Like the Soldiers Say

[snurri]

HELPFUL NOTE: If you insist upon greeting me with "Keeping out of trouble?" every time you see me, be warned that this is a question of such banality that I cannot be bothered to muster a civil response.

The same goes for "How's it hanging?"

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[ex-benpayne119.livejournal.com]

Here in Australia we have a particularly annoying lighthearted greeting: "Whadda ya know?"

Mostly said by middle-aged to old men in an ocker twang.

I'm not sure what the appropriate response is; some equally banal cliche no doubt, but I can never manage a response, my brain temporarily frozen in distaste at the ludicrous shallow vacuousness of workplace conversation.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

There is a show on National Public Radio called "Whad'ya Know." I've never liked it, and I think part of it is that it's such a stupid, stupid name.