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.
Just. Hanging. On.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2026 source ↗
Loyal, funny, driven.
Loving, considerate and loyal.
Clumsy, kind and excitable.
Empathetic, humble and strong.
The other day, when I decided that maybe I had been too harsh on mid-period Sting.
My interest in Los Angeles.
Most days, I wanted to be Albrecht in the classical ballet Giselle, dancing until I dropped dead.
My first holy communion, where my trousers were too big for me and fell down, a circumstance which earned me both the instant contempt of the girls and the heightened interest of the priests. That’s just how it was in 1975.
I can’t say it.
As a good friend.
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