The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Procrastination.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗
The desire to please. It’s a losing battle.
Time blindness.
Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
My health anxiety. I am a bit of a hypochondriac. I hate that about myself and I’ve worked extensively in therapy on changing it.
People who are proud of their ignorance.
A willingness to come uptown.
A glass of wine at sunset on Fire Island. / No homework.
Cathy Rigby. She was really good in that stage version of Peter Pan. No joke.
Anywhere, during the 2 to 24 hours after a successful joke.
Child, loss or damage thereof.
Rita Moreno, Fay Ripley, Omid Djalili, Charlotte Church, Angela Griffin, John Mellencamp
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