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    Default I should have seen this coming...

    ...but I didn't. A lady asked me how I was doing today. I gave my standard reply..."Can't complain. No one will listen." She said, "I'm sorry, what was that?" I started to repeat myself, then gave her "the look" She laughed and walked away.

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    My standard reply is to say fair to middling, it baffles many.

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    My standard reply is to say fair to middling, it baffles many.

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    Life is full of mysteries. What on earth does this mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    My standard reply is to say fair to middling, it baffles many.
    I use that frequently too. That and...happy as if I had my right mind.
    You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grugore View Post
    ...but I didn't. A lady asked me how I was doing today. I gave my standard reply..."Can't complain. No one will listen." She said, "I'm sorry, what was that?" I started to repeat myself, then gave her "the look" She laughed and walked away.
    Wow. I'm asked that often...because I come in contact with lots and lots of people on golf courses six days a week.

    Almost every time I respond, "Great! How 'bout you."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grugore View Post
    ...but I didn't. A lady asked me how I was doing today. I gave my standard reply..."Can't complain. No one will listen." She said, "I'm sorry, what was that?" I started to repeat myself, then gave her "the look" She laughed and walked away.
    Grugore: "How you doing?"
    Jack: "As many as I can".

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    Notice how many store check-out clerks have stopped asking "Did you find everything that you needed?" Obviously it was a manager's policy that hit just about every store that I frequent.

    For me, especially at Home Depot or Lowes, it's a rarity that they have 5 out of 5 things that I went in for. Not wanting to be delayed, my standard reply was most always "yes". A couple times I was truthful and said "Please don't ask me to lie to you." Apparently they got the message.

    Prediction: Some flaming lib will pounce on this claiming it proof that I am a "liar".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grugore View Post
    ...but I didn't. A lady asked me how I was doing today. I gave my standard reply..."Can't complain. No one will listen." She said, "I'm sorry, what was that?" I started to repeat myself, then gave her "the look" She laughed and walked away.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    I use that frequently too. That and...happy as if I had my right mind.
    Didn't think that was even known over there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Didn't think that was even known over there.
    Just checked it out and apparently it comes from the cotton industry.

    https://www.heddels.com/dictionary/fair-to-middling/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grugore View Post
    ...but I didn't. A lady asked me how I was doing today. I gave my standard reply..."Can't complain. No one will listen." She said, "I'm sorry, what was that?" I started to repeat myself, then gave her "the look" She laughed and walked away.
    Why would anyone want to listen to a pathetic, angry, dumb, whiny loser like you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Didn't think that was even known over there.
    Shoot yea...my father and grandfather used to say that.

    Do you use the salutation "Howdy" over there? I think it's history in the Ohio valley region is interesting.

    The British used the introductory phrase "How do you do?". The American Colonialist abbreviated that to "Howdy" and the Native Americans abbreviated it even more to "How".

    So if you ever watch an old Western and an Indian says "How"...well no you know where that came from.
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