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Asking my wife questions that don't need to be asked.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗
The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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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.
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I’m a perfectionist; it’s boring.
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I love to break rules.
I’m monstrously judgmental. It’s like talking to the pope.
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Modelling tuxedos at the Oklahoma State Fair in 1971.
The distribution of Copying Beethoven in the US.
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
Dick Cheney for hating him for being one of the most destructive people on Earth.
A new administration here in the US.
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