Hoe gaat het?

I rather liked this piece from de Volkskrant by Ianthe Sahadat (in Dutch) about the problem of answering the question, how is it going? (‘Hoe gaat het’?)

The illustrations by Claudie de Cleen are priceless, not the least of which is this one, which deserves to be seen in all its glory but failing that, here is a higher resolution digital version.