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.
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
Brave, naughty, diligent.
Hard-working, resilient, irritating.
Chaotic, warm, northern.
Slow but trying.
Having conversations with young people who you remember being born.
By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
Always trying to turn things into a joke.
Being offered a lift by James Acaster.
Three degrees: I paid my kids’ uni fees.
Healthier food from motorway service stations – I am always going through them late at night and it’s all rubbish.
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