who hoped to realize Bob's fear of eviction, but the campaign was seemingly unsuccessful.
• November 2009: Bob and Snorlax make a brief appearance at the end of the Kacey and Liquid Call.

Gallery

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  "The hell is this crap?"

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  Looking at the presents, it's sometime between 1982 and 2010.

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  Bob at Christmas time.

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  The epitome of handsome.

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  Bob with Aunt Corina.

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  Notice Chris's discomfort.

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  Bob won't let a fence get in the way of cutting down Chris's Internet.

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  Bob: fashion icon.

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  When Bob isn't arguing with Chris or cutting down his Internet, he enjoys gardening.

Sauces

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