How Are You?

The most rhetorical question used is "How are you?"

To which the most rhetorical statement is, "I'm fine."

Only once in my life, and it was recently, where I was asked how I was and when I gave the standard reply of "I'm fine" did the person reach out and touch my arm, looked into my eyes and sincerely asked, "No, I'm really asking.... how are YOU?"

I was so dumb founded that somebody actually wanted more than a superficial answer that I did not even know how to reply.  To be honest, I don't even really know how I am.  I guess I don't give it much thought.