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Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.

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Jonnie Peacock British athlete
A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗
Reggie Yates British actor and media personality
I bought all my siblings signet rings and pendants with my family crest on. There are a lot of us.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗
Bruce Dickinson English heavy metal singer
A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 July 2024 source ↗

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When I was doing my gold swimming badge. I had to get undressed in a swimming pool and had forgotten my gym kit, so the teacher gave me a kit two sizes too small. In the water, I got my arms up over my head to get the shirt off and they locked. I sank to the bottom of the pool and sat there until a girl jumped in and dragged me back up again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗

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