The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Ponderous, over thinking.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 September 2025 source ↗
Hungry, hard-working, cats.
Chaotic, warm, northern.
Trying quite hard.
Fizzy like lemonade.
Not getting to the point.
My partner was doing a play in Hong Kong last year and I went to visit him, and I bought him a beautiful teacup. But I didn’t look at the price tag before I took it to the till and it was £100, the most expensive teacup imaginable.
I spent about five years living in Paris thinking I would become Kristin Scott Thomas, and it didn’t happen.
I woke up this morning thinking maybe I don’t want to be an actor any more, then I had breakfast and I thought: actually, no, I really like being an actor.
A receding hairline.
Mistaking shyness for not having anything to say.
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