This set was not too bad all things considered

A British soldier in the trenches: just lost an arm
...
"Well that's not too bad, at least my arm won't be hurting now"

I'm from the northern part of The Netherlands and we are even "worse". If somebody ask how we're doing we answer;"It could be worse.." Must be a saxon trait.

A British person has just won the lottery and he meets a friend who asks him how he is doing? He replies “not too bad, can’t complain, could have been worse, all things considered’.

This explains why people look at my blank facial expression and ask me , "What's WRONG?"
All the damned time! NOTHING! I've just got a case of 3rd generation resting - Brit-face.
(Thank you EVER so much Father.)

In the Philippines, when someone asks, "How are you?"

We Filipinos say, "Oh well, still alive." :)

"We're in the car park and the snack area adjacent to the abyss." 😂

It's the stoic approach, where happiness is considered unattainable and so your best option is to minimise unhappiness.

Take note family guy: This is how you make a joke go on for too long....and it works.

"Tirade of Beautiful Nonsense" is my favourite genre of comedy.

Bill's right. I teach English as a foreign language, online and by phone. With my adult students, when we start the lesson, we say how are you etc. and when my students asked me How are you, Jeanette? I replied "Not too bad." Some of my students were horrified "Jeanette! you feel bad?" Then I explain to them it is an ironic British way of saying I'm fine, thanks. Now, when we start our lessons, I say "How are you?" They all say "Not too bad." ;-)

A Brit is the only person capable of sitting on a damp sack, under a rusty piece of corrugated iron, in a rainstorm, eating a rat, and saying, "Well, mustn't grumble, it could have been worse".

I think this is low-key one of the most beautifully written and hilarious little sequences of comedy I've ever heard.

I am British and I think that was more than not too bad. It was alright.

As my Mom used to say "cheer up, things could be worse. So I cheered up and sure enough things got worse." Think about growing up with that attitude.

Simple fact of the matter is - if someone asks how you're doing and you give an honest answer you can usually see their eyes start to glaze over!

"If you're not a circus freak or a Yeti, you can't actually play the bloody stuff ... " THANK YOU!!!!!!

If a Brit says "it's not too bad" or "could be worse," it could mean anything from "I just won the lottery" to "I've been diagnosed with cancer"

My mum is Scottish and we were raised on 'If you've never had it, you canny miss it.'

I've never considered a Patagonian sunset.