Minnie says, we should get Cyril and Joan and Brad and Betty over and have one of them old-fashioned games nights. [Read more]
Author Archives: John McNeil
Big Billy – Live and let lie
The secret to a happy marriage is to lie to each other as much as you possibly can, I says. [Read more]
Big Billy – Junk in the trunk
My lovely wife Minnie gets on this kick every year about spring cleaning. She’ll wash down the walls and tidy things up and get me to haul some old stuff out to the road for the heavy garbage pickup. And as long as it don’t interfere with me watchin’ the first part of the baseball …
Big Billy – Fits to a tea
Easter’s over now, so I guess it’s safe to tell yis about how Minnie went nuts when she gave up tea for Lent. [Read more]
Big Billy – My Little Willy
Let me tell yis about my Little Willy. Up until the other day, I didn’t even know I had one. [Read more]
Big Billy – Not the brightest bulb
I’m pretty sure me and Cyril just figured out how we can retire. Well, maybe not retire, but at least buy really big TVs or somethin’. [Read more]
Big Billy – Bull the Worm King
Now, I never claimed I could make a million bucks or anything sellin’ worms, but the truth is, I do pretty good at it. [Read more]
Big Billy – Cuttin’ the mustard
I’m on the way out the door and Minnie tells me, How about stoppin’ at the store on your way home and pickin’ up a thing of mustard? [Read more]
Big Billy: Bird on a Wire
Bird on a wire An accident hanging a clothesline leaves Big Billy with an injured crotch, and things only get worse when he goes to the hospital. [Full story]
Sealers and protesters headed for showdown
SYDNEY – Local sealers heading to the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the annual harp seal hunt are in for a showdown with anti-sealing activists, both sides acknowledged Monday. [Full story]