The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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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A bespoke wagonette I had made in Germany; I drive a pair of Clydesdale horses called Ronnie and Bruce.What do you most dislike about your appearance? The lot.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 September 2018 source ↗
A Banksy painting.
I collect old costumes: I have one of Johnny Cash’s, and Liberace’s shoes.
Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.
I had a midlife crisis and paid 70 grand for a Morgan AeroMax which looked just like Cruella de Vil’s car. I was in a permanent state of terror and soon sold it.
Abseiling down a cliff for Doc Martin in a suit, carrying a medical bag.
A kitchen porter at some big telecom office in Wimbledon. I was also a kitchen porter at L’Escargot and, while I was there, a model for Gilbert and George. It was a quick £15 and they were terribly nice.
On childhood family holidays in Mallorca, with my mum, dad and sister, Amanda.
I often cry when people do things well, like on Britain’s Got Talent; I cried at the old ladies doing finger knitting.
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