How do you respond to...

...weird sayings and responses?

Have you ever greeted someone and have them respond with a word that you just don't understand? No, it's not that they're speaking a foreign language or anything, it's just that they say the weirdest things that must have been passed down from generation to generation without any real understanding of the word.

Allow me to illustrate.

I say: "Hi". They say: "Howdy".
(ok, this one I get. It's a form of hello, like "hi".) but the rest are, well, just weird...

I say: "How are you?" They say: "Ducky".
What the hell does feeling like duck have to do with anything? When did the duck become a conversation starter?

I say: "How's it goin'? ". They say: "Peachy"
Ok, I actually questioned someone about this response. I asked if he felt fruity and fuzzy. He hasn't used that term to respond to "hello" or any variation since.

I say: "Hey, how are you?" They say: "how are you?"
Ok, who's on first? I asked you a question. Why are you asking me a question in return? Isn't the typical order, question - answer, etc.?

An experiment that I have conducted in the past week also tells me that of the 15 people I said "hello" to, only 3 actually responded in like or with some recognizable variation of "hello". Also, when someone asked how I was doing, I responded, "terrible" and the person said, "good. glad to hear it." Ok, maybe the person hates me and is happy that I was having a terrible day or (and I dare say that I think this is the real reason) the person was simply not listening to me at all!

My new experiment this week is that I have been using adjectives to respond to people asking me how I'm doing or how's it goin'. Only one person out of the 8 that I've used in my experiment caught on to what I said. I'll see if the responses get better going forward.

Anywho, hope we all have ducky and peachy hump days!