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.
Slow but trying.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
Funny Irish woman.
Big. Funny. Man.
An education for my child.
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
Yesterday because I was being paid to do it on stage.
Hopefully we have life in the minds and hearts of the people we interacted with.
Things I wish I’d done better that day.
If people would just follow my rules about how they get around the city.
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