How Do You Do?

How do you do is a very funny form of greeting. You want to hear the word fine and then move on. But sometimes you say, how are you? And people then blather on for 40 minutes. I remember this meeting somebody who was a, when he was an MP,. I said, how do you do lovely to meet you? She looked at me and she said, I'm so sorry, I'm quite old. I don't have time for new friendships. Goodbye. Put me in my place, isn't it? Yes, that is all. Since then, I've come to be quite sympathetic to her and my wife and I, we go into a

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