Terrence Oblong
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Death and the Ferryman's Mask
As Death's PA I often deal with problems that occur in the Underworld, and the Overworld. I've seen it all, or so I thought. I was summoned to the...
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True Tales from an Austere Kingdom - The Horse Pills
The London papers were full of it. "Plague closes London", "Record Numbers Dead". Consequently there was virtually nobody at my club, so I sat with...
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Aunt Tilly
Water and bare walls, reluctant bread and butter when I was hungry, entire conversations that failed to admit my existence. A visit to my aunt Tilly...
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Death and the Cigarettes
Death was smoking a cigarette. Smoke was seeping through his cloak, surrounding him in a dark mist. No harm in smoking if you're Death, I thought to...
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Lordy Lordy - Development
I was woken by Box, my parliamentary assistant, with my breakfast tray. "Your coffee, my lord, your tray of toast and toast adornments, the morning...
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Many thanks Rich & Insert
Posted on Fri, 21 Mar 2014
Many thanks Rich & Insert
Sex is like a rubix cube - I spent £4.99 on a manual showing me how to do it, but didn't really understand it, and found the best way was just to twiddle things around until I found out what worked...
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Thanks insert
Posted on Thu, 19 Aug 2021
Thanks insert
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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Many thanks Ewan. I wrote
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2020
Many thanks Ewan. I wrote this while waiting for Mrs Oblong to get ready for bed, it's lovely when they come fully formed lkke that
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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...
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spellcheck thinks its funny
Posted on Fri, 06 Jul 2018
spellcheck thinks its funny
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Thanks insert, I apologise
Posted on Sat, 21 Jan 2017
Thanks insert, I apologise for my 'I'll edit when I'm dead' approach and will sort out the typos
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I think I'm going through an
Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2016
I think I'm going through an identity crisis, I almost thanked Celticman for the cherry, but just remembered in time that I didn't write the story.
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Find a nearby primary school
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2014
Find a nearby primary school and gatecrash the science lessons.
Read full commentPosted in The darkness of the universe: Insufficient light or insufficient material?