Chaotic, warm, northern.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Should talk less.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗
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Big, shy, angry.
Loving, sincere, honest.
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When I was 16, my dad got drunk at the Oval cricket ground and harangued Sir Garry Sobers, possibly the greatest cricketer of all time, because he didn’t agree with who he’d given as man of the match.
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I’m so tempted to answer serial killer.
Right now, like I have no intention of going anywhere else.
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