Scott Mills
English radio DJ and television presenter
Still biting my nails.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I “poll the audience” and my need to please others.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
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Procrastination.
My lack of foreign language skills.
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Overeating when stressed.
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The birth of my children.
Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.
Seeing my family thrive and being underwater.
When people talk over others.
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