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.
Curious, kind and frustrating – because I ask too many questions.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗
You're so nice. You're not good, you're not bad, You're just nice. I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right. I'm the witch. You're the world.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
Funny, impatient, annoying.
Long hair, big nose, large ass.
Ignorance and unwillingness to learn.
I tried my best.
If somebody doesn’t want to understand or see you that’s on them. You don’t have to carry that with you.
If you’re a mother, you are embarrassing. Is that not just the way?
A piece of scenery fell on my head during Richard II at the Globe theatre in 2019. I was very badly hurt.
In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I’d travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness.
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