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.
Short. Fat. Jewish.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗
Long hair, big nose, large ass.
Empathetic, humble and strong.
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
Quiet, noisy, androgynous.
When the media, en masse, reported my imminent demise.
To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.
On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
Facebook and the need to pee.
To experience the utter powerlessness of locked-in syndrome.
Glenda Jackson said I was an amateur during rehearsal for The White Devil at the Old Vic. I called her a cow, but that was inadequate.
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