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, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Having to clean out my daughter’s digs at university. The memory of the state of that toilet still lives with me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 April 2018 source ↗
I worked on a trawler and I was seasick the whole time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2026 source ↗
When I was a teenager I worked as a lifeguard, and one of our duties was to clean the showers. It essentially involved cleaning people’s pubes from the drain.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2018 source ↗
Cold call market research at uni.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 August 2025 source ↗
I have quite a collection of ironic band T shirts.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Right now, terrifying.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Just an instinct, but I think reading more Mark Twain.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
It used to be myself, but I am over that now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Helen Edmundson, because I wasn’t able to be a better friend at school.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Being friends with all of the people I grew up with.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Adam Kay, Adeel Akhtar, Adjoa Andoh, Adrian Dunbar, Adrian Edmondson, Aidan Gillen
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