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.
Fairly decent bloke.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗
Steady, reaching, bewildered.
Competitive, curious, silly.
Prepared, focused, a bit silly.
Juicy, funny, impulsive.
A nice long rest.
When I changed the toner cartridge in my printer all on my own – that was a day of pure euphoria.
A drummer in a famous band or an astronaut.
This was said about me in a Radio 1 focus group: “I don’t pay my licence fee to hear scummy northerners.”
A sense of what’s right, a few quid and some nice paintings.
Nothing. I survived a cancer scare at 60, so I am just overjoyed to be here.
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