I have a child-like fear of being late. I’m a grown man, and I’m scared I’m going to the principal’s office.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am a bit of a procrastinator.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 March 2024 source ↗
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I repeat stories (like my mum used to).
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Can’t remember.
The last few years. There’s a beauty to getting to an age where you really don’t care about stuff that used to bother you.
When a relationship I’ve been invested in stops working. And yet, here I am, happy as you like.
Always flying: we’ve had flights where the engine’s been on fire; where we’ve nose-dived.
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