Lleyton Hewitt
Australian professional tennis player
Greg Norman, for the way he handles winning and losing.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
Taste & recommendation
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Anybody who works in frontline mental health services for the NHS.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2024 source ↗
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Rob Brydon
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Rod Stewart. For obvious reasons.
Clare Balding
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AP McCoy, the 15 times champion jump jockey. I am constantly in awe of his dedication to his sport.
Ian McEwan
British novelist and screenwriter
Angela Merkel. Under attack from all sides, she tries to keep alive the dreams of a tolerant, inclusive, open society.
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I’ve never read any Proust.
I’d probably take out a lot of my 20s, when I was rude, annoying and a brat.
I’ve done some acting jobs where everybody’s gone out of their way to make sure that you feel annoying and easily replaceable.
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