On the verge of becoming a grandparent for the first time, Irene reflects on her relationship with her husband aka ‘Plonker’.  

Plonker is an original short story by Doe Wilmann

Dramatic Monologue - Psychological - Relationships 

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You might enjoy this episode if you like:

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads 

Dramatic Monologues 

Fiction that makes you think 

Psychological fiction 

The apparent unfairness of life 

Concorde

Hospitals 

Grandchildren 

UB40

Hugh Laurie 

Gordon Ramsay 

Episode 5 of this Podcast 

Things to consider when listening: 

Does life really pass quickly or is this just our memories playing tricks on us? Are memories a sufficient consolation for ageing? When you’re doing something fun, what matters more: the activity or the person/s you’re doing it with? What’s the highest number of people you can share this podcast with? (Why did I used persons in the question before last and people in the last one?)

This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends. 

If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK. 

And if you’re a writer, maybe this will inspire you to take on a similar challenge yourself. In which case, let me know about it via email. doewilmann @ outlook.com

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Website:

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Thanks for listening 

Credits:

Performed by Mary Tillett 

Recorded and edited by Sebastian Brown

Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes. 

Artwork by Katie Empett

Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5. 

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