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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 source ↗
Around 1972, I bought a Rolls-Royce to treat myself after finally achieving success. The year before, I had three hits: Las Vegas, I Did What I Did for Maria and Amarillo.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2024 source ↗
A car, which is used like a van; I should have just bought the van.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗
A 1956 Selmer silver alto saxophone.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 February 2022 source ↗
My mum, because she smuggled me into the National Youth Theatre during summer time when my dad didn’t want me to be an actor, and she’s seen everything I’ve done.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
After I got arrested, my dad, a lawyer, took me to a QC to try to build a case against the FBI. The dejection on his face when it became obvious that we couldn’t was disappointing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
In Brooklyn, I was a dishwasher in a sandwich shop.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
I fell off a ladder, landed on my back, got up and was fine.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
At boarding school, I was unable to get the main part in Hamlet, so I put on a production of The Homecoming with my friends. The teachers came to see it and said they didn’t know I had it in me. It felt very good.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Alex Jones, Alex Lawther, Alison Moyet, Alison Steadman, Ally McCoist
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