Why do people call talkshows and ask "How are you?"
bozo
For once I'd like to hear Dr. Dean say "Hey you called me ... I
didn't call you ... I'm the consulting physician here ... so how the
fuck are you?"
-bdn-
UncleDave at
"bozo" <Bozo_D...@37.com> wrote in message
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Often, when people ask me that question by way of a greeting, I'll reply
with either "I'll make it" or "Why? have you heard something?". I'm
thinking of adding some more, like "I'll know more once the test results
come back."
I hate that question, almost as much as "Cold enough for you?" which to me
is the stupidest thing a person can ask.
-- Uncle Dave
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Don Freeman
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> "I'll know more once the test results come back."
>
I LIKE that! Consider it stolen.
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-Don
ChattyDaisy
> "bozo" <Bozo_De_N...@37.com> wrote in message
Just pretend you like being asked how you are for a greeting. After I
told people I'm fine for a few years and then to stop asking, they
started greeting me with, what are you doing? Now I say, what does it
look like, if they're in front of me, or guess, if it's on the
phone.
Regards,
Daisy
projectile vomit chick
> It so stooopid. Especially when the host or guest is an MD himself.
How is that more ridiculous than whenever you go to see the doctor and
the first thing out of his mouth is "Well how are you?"....well gee
Mister MD I feel fucking fabulous I just felt like wasting money and
time and coming to see your ugly ass how the fuck are YOU?.......
It's just a knee-jerk human reaction......one is taught at an early
age to return such niceties. I always say "fine, thank you" when I
really want to bust out a flamethrower and burn the fucking place
down.
But I digress.
Tommy Joe
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>
> I hate that question, almost as much as "Cold enough for you?" which to me
> is the stupidest thing a person can ask.
Perhaps one day Dave you will be stranded in the middle of the
desert or the north pole or the middle of the ocean on a raft all
alone and in great despar, and at that time you will see any question
as the luxury it is. You have the audicty to challenge the innocence
of people who are only trying to be nice? How dare you get down on
other people? Especially now, at a time in my life when I'm trying to
be nicer to myself as well as others, to make myself an all round
better human being.
Tommy Joe
Tommy Joe
Don Freeman wrote:
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> >
> > "I'll know more once the test results come back."
> I LIKE that! Consider it stolen.
Add this to the list. A guy I hadn't seen in a while was coming
through a crosswalk with me stopped driving the cab with a passenger
in back. We spotted each other and he shouted, "Hey greet to see you
man, I heard you beat that child molestation beef!" It was pretty
funny.
Sorry, now you're got me thinking. I recall a time I was driving
cab in L.A. and was giving a cabbie friend a ride home when I got a
call and decided to take it. It was a woman at the L.A. community
college. She said she'd refuse to get into a cab with two men. It
was a short ride, so I let my friend out and told him I'd be right
back for him. On the way I explained the situation. Then when I let
her I out I looked her in the face and wryly said, "Don't you think I
could have handled you on my own?" She laughed. Without the wry
smile it might have been taken the wrong way.
Wryly wriggling, TJ
JeePee
> UncleDave wrote:
>
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>> "I'll know more once the test results come back."
>>
>
> I LIKE that! Consider it stolen.
>
>
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JeePee
And HEY!!
Let's be careful out there.
- Sgt. Phil Esterhaus -
By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
leansto...@democrat.com
It is worse than you make it. Remember, the previous caller also asked
the host how they are. Did Dean catch a nasty virus between phone
calls? I don't think so. So if he was doing fine five minutes ago, he
is probably still doing fine.
I never ask people how they are. You won't get an honest answer, and
it's none of my business. If I really want to know how someone is
doing, it will be part of a conversation, not an opening line
(greeting).
Stratum101
<leanstothel...@democrat.com> wrote:
> I never ask people how they are. You won't get an honest answer, and
> it's none of my business. If I really want to know how someone is
> doing, it will be part of a conversation, not an opening line
> (greeting).
