I can always see two points of view, which makes it hard to have a row.
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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.
Comparing myself to other people.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗
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Bad timekeeping.
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Impatience; the inability to savor the moment.
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View profile →I don’t think we’re meant to know.
In the sea, somewhere hot. Looking back at people I love on the beach.
Curious, suggestible, silly.
Bar and buffet at Top Ten Bingo in Greenford. A lot of the old people were quite bigoted.
Stress is bad for your health.
Farting in front of Colin Firth.
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