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 ↗
I don’t know, because I spend like a man with three arms. I am always spending on clothes; I like to have things made.
A television. I don’t care for things. When I moved, I downsized and threw away most of my possessions.
I don’t really flash money about.
An old camper van that has cost me more in repairs than my house, my wedding and all the holidays I’ve ever been on.
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.
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?
On the back of an angry Icelandic pony when I was filming a show called Spending Dave’s Money with Phil Tufnell.
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