Re: Frivolous Poll - how do you answer "how are you?"

["Poster" <Poster -at- aurora -dot- cotse -dot- net>]

rjstevenson -at- sprynet -dot- com said:
> Actively seeking as I am, I answer the phone a lot these days, and
> when people ask "How are you?" I often suffer a small crisis. :-)
>
> Do you say, "I'm well" because it's correct?
>
> Or do you say "I'm good" because it's colloquially accepted?

I just make up something different to say every time. :) I've been
known to say, "I'm doing fine." or "I'm alright." or "Excellent, and
you?" Of course my favorite is "I'm not dead yet!"

~Poster
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