JH
Childbirth. And the wheel of our camper van coming clean off on the M1.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2018 source ↗
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My failed driving test a few months ago. I got three majors and by the end of it the examiner couldn’t wait to get out of the car.
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View profile →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.
Worrying that I’ve upset people.
That the last general election didn’t take place later. We might have got rid of the Tories with a couple more weeks.
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To all those whose fleeting interaction with me has fallen short of what they’d hoped; the unwitting recipients of my occasional grumpiness.
Every time I got drunk and out of order. Especially in my teens and 20s.
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