In the 1980s, the morning my father died, I was already
emotionally spent and getting by on an empty tank
for the previous 36 hours. He had only a few hours to
live and when my sister finally telephoned the news
in the wee hours, it was waiting for me on my answering
machine. I did not want to be awakened. It was a
certainty the call would be there when I did arise. I
thought I felt something tugging on my bed cover
in the middle of the night, at what turned out to
be the hour when he died, but I am not superstititious.
His condition had filled my mind the previous day, and
I probably dreamed of him in the night.
So I receive the message and walk around the
corner from my office in downtown Santa Monica
to a coffee shop at Wilshire and 2nd where I
sometimes ate. One would see Mort Sahl there
occasionally, but celebs are part of the wallpaper to
Westsiders. The waitress asks enthusiastically
how I'm doing. I say not so good, my father had
just died. It's barely sunrise and I haven't told
anyone else.
She says, "Oh, that's nice!" with the same pronounced
upbeat that she used for asking, "How ya doin'?" and
walks away.
I left her my customary 15% tip anyway. She
always did a good job on the toast.
bozo
I'm waiting for a "HOW ARE YOU" ring tone, preferably under this
category:
http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/display/sounds.cfm/sound_group_iid.2393
But if you're real connoisseur of the greeting, you know the very best
"how are you" is always from a telemarketer. When I get one, I'm never
rude, telemarketing is too tough a job, but it does manage to leave me
speechless, and oddly enough, the "how are you" you get from a
telemarketer might be the most sincere thing you hear all day.
-bdn-
The only thing better than a "how are you" ringtone is one that says
"Hey, it's uhh, Tiger".
Tommy Joe
That was a funny story. We've all encountered similar experiences.
But what if she actually meant it? When she said, "Oh that's nice",
maybe that meant she'd been thinking of killing herself lately, and
now the news of your father's death made her all wistful and dreamy
for the death she doesn't have the guts to bring upon herself. Of
course if that were the case she could have been more direct. She
could have said something, "Damn, when is it going to be my turn?",
instead of just, "Oh, that's nice."
I ask stupid meaningless questions too when people die, usually the
first one being, "How old were they?", like it matters somehow. Or if
it's cancer, I'll ask what part of the body it attacked. Anything to
avoid having to get too close and actually tell the person I'm sorry,
or God forbid actually have to get close enough to hug them close and
pretend to comfort them. I hate that.
Tommy Joe
UncleDave at
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Good luck with that.
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Tommy Joe
UncleDave at wrote:
>
>
>
> > Perhaps one day Dave you will be stranded in the middle of the
> > desert or the north pole or the middle of the ocean on a raft all
> > alone and in great despar, and at that time you will see any question
> > as the luxury it is. You have the audicty to challenge the innocence
> > of people who are only trying to be nice? How dare you get down on
> > other people? Especially now, at a time in my life when I'm trying to
> > be nicer to myself as well as others, to make myself an all round
> > better human being.
> Good luck with that.
I tried it but it didn't work out. I gave it a couple of weeks
and it just didn't seem like anything positive was happening, so I'm
going back to the way I was before. I might try again in the future
though, you never know. I'm an openminded guy who keeps things open
always. Onward. March.
Tommy Joe
bozo
Hey, guess what Miss PVC, Garrison Keillor dropped your namesake twice
this weekend on Prairie Home Companion, congratulations ... once about
clams and the other I forget ... when I hear you coming, I just stop
listening and get out of the way.
-bdn-
lab~rat >:-)
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>"bozo" <Bozo_D...@37.com> wrote in message
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>> It so stooopid. Especially when the host or guest is an MD himself.
>> For once I'd like to hear Dr. Dean say "Hey you called me ... I
>> didn't call you ... I'm the consulting physician here ... so how the
>> fuck are you?"
>>
>> -bdn-
>
>Often, when people ask me that question by way of a greeting, I'll reply
>with either "I'll make it" or "Why? have you heard something?". I'm
>thinking of adding some more, like "I'll know more once the test results
>come back."
>
>I hate that question, almost as much as "Cold enough for you?" which to me
>is the stupidest thing a person can ask.
>
>-- Uncle Dave
>
Someone asks:
How are you.
I answer:
Not much
Someone asks:
What's up?
I answer:
Fair to midland...
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?