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.
Impatient, funny, worrier.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2026 source ↗
Impulsive, enthusiastic, determined.
Ponderous, over thinking.
Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.
Curious, energetic, droll.
We’ve run out of champagne.
Being run over by a cyclist on a pavement or pedestrian crossing, because it’s nearly happened too frequently.
I cry a lot at films; my mother and I were champion criers at Meet Me in St Louis.
I’m very impatient – next question.
Not to be able to do the things that you take for granted, like running up the tube steps or going somewhere under your own steam.
Complaining about the weather, because there’s nothing you can do about it. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
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