A: "Hey, how's it going?"
B: "Good, and yourself?"

You see, asking someone "how's it going?" is generally taken as a formality by most people. They reply with a "good", and return the favor. But I don't see it that way. When I ask, particularly to friends over MSN, I am genuinely interested in knowing how he or she's doing. Because if this went both ways, then we'd have a lame conversation that would take no more than 4 seconds (this is where we ask our viewers to try it).

A: "Hey, how's it going?"
B: "Good, and yourself?"
A: "Good."

When I say "Hey, how's it going?", I actually mean:
"Hey, how are you doing today? And how have you been since the last time I saw you? How's the wife /the girlfriend / the boyfriend / the baby / the dog / the job / the weather where you are / your body temperature / your health / your limp / your social life / life in general? What have you been up to (in no less than 10 sentences)?"

Only after that person has given me the full update, is he/she allowed to ask me how I am. I don't need a "good" in response to my question. Heck, it's assumed good until proven bad.

BTW, how many of you *actually* "tried it"?