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.
Actress, mother, grandmother.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗
Impatient, funny, worrier.
Speedy, bossy, loving.
Curious, kind and frustrating – because I ask too many questions.
Unimpeachable, nonpareil, self‑effacing.
It is all there is.
People who think they’re always right.
Haven’t done it yet.
I think that’s a thesis.
Well, I’m always right.
I was 15 working in Boots on Barnet High Street and it was terrifying. At coffee break you had to know whose cup was whose, and taking the wrong cup was a crime. I’ve met bitches, but I tell you they started out in Boots in Barnet.
Stephen Sondheim, Alex Lawther, Nick Frost, Rosalind Eleazar, Keren Woodward, Rebecca Lucy Taylor
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