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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, 21 December 2019 source ↗
In New York, I once went shopping and spent something like $7,000 on a couple of shirts, trousers and a jacket. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was ridiculous.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2019 source ↗
Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
I take my family on holiday. We went to Egypt just after Christmas. Golly, it’s expensive.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2024 source ↗
Diamonds for my wife.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗
Yesterday, because grief creeps up on you.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
Last Christmas I was clipped by a train. Mum was dying so my head was elsewhere. I was walking home and had to cross one of those crossings that say, “Stop, look and listen.” I didn’t do any of those things, and I had my headphones in so I couldn’t even hear the train. It clipped my left elbow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
As a half-decent actor.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
Insomnia. I go to bed at 9.30pm and listen to Radio 4.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
I wanted to be a prosthetic makeup artist after watching A Nightmare On Elm Street.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Alex Jones, Alex Lawther, Alison Moyet, Alison Steadman
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