To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I pulled a chair away from a girl who was just about to sit down on our second day of primary school. She farted when she hit the floor and everyone laughed.
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Anybody who’s written to me and not heard back yet.
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My mother, because I didn’t appreciate how proud she was of me being deputy prime minister. She ended up doing more press than me, and I was too sensitive and reacted.
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My ex-wife Caroline, because she found my style of life rather irritating.
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This morning, when I found a £20 note in a coat I hadn’t worn for a while.
One of the Ghostbusters.
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She’s Gone by Hall and Oates, but with the words changed to He’s Gone.
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