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Nappies aren’t fun!
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2019 source ↗
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Russell Howard
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Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
I was the PE technician at my old secondary school, so I had to pump up all the balls, wash all the kits and get the form notes in before morning registration every day.
Jennifer Hudson
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I’ve loved all my jobs, even when I worked at Burger King.
Rosanna Arquette
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A really bad film for no money: the director had no idea what he was doing and I was wondering: why am I here?
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Being charged by a white rhino on a walking safari. It came running towards us and I froze, which is the right thing to do. If it had hit us, it would have been goodnight.
The way I left English cricket. I was scapegoated for the Ashes tour in 2013-14 and there was a bitter battle between the England Cricket Board and me for a few years.
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