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.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗
Scrappy, quixotic, curious.
Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.
Should talk less.
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
Lack of empathy.
I’m a bit of a hoarder.
An English teacher said, “You’ll never make anything of yourself.”
Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.
It was reading out loud, but no longer. (I am dyslexic.) I was encouraged by my husband to do a speech for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which helped me gain my confidence, and the fear disappeared.
Trusting someone and being let down.
Milton Jones, Graydon Carter, Tuppence Middleton, Marcus Mumford, Fiona Allen, Meghann Fahy
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