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.
Curious, confident, cheerful.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 November 2025 source ↗
Steady, reaching, bewildered.
Big dick energy.
Unimpeachable, nonpareil, self‑effacing.
Honest, empathetic, daring.
I’m at my happiest in the ocean, and even better if my husband is there throwing me around.
Fewer night shifts.
Compulsory headphones for phone users in public.
In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.
I lived in New York during 9/11 and worked a couple of blocks away from the twin towers. I was looking when the first tower exploded and then when the second plane flew in and, before we had to evacuate, I did see people jump to their death.
Losing my husband. We are properly codependent.
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