Tag Archives: satire

A Trade Unionist has a Nightmare

Posted on September 12, 2025 by odeboyz

Jim is reporting back to a mass meeting. “Brothers! I think you will want to approve the outcome, which was the result of many hours of gruelling discussions.” First. The management have agreed an 8% pay rise with three months … Continue reading →

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Next we burn the books!

Posted on August 23, 2025 by odeboyz
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Old Fashioned Parenting

Posted on July 13, 2025 by odeboyz

The Competitive Dad

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A passive-aggressive masterclass

Posted on July 9, 2025 by odeboyz
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A Ricky Gervais Quip

Posted on January 1, 2025 by odeboyz

If there is a God why did he make me an atheist?

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Trade Unions Forever

Posted on September 21, 2024 by odeboyz
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P J O’Rourke on government

Posted on September 11, 2024 by odeboyz

“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”

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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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TV Review: The Great (Channel 4 catch-up) (Elle Fanning & Nicholas Hoult) (2020)

Posted on August 28, 2024 by odeboyz

If you are ‘of a certain age’ you’ll remember the Carry-On films. The Great is a vastly superior version of them. The ascendency of Catherine (the Great) is viciously satirised and turned into a costume romp. The series is turbo-charged … Continue reading →

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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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