My Sicilian impulsiveness.
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Originally asked
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.
Comparing myself to other people.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗
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Fear, anxiety and panic attacks.
I still say yes to too many things.
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View profile →I cry all the time. Films can tip me over. Especially Pixar ones. I alarmed my kids when we went to see Coco – I was a mess. I cried at the Elton John gig at Glastonbury.
In the sea, somewhere hot. Looking back at people I love on the beach.
Stress is bad for your health.
Bar and buffet at Top Ten Bingo in Greenford. A lot of the old people were quite bigoted.
The perimenopause.
Farting in front of Colin Firth.
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