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I can’t cook. I use my smoke alarm as a timer.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2024 source ↗
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Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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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.
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I am unable to use scissors.
Oversharing my personal life, but here we are, oversharing!
I’m not into self-deploring.
Well, I’m always right.
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When the book of my enemy was discounted.
Not winning any literary prizes.
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