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A friend of mine put an ad up for a room going in her place and has had a million responses. And she doesn't know what to ask people about.
I've never interviewed a prospective flatmate. Have always lived with friends or had my own digs. Or lived in Halls. Or it was me being interviewed. The best one of those was a shitty flat above a chicken shop a little too far up Hackney Road. Nice people. We got absolutely trashed and they asked me to move in straight away. I said yes, but retracted that next day, realising if I lived there I would die.
So, what qualities would you demand of a prospective flatmate? What are good questions to ask? Did you ever meet total weirdos?
In Single White Female, Bridget Fonda has a clipboard and takes polaroids. I always wanted to do that. It looks fun.
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those were suggestions for flashcards, not my most recent flat-hunting nightmare. by the way.
i got a bit pissed before i went to visit my current flatmates. three months later i am still too embarrassed to admit that i dont really know what any of them do for a living, because i was too beered up to store the knowledge for future reference. what a gibbon i am!
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Tell your friend to watch the beginning of Shallow Grave: this has many handy hints on selecting prospective flatmates. The key thing to remember is this: don't pick Keith Allen.
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Sorority ass queens is a pretty revealing documentary about what happens when flatmates are total sluts, and like all holes filled. I was gripped, although only by myself.
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I had this stoner flatmate who would watch Goodfellas at least once a day. He'd always ask me 'Who's he again?' Ray Liotta
There was the French ballerina that would accidentally leave the door ajar when she had had a shower. She did this only once actually.
Oh and a guy who didn't seem to have a hair on his body, save for his no.1 hair cut. Don't know if he shaved down there too, but I wouldn't surprised.
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I had a flatmate that idolised Robert Pires to the degree that he had the same haircut and stupid pointy goatee. He also fancied himself as a DJ and would play eurotrash dance music until 3 in the morning. I hated him so very, very much.
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