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.
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Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
“Oh, she giggled, didn’t she?”
The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗
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Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
As a charming, helpful, solicitous, generous, loving, carefree and constantly funny companion, lover and father. Some hope of that.
Adam Peaty
British swimmer; Olympic champion 2016 and 2021
As a great man.
As a great songwriter.
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That I didn’t appreciate the smaller joys in life.
A sense of what really matters.
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