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 ↗
Hopeful, egalitarian, overweight.
Loving, considerate and loyal.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
Clumsy, kind and excitable.
A great education.
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.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
They tend to say it behind my back.
Carol Vorderman, Bear Grylls, Juliet Stevenson, Sarah Hadland, Marina Abramović, Munroe Bergdorf
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