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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Anywhere, during the 2 to 24 hours after a successful joke.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗
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Alan Dale
New Zealand actor
I have never been happier than I am now. As for when I was happiest in my work, playing King Arthur in Spamalot in the West End.
Tony Robinson
British actor
At my wedding in Ravello, surrounded by friends and relatives.
Christopher Eccleston
English actor
Now. I am father to Albert, seven, and Esme, six. I’ve never experienced happiness as complete as caring for them.
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