The question
How close have you come to death?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I got hit by a car in my home town.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 October 2025 source ↗
Doing a compulsory standup routine in my first week of drama school.
In April 2015 I nearly died, as my heart was finding it too difficult to keep my smoke-destroyed lungs going.
Ten years ago, I went to visit my dad in Australia. I walked to the edge of a cliff and looked over and tripped. I righted myself but my head was over the edge. No one saw it.
Just thinking about unsafe sex.
Nice, direct, loyal.
Good values and a lot of money.
A Human Touch massage chair in every house.
You’re more capable than you think.
Pure happiness.
Feeling and being unfocused.
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