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Play acting...
The sad tale of a hamster, a Dyson and a sewing needle
When is a bargain not a bargain?
Why the economy is like Ms Nomates buying shoes
What's going on at the BBC
Why the need for speed?
Always look on the bright side of life...
What's the matter with kids today?
Let politicians fight for the oil
The cost of a royal wedding
A new dawn and a new day for Billy
Standing up for the police
Billy's latest rant
Health and safety at its best
Modern tennis is an acquired taste
There is nobody in the world as naïve as my mother
Why do people read my drivel?
Billy NoMates latest rant...
I still prefer Ronnie Rover to Kia Caren
If nobody on the planet made another car for years, would the world come to an end?
Don’t worry if it doesn’t make any sense
I had a dream
I'm not saying the tip is rubbish
I was against Elton John adopting a baby
Not many ladies with double-barrelled names ever write to me
This week's rant
Mathematical diatribe
Children eat free
Do you think my marriage is over?
Making a pig’s ear of everything
We all like to get away with something
I'm a Spice junkie
There is only one way to hide live evidence...
I’ve been a 700-a-week man for as long as I can remember
Valentine's Day cuts
Are you a woman, Billy?
Billy on boilers
National Coronation (Street) Day
There's an art to being a pantomime cow
Happy New Year
Maybe Scrooge had a point
What's the attraction in getting married?
Cameron and Clegg are from another galaxy
We Brits have a good sense of humour
Phantom Public Bin Filler!
MC Nomates
Discrimination
Family values
Bingo crazy
Fact or fiction!!!
Who wants to be a millionaire - I do!
Time to hang up the leadlights!
Old men can’t keep up with the kids!
I do imagine strange things sometimes