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.
Middle-class wanker.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 October 2025 source ↗
Faith-filled, never-give-up man.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
Complicated, chaotic, messy.
Curious, thoughtful and kind.
Three mature palm trees. We restored a property in Italy that had been derelict and I needed to make it look established as quickly as I could.
All the kids I didn’t reply to who’ve written lovely letters about my books.
I can be horribly smug and conceited, and yet always in the back of my mind is the thought that things could go terribly wrong at any moment.
I’ve shat myself in public three times. It’s never quite as bad as you fear.
I’m a classic remoaner.
I used to give a fantastic talk about Frankenstein and Dracula, but I’ve never been able to finish either book.
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