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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 exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Like I've been kidnapped of my senses.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗
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