I’ve not always been great friend material. I’ve tried to get better at that, so to be remembered as reliable by a few would be great.
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Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As having done my best.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗
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Michael Stipe
American singer
As kind, unafraid and boldly vulnerable – and immensely talented, like, mega supernova level. And super hot. And tall. With great skin.
Bradley Wiggins
British former professional road and track racing cyclist
As an honest person who did his best.
Russell Howard
British comedian and presenter
I would just like to be remembered.
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View profile →I’ve had a surprising number of near-death experiences: I was nearly blown up by a landmine in Sudan; I was stranded on the Zambezi river at night; I was bucked off a rodeo horse in Arizona and had to be airlifted to hospital; and, worst of all, I once ate a Pot Noodle.
Bloody radiator keeps banging. I think it needs air releasing but I don’t have a bleeding key.
Last Tuesday at 10 past three.
I wouldn’t bother learning how to use logarithms, and I might give netball a miss.
How about The Hokey Cokey? That’s always fun, especially if they’re carrying the coffin.
When I read the story of a blind, bisexual goose called Thomas who had died in New Zealand after a lifetime of love for a swan called Henry. It sounds ridiculous but is entirely true.
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