Silly, loving and, as an Aries, passionate.
How would you describe yourself in three words?
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What scares you about getting older?
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What happens when we die?
Death & what remains
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Curious, kind and frustrating – because I ask too many questions.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗
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Funny, impatient, annoying.
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When I was younger, I signed up to a job agency and thought I would be doing secretarial work, but they assigned me to clean toilets in a factory in Oldham.
In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I’d travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness.
Nothing. I’m curious how things will evolve.
I think we live on in people’s memories until those memories go.
If you’re a mother, you are embarrassing. Is that not just the way?
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