Omid Djalili
British stand-up comedian and actor
I had spinal meningitis when I was 13.
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Scarlet fever, 1962. Hypothermia, 1974. Lightning strike, 1986.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2020 source ↗
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I’ve been to two postmortems in real life, and spent the last 14 years talking about death at work – so, pretty close.
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Probably on a Los Angeles freeway.
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Have you seen my documentaries?
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Can I say: maybe tomorrow?
Anyone I slept with before the age of 27, because I was a selfish, cold-ass bitch.
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