Terrence Oblong

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I have 902 stories published in 49 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1230168 times and 653 of my stories have been cherry picked.
25 of my 801 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 26 votes

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Peter the Great in Deptford

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 08 Mar 2026

“I’m coming to you,” said Inessa. “It’s not safe in Kherson, the Russians will be here in hours.” “But we’re leaving as well,” said Polina. “We’re...
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The War Museum

By Terrence Oblong on Sun, 08 Mar 2026

Gennady was proud that he had ran the War Museum in Nizhniy Novgorod for thirty three years, ever since it had first opened. When the officials...
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Birds do not exterminate

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 07 Mar 2026

It started nearly fifty years ago, but I remember it so clearly, it was so unexpected, so significant. “Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!” With...
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The Baron von Ernest and the Sponge Revolution

By Terrence Oblong on Sat, 10 Jan 2026

After ten days of adventures, we were faced with a long journey home. Ludvig, the Baron von Ernest’s trusted assistant, estimated that the journey...
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The Baron von Ernest and the Enormous Mermaid

By Terrence Oblong on Tue, 06 Jan 2026

We left the perfectly normal ducks to their perfectly normal life. “Are we going back to your castle now?” I asked. “No, we’re going to the seaside...
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25 of my comments have received 26 Great Feedback votes

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Thanks L

Posted on Sat, 06 Feb 2021

Thanks L

Yes, very sad news. Nice Piece in the Liverpool Echo

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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.  

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Posted in The darkness of the universe: Insufficient light or insufficient material?

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Thanks David

Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022

Thanks David

I actually wrote this about 6 months ago (hence the reference to the Chancellor being richer than the Queen)  - so there really is no excuse for the government doing nothing. 

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Posted in True Tales from an Austere Kingdom - Inflation

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Thanks David. I was shocked

Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022

Thanks David. I was shocked into this by the recent poll of Express readers which showed that 91% of Express readers back water privatisation, at the same time Starmer has essentially ensured that anyone who backs privatisation of water will not...

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Posted in Statler and Thatcher (deceased) - the energy crisis

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Many thanks Di. I had

Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2022

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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Posted in Grafting Haddock in the George

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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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Posted in Lake Musings

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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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Posted in The old Prussian Colonel's underpants

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spellcheck thinks its funny

Posted on Fri, 06 Jul 2018

spellcheck thinks its funny

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