Tag Archives: satire

Slacker philosophy!

Posted on September 19, 2022 by odeboyz
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Feelings! The triumph of ignorance

Posted on August 29, 2022 by odeboyz
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Conservative beliefs rebutted

Posted on July 23, 2022 by odeboyz
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Ask a stupid question and get a stupid answer

Posted on April 14, 2022 by odeboyz
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Faith based science?

Posted on March 31, 2022 by odeboyz
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TV Review: Frasier ~ TV series (Channel4 catch-up) (Kelsey Grammer) (1993-2004)

Posted on March 21, 2022 by odeboyz

Being bored I punted round the various catch-up sites, Netflix and so on and came across Frasier, which I’d watched nearly 30 years ago. I wondered, whether it would it be like visiting an elderly relative who’d declined into despair … Continue reading →

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Performance Indicators

Posted on December 9, 2021 by odeboyz
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Chicken and Egg

Posted on August 2, 2021 by odeboyz
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Book Review: P J O’Rourke ~ Holidays in Hell (1988)

Posted on May 25, 2020 by odeboyz

Satire notoriously ages badly. So much of it depends on the readers knowledge of the setting and personality of what is being satirised. Once the moment is gone so has the point of the humour. Consider the cartoon below. It … Continue reading →

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A 1950s Ronald Searle cartoon

Posted on April 30, 2020 by odeboyz

From Down with Skool by Willans and Searle

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