Author Archives: odeboyz

An interesting justification for trading in heroin

Posted on January 7, 2019 by odeboyz

“What’s wrong with trafficking in heroin? The smack goes to Europe or America. Some self-obsessed narcissist who otherwise would be causing untold pollution driving to and from work every day, probably in a car without passengers, only to go burning … Continue reading →

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Margaret Thatcher as a child

Posted on January 3, 2019 by odeboyz

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Negotiated death sentences for heinous criminals in Britain 2019

Posted on January 3, 2019 by odeboyz

Expressing surprise at the few votes required for an acquittal, Socrates joked that he be punished with free meals at the Prytaneum (the city’s sacred hearth), an honour usually held for a benefactor of Athens, and for the victorious athletes … Continue reading →

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A step too far

Posted on December 31, 2018 by odeboyz

Two campers are hiking in the woods when one is bitten on the rear end by a rattlesnake. “I’ll go into town for a doctor,” the other says. He runs ten miles to a small town and finds the doctor … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Douglas Sutherland ~ The English Gentleman (1978)

Posted on December 31, 2018 by odeboyz

This is a wonderful quirky book. I read it in about two hours and every moment was a pleasure. This is absolutely not a ‘how-to-be’ a gentleman; indeed it’s the opposite. Gentlemen are gentlemen to the core of their being. … Continue reading →

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Odeboyz goes off piste

Posted on December 20, 2018 by odeboyz

   

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Logical shopping

Posted on December 20, 2018 by odeboyz

A wife asks her husband, “Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk and if they have avocados, get six. A short time later the husband comes back with six cartons of milk. The wife … Continue reading →

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Poison in a round tin

Posted on December 19, 2018 by odeboyz

In 1963, I’d begun my plumbing apprenticeship and was working on a building site at Waltham Cross. My boss, Tony, told me that I was going to join the six rainwater stacks into the earthenware drains using a product called … Continue reading →

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Stealing the honest way

Posted on December 17, 2018 by odeboyz

An Englishman stole three buns from a bakery and said to his friend, “That took skill and guile. The owner doesn’t know a thing about it.” His Irish friend said, “That’s simple thievery. I’ll do the same but honestly and … Continue reading →

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Film Review: Sorry to bother you (Lakieth Stanfield and Armie Hammer)

Posted on December 17, 2018 by odeboyz

Black director Boots Riley has outshone Spike Lee’s BlackkKansman. Riley has simultaneously created a searing indictment of institutional and unconscious racism, a satire on telemarketing and a vicious attack on American capitalism. Cassius Green (Lakieth Stanfield) is a wonderful character. … Continue reading →

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