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.
Tenacious, romantic, organised.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
Big. Funny. Man.
Lovely but useless.
Tall, arrogant and loving.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
Try not to take yourself too seriously.
I’d swap out a few boyfriends.
Doing a compulsory standup routine in my first week of drama school.
Getting to 39 without having a filling in my teeth.
Endless vomiting. That comes from my emetophobia, which is a huge part of my OCD.
A perfect cup of coffee – warm, bittersweet, anxiety-inducing and delicious.
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