How You Doin’? (Contest Winner!)

You brilliant, creative readers are weirdly wired. Thanks for making this contest such a blast. Your cleverness provoked sustained chuckling and occasional outright guffaws by yours truly.

Determining the “winner” was no easy task, as some of you predicted. In the end, I opted for brevity over length (easy to remember), and the broadest potential usability. Some of the funniest actually didn’t make the top ten because I felt they would have more limited usage, or were too long to be convenient. The winner was the one I felt would have the widest potential and consistently provoke a smile. Or at least a goofy reaction.

That said, remember that your sense of humor may be wildly different than mine, and you might come up with a totally different top ten. Which is great!

(In fact, I suggest you do just that. Take a few minutes, read through the entries and pick out the ones you want to try. Then test ‘em out and see which ones you have the most fun with. Believe me, the first time you give a wacky comeback to “How you doin’?”, and somebody smiles or giggles, you’ll feel like a winner. And once you get in the habit of doing it, you’ll feel like a winner all day.)

As promised, the winner gets a free Analog Brain In A Digital World t-shirt, plus any two of my CDs.

And because you all were so generous with your creativity, I decided this morning to offer my newsletter subscribers a 40% discount on any quantity (of two or more) and any combination of my CDs and books. You can check out the selection here.

Okay, ready! Here, in no particular order, are the nine finalists, followed by the winner. (I took editorial license and slightly reworded a couple of them for brevity and humor.)

“How ya doin’?”

1. My wife tells me I’m wonderful.  (Charles Garney)
2. Excellent. Do you have the money you owe me?  (Doug Cristafir)
3. I’m feeling more like I do now than I did awhile ago.  (Kate Rowland)
4. Vertically challenged, horizontally gifted.  (Paul F Duvall)
5. I’m good.. and so am I!  (Melanie)
6. Just another dopeless hope fiend!  (K’lyn Matthews)
7. It depends. Can I borrow some money?  (Stan)
8. Here in the now, brown cow  (Lydia Pettijohn)
9. Starbuckinated!  (Amy Logan)

And the winner of 2 free CDs and a t-shirt is:

“You first. I need a baseline.” (Jackie Boor)

Congratulations to Jackie!!  Thanks to everybody for playing, and Happiest of Holidays! (Now get out there and keep it up!)

© 2010 Greg Tamblyn