Sara Pascoe
English comedian, presenter, writer
Cleaning toilets at McDonald’s when I was 16.
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Originally asked
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’ve liked all my jobs, amazingly.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗
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Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
I haven’t really had a job. I used to work at my dad’s garden centre in my late teens, but it was just messing around.
I worked in a chicken factory in the Netherlands when I was 16.
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View profile →My all-girls’ high school. I hated it. Large groups of teenage girls aren’t known for their empathy and kindness. It was a shock to realise that people viewed me as uncool because of the way my body worked.
The 2019 general election.
As the woman who never died.
A never-ending hug.
My relationship.
I don’t own a property. The carpet in our flat; it’s not fancy or anything.
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