Happy, loyal and late.
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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Content, assured, indecisive.
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Apathy, either from an audience, the people around me or myself.
Other people get sad.
Those mad thoughts. Did you turn off the air fryer? Have I booked my plane for tomorrow?
A 28ft motorboat, which sat in the water for two years because I was so busy working.
I stopped drinking 18 or 19 years ago, and in an argument someone who will remain nameless said: “Oh just go and have a drink.” It was nasty.
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