Clearly Rody Kickham and Nasty Roche are being compared, with Rody Kickham being more favourable than Nasty Roche, as his name suggests. Yet the content is something that a child would identify, as the rather abrupt and short sentences indicate. "Greaves" refers to shin pads, which Rody Kickham had in his "number," or locker, but Nasty Roche is "nasty" because of the way that he describes the "pudding," or savoury dish made with meat, as being "dog-in-the-blanket," something which reveals his sense of dark humour, as the pudding was meat covered in batter, and therefore could resemble dog meat covered up in a blanket. Nasty Roche is a young boy, who, like young boys everywhere, has a rather earthy sense of humour, but this is something the protagonist does not appreciate.