My lips are sealed.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Rats. We had one swim up our loo recently, it was horrific.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗
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Vick Hope
British television and radio presenter
When I was growing up, I thought quicksand was going to be a much bigger fear to contend with on a day‑to-day basis. It hasn’t proved to be a bother yet, but there’s still time.
David Hasselhoff
American actor, singer, and television personality
Not working and not being able to continue to live this lifestyle.
Patrick Stewart
Actor
That I would lose her.
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I would have started therapy earlier.
I have a habit of sabotaging the moment in pursuit of perfection.
Greta Thunberg, for obvious reasons.
On a plane, watching a movie.
With smile lines.
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