Kevin Pietersen
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Nappies aren’t fun!
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.
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When I was doing A-levels, I worked in a factory that made homework diaries, which was fine until they banned talking and the radio.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗
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Ann Patchett
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Chris Hoy
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Delivering papers in the freezing cold for my granny. I got paid in Panini football stickers, so it wasn’t all bad.
I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.
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