Al Franken
Senator and comedian
I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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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.
I’m argumentative.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗
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Rita Moreno
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Short-term memory.
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An umbilical cord.
I fell asleep in a room that had an oil heater and it filled with carbon monoxide and, if it hadn’t been for my husband, Terry, I would have died.
Giving barium enemas. I used to be a radiographer in Coventry.
I don’t have children. I will leave my nieces money because girls need money of their own. Anything to make women independent.
Fizzy like lemonade.
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