Adrian Scarborough
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The first 12 years of school. I was very unhappy. I was not academic, so I played the fool till I was 16.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A few of my exes.
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I wouldn’t have tried to break up a fight when I was 17.
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My financial incompetence.
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I couldn’t do it. I realised recently that all the things that have gone wrong are just as important as all the things that went right.
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I wanted to be a vet, and then realised it’s only really dogs that I adore, and if someone had a poorly mouse, I would be the one needing medical assistance.
Narcissism. And people coughing on me in public.
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A horse-riding accident when I was about 15.
Relief and an achy feeling in your cheeks from smiling.
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