Moroccan greetings

A typical greeting of two American people goes something like this:

"Hello."

"Hi. How are you?"

"Fine. How are you?"

"I'm well, thanks."

That's pretty much it. At this point, the two people will go their separate ways, or their discussion will move on to something else.

And here, based on my experience in Morocco, is a typical greeting between two Moroccans (translated into English for your convenience):

"Greetings!"

"Greetings!"

"How are you? Are you well? Are things good?"

"I'm well, thank God. How are you? Are you well? Are things good?"

"I'm well, thank God. How are you? Are things good?"

"I'm good, thank God. Are you well?"

"I'm well, thank God. How is your husband?"

"Very well."

"Thank God!"

"How are your children?"

"They are well, thank God."

"Thank God."

Okay, that's pretty much how it goes, except that the people are usually speaking Darija, and they don't really take turns speaking; they both talk at the same time, so that, in Darija, the discussion sounds like a jumbled repetition of ssalam, la bes, b-kher, and l'hamdullilah. 

I love it.