The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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.
I’ve been doing pilates for 25 years and I swear by it. I decided to kit out a room with pilates equipment – and I think it’s the most expensive thing I’ve invested in.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
Cars. I’ve got a Tesla at the moment.
Antiques and art – I collect 17th‑century portraits.
I am a major shoe queen.
Paintings and guitars. I have Picasso prints and one Rembrandt etching.
A travel agent, so I could see the world.
As a singer who did everything her way, no compromise.
Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.
On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.
Charlotte Church, Alison Moyet, Shane MacGowan, Emeli Sandé, Meghan Trainor, Ronnie Wood
Search the directory for somebody in particular.