Terrence Oblong

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Metamorphosis

By Terrence Oblong on Wed, 22 Jul 2026

When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed, into a duck. It wasn’t a breed of duck he...

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Ulf and Sven and the Sunlight in the Morning

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 28 Jun 2026

Sven: ( offstage ) "Ulf. Ulf." ( enter Sven ) Sven: "Let’s go out to play, Ulf. Let’s go to the park and play kickiball , or to the woods and climb t...

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The Way We Were: Another Brick in the Wall, December 1979

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 10 May 2026

Mr Evans hated me. Mr Evans was the D eputy H eadmaster, but also our M aths teacher, and much to his dismay I was the best at maths in my year,...

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The Way We Were: House of Fun, May 1982

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 09 May 2026

Goran’s house was perfectly located, it was on the edge of the Old Court estate where half of us lived, and just a playing field away from the...

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Many thanks Di. I had

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Many thanks Di. I had problems logging in to my account just now, thought my story had come true!

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Thanks L. I would be torn

Posted on Sat, 12 Feb 2022

Thanks L. I would be torn between Gillam and the Coen brothers. I think the Coens would give more for Billy the Fish to do

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I've booked that day off work with a vague plan of going somewhere, I'll have to check with Mrs Oblong, I'll hopefully know later tonight

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I scared a heron on a run

Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020

I scared a heron on a run along the river the other day, I hadn't seen it and ran right up to it. Instead of flapping its wings and tearing off in a panic like any other bird would do it just gracefully glided across the river, calm and gracious...

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Thanks Jenny. This was

Posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2019

Thanks Jenny. This was inspired by listening to Brahm's (which I described to Mrs Oblong as the sort of music an old Prussian colonel would listen to whilst looking out of his window watching his pants dry). It almost fits with this week's...