Working on myself. I’m a work in progress to the end.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I was the subject of a Celeb cartoon in Private Eye. I’ve a copy hanging in the downstairs toilet.
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My glasses. They were more than a grand.
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