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.
Insular, creative and mechanically minded.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2025 source ↗
Funny, impatient, annoying.
Hopeful, egalitarian, overweight.
Eager to learn.
Living a fairytale.
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
That there is time. I doggedly prioritise and pursue tasks, and the day seems to open out and everything does get done. Chill.
A great education.
Carol Vorderman, Bear Grylls, Juliet Stevenson, Sarah Hadland, Marina Abramović, Munroe Bergdorf
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