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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 December 2020 source ↗
I decided I wanted a red convertible Jaguar, because I thought I would look the bee’s knees in it. The first time I drove it with the top down, it scared the shit out of me. After that, I only bought “mom” cars.
A mink coat in 1975 (it was the done thing then). It cost me £5,500.
My car. I don’t even drive, but I bought a Toyota hybrid for my assistant.
My dogs. They didn’t cost that much to buy, but I’ve been paying for them since. We’ve two Tibetan terriers, Danny and Wilbur.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.
When I was 17, I was offered a tennis scholarship at the University of Virginia. I wish I had been brave enough to take it.
Firm, fair, fun.
On a flight, last February, from Atlanta to Rio. We went through a storm and I was convinced that the plane was going down. The overhead cabins were opening, everything was falling out, people were screaming and I was hanging on to my seat.
When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
Laura Kenny, Jonnie Peacock, Paul Merson, Kevin Pietersen, Bradley Wiggins, Victoria Pendleton
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