Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗
I had no idea whatsoever, and nor did anyone else. I thought I’d go to art school and see whether I liked it – and of course I did, and stayed.
A tennis player.
A lawyer. I did work experience and was sent to the public gallery at the high court. The man in the dock was a 50-year-old accused of buggering a cat on the Metropolitan line. I decided to become a musician instead.
When I was growing up I wanted to be a minister. I wanted to preach.
This morning, when I found a £20 note in a coat I hadn’t worn for a while.
I worked for a company that stripped an office, including the furniture, over one weekend – so I worked for 48 hours straight.
Realising I was never going to achieve the grades to become a vet.
David Attenborough. Not only has he taught us so much, but he’s also brought so much happiness to so many people.
I pulled a chair away from a girl who was just about to sit down on our second day of primary school. She farted when she hit the floor and everyone laughed.
She’s Gone by Hall and Oates, but with the words changed to He’s Gone.
Ian Rankin, Desmond Tutu, Shirley Ballas, Malcolm Gladwell, Busta Rhymes, Victoria Pendleton
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