Tim Rice
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I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty.
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I worked at KFC, as a vegetarian, doing Friday and Saturday nights.
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A cabaret act with Agnetha, Frida and Benny. It was in a nightclub in Gothenburg and one night we had seven in the audience. It was before we found out that we were a pop group.
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Secretary to a lawyer. I was sacked after a week.
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I was once walking through Edinburgh with someone in the industry. I was quite drunk and I slowly wet myself.
Their inability to deal with my disorganisation.
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