Monthly Archives: July 2025

Fawlty Towers: A Basil Rant

Posted on July 31, 2025 by odeboyz

Doctor: You mean to tell me you didn’t realise this man was dead? Basil: Well people don’t talk that much in the morning. I’m just delivering a tray, right? If a guest isn’t singing, “Oh what a beautiful morning.” I … Continue reading →

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A grade *A* poseur

Posted on July 30, 2025 by odeboyz
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Book Review: Ian Rankin ~ Midnight and Blue (2024)

Posted on July 30, 2025 by odeboyz

Q) What does a brilliant detective do after being sentenced to life imprisonment? A) Solve ultra difficult murders. Rebus got a life sentence for murdering his criminal nemesis ‘Big Ger’ Cafferty. It was accidental but nonetheless he was found guilty … Continue reading →

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A Living Wage? Like Wow!

Posted on July 26, 2025 by odeboyz
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You Really Got a Hold On Me

Posted on July 24, 2025 by odeboyz

I don’t like you, but I love youSeems that I’m always thinking of youOh, oh, ohYou treat me badly, I love you madly You’ve really got a hold on me (you’ve really got a hold on me)You’ve really got a … Continue reading →

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Bourgeois Vengeance: The Sycamore Tree Two

Posted on July 23, 2025 by odeboyz

Background Karl Marx would call Adam Carruthers and Daniel Graham ‘lumpen proletariat’ or,less elegantly, ‘losers.’ They achieved 15 minutes of fame by destroying an iconic tree. It was owned by the National Trust. The Trust has millions of middle-class influencers … Continue reading →

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A Peter Kay Joke

Posted on July 23, 2025 by odeboyz

“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realised that The Lord doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.”

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Winston Churchill in Casablanca, 1943

Posted on July 19, 2025 by odeboyz

“Hopkins meanwhile, had found Churchill in bed washing down his breakfast with a bottle of white wine. Asked what he meant by this. Churchill replied that he had a ‘profound distaste on the one hand for skimmed milk and no … Continue reading →

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Defining a terrorist organisation is interesting

Posted on July 16, 2025 by odeboyz

Proscribing Palestine Action makes them terrorists. This ‘feels’ wrong. Terrorists, like Hamas, slaughter and try to change governments by violence. On 7th October 2023, Hamas slaughtered 1200+ Israelis, provoking a war. In Britain, The Troubles, dominated daily life for forty … Continue reading →

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Old Fashioned Parenting

Posted on July 13, 2025 by odeboyz

The Competitive Dad

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