# How are you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 18, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898 "2000-05-18T19:14:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898/21 "2000-05-19T14:41:15Z")

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I used to work with a guy that used to respond to the OP by saying “Marginal”.

I could understand that on a so-so day, but he did it EVERY day I knew him for the however many months I worked with him!

-Sam

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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898/22 "2000-05-19T14:51:22Z")

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well? well what?

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**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898/23 "2000-05-19T16:13:31Z")

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Not _too_ bad. You?

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**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898/24 "2000-05-21T07:09:17Z")

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I almost always say, “Peachy” in a very flat tone. It is not in my nature to be bubbly and perky so the word itself seems rather odd for me to use and most people laugh.

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**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898/25 "2000-05-21T07:16:13Z")

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but evilbeth, are you ever callipygian?

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**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you/19898/26 "2000-05-21T12:54:25Z")

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My answer to this question can vary. If someone asks me how I am doing when I come in to work, I don’t answer verbally. I just give them this special look I have that conveys how absolutely thrilled I am to be at work for the next 14 hours. Sometimes, if I am feeling particularly thrilled, I’ll utter a quiet grunt as well.

In social settings, I offer the standard, “I’m doin’ OK.”

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