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.
Content, assured, indecisive.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗
Quiet, noisy, androgynous.
Small, determined, lucky.
Funny, impatient, annoying.
Enthusiastic, chaotic, bungling.
It’s not all soft focus and wheat fields. Love songs can be about hate, fear, envy, lust and anger, because that’s part of love as well.
I stopped drinking 18 or 19 years ago, and in an argument someone who will remain nameless said: “Oh just go and have a drink.” It was nasty.
Those mad thoughts. Did you turn off the air fryer? Have I booked my plane for tomorrow?
Carol Vorderman, because she’s stuck her head above the parapet to try to hold our bizarre politicians to account.
Apathy, either from an audience, the people around me or myself.
Sitting on the fence – I will do anything to avoid confrontation.
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