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 ↗
Enthusiastic, chaotic, bungling.
Very silly boy.
Quietly somewhat funny.
Complicated, chaotic, messy.
The Radio 1 breakfast show was an embarrassing moment that lasted for nine months.
A sense of what’s right, a few quid and some nice paintings.
As someone who made people laugh, introduced them to good music and wasn’t too much of a pain in the arse.
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 nice long rest.
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