What's Up?

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Try humor, like being literal and spacey. Shouldn't be difficult for us.

"What's up?"
"The ceiling."

"What's going on?"
"I'm walking."

"How's it going?"
"Still in orbit."

There's a few other everyday questions I have stock phrases for. Friends of mine learn to not ask these.

"Are you doing anything?"
"Right now I'm sitting. I was thinking of eating dinner later and maybe watching television while I continue to sit."

"Is it hot in here?"
"I'm sorry."

"Nice day."
"It won't last."

"Want to get a bite to eat?"
"Why, are they going to take away my food?"

I figured out that people don't actually want to know what's up & that it's merely a greeting like saying "Hi".
My usual response it either..."nothing much"...or..."the usual". If you say that, most people will just leave it at that.

^^ That made my day.



HA! I've noticed that people always complain about the temperature when they have nothing else to say. I wonder why that's the only thing people can think of.

Oh man, I know exactly what you mean. I don't have AS (I really wish there was some sort of disclaimer I could put on my posts for that....) but this has always bugged me.

I live in Ireland, and Irish people are especially bad for it- "How's it going" or "What's up" isn't bad because you can just say "fine", but in Ireland you get "What's the craic?" (craic is like fun, or something.) or "what's the story?" as the universal greeting from total strangers. I still don't know a graceful way to reply to these (suggestions, anyone?).

I was once asked "How's she cuttin'?" at a party and replied with "She's cutting well", which the questioner seemed to think was quite funny.

Personally, I think "hello" and "hi" should be the only greetings allowed by law.

Have you tried using a signature?

Away from the centre of the earth.

I considered it, but I don't know what to write for it.

at first when people used to ask me whats up i would look above there head to see if infact there was anything above it, silently in my mind (to not make a fool of myself than i already am ) i learned that people are asking you how its going. its only the most common greeting on earth and is pretty easy to learn, once you got it you got it baby! now there are more complicated ones for instance "dipping" or im gonna "dip" on out later means i'm leaving usually in a car. when people used to say this to me i thought they were talking about chewing tabbaco