The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
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A Tiffany watch for my wife. The security guard was following us, so I deliberately bought a really expensive watch to prove we had money. I don’t think I’ve seen her wear it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 November 2018 source ↗
When I was 18, I bought a boat for a million pounds and sold it a year later for just over half the price.
I don’t really flash money about.
A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.
My cello. At the time, in 1983, it was £192,500.
On the back of an angry Icelandic pony when I was filming a show called Spending Dave’s Money with Phil Tufnell.
That I’m still having the same discussions about women in comedy as I was having 12 years ago. Are we funny? Will anyone watch us? Can I have my own sitcom?
Looking at conspiracy theories about JFK on the internet.
Genuinely – and my wife, Lee, knows this – dancing with Kevin Clifton on Strictly.
Not giving up comedy, because it took six or seven years before I started earning a living.
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