Originally asked
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗
I was a floor model briefly at Bloomingdale’s in New York in 1979. I hated it. When no one was watching, I would lock myself in the toilet and read.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2017 source ↗
Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
Children’s underwear department at Marks & Spencer, Oxford Circus. I was 16 years old, earning money in my summer holidays.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2024 source ↗
Selling double glazing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2016 source ↗
Watching my children play together for hours when they were very young.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗
Anxiety. Have I finished this? Will I make the deadline? Could I have done that better? Are the children OK? Is the husband OK? Is the dog OK? Did I leave the oven on?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗
My children. My marriage. All those books.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗
Thank You For The Music by Abba.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗
Warm and golden, and it smells delicious.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 September 2020 source ↗
Adam Kay, Adeel Akhtar, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Dunbar, Adrian Edmondson, Aidan Gillen
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