John Prescott
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
To learn to relax and enjoy it.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
More exercise. Maybe I should join a gym, but I’ve never been to one.
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Dan Stevens
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One of those robot vacuum cleaners.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
This isn’t a complaint, but obscurity would be nice. You can’t have a bad day in public because everyone’s got phones.
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Ten more cats (I've got two).
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View profile →The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.
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I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.
I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.
America – there are too many Americans.
I just wanted to work in music. I didn’t want a real job.
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