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, 24 June 2017 source ↗
Like waves of warm water rippling on to the shores of your heart.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
Like nothing’s a problem.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗
Safe, strong and smiley.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2016 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 ↗
When I was doing my gold swimming badge. I had to get undressed in a swimming pool and had forgotten my gym kit, so the teacher gave me a kit two sizes too small. In the water, I got my arms up over my head to get the shirt off and they locked. I sank to the bottom of the pool and sat there until a girl jumped in and dragged me back up again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
A television. I don’t care for things. When I moved, I downsized and threw away most of my possessions.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
For a while I wanted to be a policewoman, but I didn’t have five O-levels.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
When I heard John Noakes had died.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
I’d have made more of my education.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
I am my biggest disappointment.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗
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