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.
Optimistic, creative, resilient.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2025 source ↗
Content, assured, indecisive.
Trying quite hard.
Not very concise.
Scrappy, quixotic, curious.
A business-class flight. Pure indulgence.
Anyone whose party I said I’d go to and didn’t turn up. I can get quite socially anxious at times.
Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
I’m quite scared of bats. I’m just seeing rats with wings – no, thanks.
In a rehearsal just after graduating from drama college, I say my lines to an older actor. He pauses, turns to the director and says: “I’m sorry, but is she going to do it like that?”
Like everything is in high definition, and life is on your side.
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