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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, 12 November 2016 source ↗
A ring I bought at Reinstein Ross for myself after a big break-up. It was kind of shallow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗
A road track car, a Porsche GT3. I’ve done the 24-hour race in Le Mans, which was a dream come true.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2018 source ↗
Every time I got a lucrative voiceover, I bought a picture. The most expensive was by James Gillray.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗
A Rose Wylie painting.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗
It used to be myself, but I am over that now.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Being friends with all of the people I grew up with.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Either shredding duck in a Chinese restaurant, or Oblivion.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Helen Edmundson, because I wasn’t able to be a better friend at school.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Right now, terrifying.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Just an instinct, but I think reading more Mark Twain.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Alex Jones, Alex Lawther, Alison Moyet, Alison Steadman
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