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Comment by delichon

8 hours ago

I need some advice on etiquette. Is the correct answer to

  "Good morning!"

still

  "That's what the government wants you to believe."

or is it now

  "You want me to contract a psychiatric disorder? What did I ever do to you?"

I've always loved, "what's so morning about it?"

What are other people's favorite humorous responses?

  • Always a fan of Gandalf's response to Bilbo:

    > "What do you mean?" he said. "Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?"

  • > What are other people's favorite humorous responses?

    "For a given definition of 'morning'."

  • There's Eeyore: "If it is good. Which I doubt."

    But I knew a guy who didn't answer with words. He would just growl until he'd had coffee.

    • That sounds like me. There's a 1:1 correlation between how many cups of coffee I've had and the number of languages I speak.

      And like a true computer nerd, of course it's an unsigned integer, meaning if I drink too much coffee I'm back to grunting only (this time on the toilet)

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