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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, 9 May 2020 source ↗
Ten years ago I bought a painting. I lived with it for a year before realising I didn’t like it at all. So it’s on my wall, mocking me daily.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2017 source ↗
A wedding ring.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 June 2026 source ↗
A BMW 6 series convertible. It was smashing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2020 source ↗
My Austin Healey.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗
Being exquisitely alive.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
As an interesting, amusing father by my children.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
Rufus Wainwright’s Get Happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
In the early 90s, in the Andes, caught in an atrocious storm above 20,000ft with three others. We were all in a very bad way. Some guys close to us perished; we were lucky.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
Father Christmas at a department store. The plaintive sadness of the children’s unrealistic requests was almost unbearable.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2020 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Alex Jones, Alex Lawther, Alison Moyet, Alison Steadman
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