What's up?

[gang green]

As I sit at my desk, day after day, people are always asking me, "what's up?" I am ashamed to admit that I don't know.

Can anyone help me? Do you know what's up?

[DragonAsh]

Not much.

Occasionally nothing much.

If you're in Minnesota, the correct reply is to mumble something back and mention how hot it is, to which the other person must correctly respond in code, that it's not the heat it's the humidity.

[Mooch]

Look down and say "not me".

Or, if you don't want to get fired you can respond with "what's happening". That puts the anus on them!

[Markxxx]

Point to a map and show them Svalbard. Then say, compared to where we are now Svalbard is UP on the map. That is unless you are at the North Pole.

Then you can tell them how a lot of people can live in Svalbard. That's right, for example if you're an American and you can find a job there, you can go and live there.

Then you can suggest that instead of bothering you with inane questions they can move to Svalbard

...Life is not hard in Svalbard...Forget all your cares...And dance with the polar bears...

[Mooch]

Onus, dammit.

[Ellen Cherry]

Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.

— Ellen

[DragonAsh]

Originally Posted by Mooch

Onus, dammit.

Well, your original quote does have a much more interesting mental image attached to it...

[Wile E]

The sky.
The national debt.
The temperature.

Take your pick, any are bound to bring on a delightful conversation.*


*No, not really.

[Asimovian]

"Pixar film. Well done. You ought to check it out!"

[Chicken Fingers]

You can always answer the question with a question.
"What's the word?"

[Bam Boo Gut]

Originally Posted by Chicken Fingers

You can always answer the question with a question.
"What's the word?"

The word is up. Sigh.

[Machine Elf]

Originally Posted by Mooch

Onus, dammit.

I think it was better with anus.

Originally Posted by Mooch

Or, if you don't want to get fired you can respond with "what's happening". That puts the anus on them!

[gang green]

I would rather not put my anus on anyone here. It smacks of a closeness I don't wish to encourage.

[Cat Whisperer]

Nothing much, my man.

You need a little panache.

ETA: But watch where you put the anus.

[Mooch]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

...
ETA: But watch where you put the anus.

Real funny, coming from a cat. Cats put their anuses on EVERYTHING.

[blondebear]

Cats up, that's what.

[KneadToKnow]

This thread makes me think of my favorite line from L.A. Confidential:

"How's it hangin'?"
"Down around my ankles."

Of course, the second line is spoken by Danny DeVito, so it may not say much.

[Rigamarole]

Originally Posted by Chicken Fingers

You can always answer the question with a question.
"What's the word?"

Originally Posted by Bam Boo Gut

The word is up. Sigh.

I was under the impression that the bird is the word.

[M.Constant]

The negative gradient of gravity

[Mooch]

Mass awareness of a certain avian variety.

[pericynthion]

The direction of greatest increasing slope in gravitational potential energy.

[Dallas Jones]

What's up?

Too wordy, and outdated.

Should just be "sup!?"

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Mooch

Real funny, coming from a cat. Cats put their anuses on EVERYTHING.

"This is my butt. Would you like a closer look at my butt? Here it is!"

[Chronos]

The unit vector antiparallel to the local apparent gravitational field.

Or, if I'm not in that kind of mood, "That way" and point.

For some reason, nobody ever asks me "What's up?" any more.

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

"This is my butt. Would you like a closer look at my butt? Here it is!"

I had enough cat butt today, thankyouverymuch, bit I should post about that in the shaved cat thread.

[KRC]

The answer would depend on where you are relative to the questioner. One of my coworkers stood on a table to put a poster on the wall and when the boss came in and asked her "What's up?" she said "I am."

[Chefguy]

In space, 'up' is irrelevant. In space.

[Cat Whisperer]

"Do you mean from the perspective of someone on earth?"

"The earth is a globe; nothing is really "up," per se."

[Chefguy]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

"Do you mean from the perspective of someone on earth?"

"The earth is a globe; nothing is really "up," per se."

Because it's in. . .space. I am unaware of the frequency.

[BrotherCadfael]

When someone asks me "What's the good word?", I always reply, "icthyophagus".

[Yumblie]

No, Who's up.