Analytical, extreme and playful.
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Originally asked
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Should talk less.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗
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Curious, suggestible, silly.
Passionate, gobby, flabby.
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View profile →My kids. I think if you don’t want to say sorry to your kids you’ve been an appalling parent.
Right now, like I have no intention of going anywhere else.
Through a series of mistakes in write-ups, I’d like to be remembered for something like being Britain’s finest downhill skier or inventing pickled onions.
Younger people being amazed that I know what song they’re listening to.
I’m so tempted to answer serial killer.
When I had cancer. I was having a shave and thought: “Are you meant to have a big hard lump on one side of your neck?”
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