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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician
I’ve never been upgraded on a plane.
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Political leadership generally.
That I never became a virtuoso musician.
Not getting solo records playlisted on the BBC.
Not getting picked for England.
When my cold toes drain the heat from his warm ones, but he doesn’t mind at all and is happy for our tarsal temperatures to meet in the middle.
Self-destruction.
A comedy gig at an army barracks for thousands of angry, horny squaddies just back from six months in the desert. I was on straight after the stripper.
I could have done without being sexually assaulted, or having an eating disorder, or pushing myself to breaking point, but every chapter of my life brought me here.
A reviewer once called me “artistically bankrupt”, and it doesn’t feel like reviews can get much worse than that.
In the one photo I’ve seen where my smile looks convincing – I’m four years old, so I’m guessing then. But I just won a Bafta and that felt amazing, too. So, roughly every 40 years.
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