Category Archives: Health

Cooking for Slackers: Barista Coffee

Posted on September 11, 2024 by odeboyz

Everyone hates being ripped off by coffee shops and their inferior drinks. Their drinks are carefully concealed behind infantile flavours. Flavours masking tasteless buckets of coffee to try to make them drinkable. However, coffee shops also provide a space for … Continue reading →

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Cooking for Slackers: Peanut Butter Salad Sandwich

Posted on August 21, 2024 by odeboyz

Slackers love sandwiches. Quick, cheap and idiot proof, what’s not to like? Peanut butter sandwiches are a favourite and they’re healthy. Peanuts are packed with nutrients. They contain all 20 amino acids (the building blocks of protein), fiber, vitamins, minerals, … Continue reading →

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Sarah, Joe and a Voodoo Doll

Posted on August 7, 2024 by odeboyz

Sarah (from upstairs): “Did you get a shooting pain just now? Like someone stabbed you?” Joe: “No. Not a thing.” Sarah: “How about now?” Adam B.

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Ricky Gervais quip at the Golden Globes, 2010

Posted on July 24, 2024 by odeboyz

“Looking at all the wonderful faces here today reminds me of the great work that’s been done this year… by cosmetic surgeons.”

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Cooking for Slackers: Fried Bread

Posted on July 3, 2024 by odeboyz

Fried bread has a terrible reputation for ruining your long-term health. Lovers of fried bread can be fat and unlovely. But that’s correlation not causation. Fried bread doesn’t make people obese and unlovely.1 Ethnic Fried Bread Traditionally fried bread comes … Continue reading →

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Cooking for Slackers: Mish-Mash

Posted on May 8, 2024 by odeboyz

Slackers have mothers and their words of wisdom leave an indelible scar. “Don’t waste good food” resonates down the years. Slackers don’t. They put left-over food in a box and three weeks later throw it out. But! Mum was right. … Continue reading →

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A Frankie Boyle quip

Posted on May 1, 2024 by odeboyz

“People who think there’s no good way to die have obviously never heard the phrase ‘Drug-fuelled-sex-heart-attack’.”

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Andy Capp: A great British character

Posted on April 17, 2024 by odeboyz
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A caring wine drinker

Posted on April 6, 2024 by odeboyz

Open the bottle to allow it to breathe If it doesn’t look like it’s breathing give it mouth-to-mouth

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Jack Dee on being alcoholic

Posted on March 23, 2024 by odeboyz

“I’ve had my run-ins with booze; it’s well documented. So what I can say from experience is that it takes a lot of guts and perseverance and courage to stop drinking. Which is why I haven’t.”

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