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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Worrying about the faux pas I made earlier that evening. I tend to suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
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Lack of magnesium.
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