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 ↗
Prepared, focused, a bit silly.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
Ponderous, over thinking.
Long hair, big nose, large ass.
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.
A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
A net positive from my time on Earth.
I was going to a bar with friends and there was a line at the door. I’d been there before and asked the doorman to skip the line. He said, “Oh, I remember you, you were in Almost Famous, weren’t you?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he goes, “Yeah, get back in line.”
An education for my child.
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