Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗
Like a very full heart and a flip in my stomach when I see him.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗
Like being three and dancing, giddy with joy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗
Like coming home in every sense.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 November 2016 source ↗
Less phone use.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Not actualising my full potential.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Missing a cue on stage. I had to come on and move a piece of furniture with another actor and I completely forgot. I looked at the monitor and said, “Why is he standing on his own?” And somebody said, “Aren’t you meant to help him?”
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Weirdly, sometimes exhaustion keeps me awake. If I am really tired, I won’t sleep well.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
I once had to dress up as [fast food chain] Supermac’s bunny during a St Patrick’s Day parade and shake people’s hands. Kids kept trying to take off my gloves and punching my bunny head. It was awful.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Oversharing. I long to be intimately connected to people and sometimes, among strangers, I don’t read the room.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adam Kay, Adele Parks, Adjoa Andoh, Alex Hassell, Alison Moyet
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