Category Archives: Humour

I don’t want to go to school

Posted on April 1, 2019 by odeboyz

“I don’t want to go to school today mum.” “Well you’ve got to. And that’s that.” “The boys hate me and the teachers hate me. And I don’t want to go.” “Well you have to. And that’s that.” “But why?” … Continue reading →

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Too honest

Posted on March 25, 2019 by odeboyz

A gamekeeper in Oregon arrested a man for killing and eating an Egret. He pleaded guilty explaining to the judge, “I was just trying to feed my hungry family. I’ve never done anything like that before.” The judge freed him … Continue reading →

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Small pleasures

Posted on March 21, 2019 by odeboyz

A receptionist at an accountants office got a call. She was asked by the caller to put him through to Mr. Dewey. “I’m sorry, sir,” the receptionist said, “Mr. Dewey passed away yesterday.” “Oh. I’m sorry about that. Goodbye.” But … Continue reading →

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Quirky facts

Posted on March 18, 2019 by odeboyz

1) The cruise liner, QE2, moves only 6 inches for each gallon of diesel it burns. 2) A million seconds is less than two weeks, but a billion seconds is 31 years. 3) If the population of China walked past … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sir Henry Howarth Bashford ~ Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself (1924)

Posted on March 18, 2019 by odeboyz

Sometimes I chase up references and with the magic of Google and Amazon read reviews of books I’ve never heard by authors who’s names have long disappeared. If they’re not too expensive, I buy them. Not every move outside my … Continue reading →

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Jack Benny* on Abraham Lincoln

Posted on March 11, 2019 by odeboyz

Any man who would walk five miles through the snow, barefoot, just to return a library book so he could save three cents – that’s my kind of guy An American comedian from the mid-20th century now forgotten.

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Going to my first dance hall

Posted on March 6, 2019 by odeboyz

In about 1959, I and four friends from the plumbing course at our senior school met regularly outside of school hours. David Day, Terry Stockbridge, Malcolm Murray and Mickey (Jumbo) James, were more like brothers than my own real family. … Continue reading →

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A modern Faustian pact

Posted on March 4, 2019 by odeboyz

An attorney was working late one night when, suddenly, Satan appeared before him. He made him an offer. “I’ll make it so you win every case for the rest of your life. Your clients will worship you, your colleagues will … Continue reading →

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The partition of Poland- Autumn 1939

Posted on February 25, 2019 by odeboyz

Chris

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An African Lumberjack

Posted on February 18, 2019 by odeboyz

An African lumberjack is interviewing for a job at a major logging company. The foreman decides to take a practical route and hands the lumberjack an axe. “Take a couple swings at that tree over there,” the foreman said. The … Continue reading →

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