Sneeze etiquette

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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    4and20 wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    I heard if you hold in a sneeze, the germs go back into your head...

    "Hello...My name is Germ Head"

    I have to hold them in....most of my sneezes are big loud sneezes...and I'm a petite person...so when I sneeze, more people stare at me than if I just squeeze my nose and hold it in....
    It's actually quite dangerous... You could do damage to your inner ear... As someone who did it, don't do that...
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  • voidofman
    voidofman Posts: 4,009
    Black Diamond wrote:
    It's actually quite dangerous... You could do damage to your inner ear... As someone who did it, don't do that...

    What?
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Black Diamond wrote:
    4and20 wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    I heard if you hold in a sneeze, the germs go back into your head...

    "Hello...My name is Germ Head"

    I have to hold them in....most of my sneezes are big loud sneezes...and I'm a petite person...so when I sneeze, more people stare at me than if I just squeeze my nose and hold it in....
    It's actually quite dangerous... You could do damage to your inner ear... As someone who did it, don't do that...
    VoidOfMan wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    It's actually quite dangerous... You could do damage to your inner ear... As someone who did it, don't do that...

    What?

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    .....and I thought it was all the concerts I went to when I would go stage diving....ok. big loud sneezes....you'll be sorry when you meet me BD......
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    4and20 wrote:
    EH?!? Shpeek up Shunny! Ay Chant heer ya too good.....


    .....and I thought it was all the concerts I went to when I would go stage diving....ok. big loud sneezes....you'll be sorry when you meet me BD......
    I'll be the guy in this outfit or of course you can tell from the Hi My Name is BD tag...

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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    in the MT this thread was locked after a slight battle royal.
    i think.....

    maybe im seeing things again

    hhhaaaacchhheewww... "bless you" says the fish to the elf.
    the elf whoops some ass...

    some elves dislike "bless you"

    that's a rowdy group
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  • 81
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    chadwick wrote:
    in the MT this thread was locked after a slight battle royal.
    i think.....

    maybe im seeing things again

    hhhaaaacchhheewww... "bless you" says the fish to the elf.
    the elf whoops some ass...

    some elves dislike "bless you"

    that's a rowdy group
    santa and company


    yeah, you might want to sit this thread out. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    81 wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    in the MT this thread was locked after a slight battle royal.
    i think.....

    maybe im seeing things again

    hhhaaaacchhheewww... "bless you" says the fish to the elf.
    the elf whoops some ass...

    some elves dislike "bless you"

    that's a rowdy group
    santa and company


    yeah, you might want to sit this thread out. :lol:
    will do
    good advice, 81
    :silent:
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

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  • Heineken Helen
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    4and20 wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    I heard if you hold in a sneeze, the germs go back into your head...

    "Hello...My name is Germ Head"

    I have to hold them in....most of my sneezes are big loud sneezes...and I'm a petite person...so when I sneeze, more people stare at me than if I just squeeze my nose and hold it in....
    Same here... mine are pretty loud... and they go on forever... I can't sneeze once... or twice... or even three times, it just keeps going on and on and on :oops: . I've done my back in sneezing before :oops: it's not fun :(
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  • eyedclaar
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    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Same here... mine are pretty loud... and they go on forever... I can't sneeze once... or twice... or even three times, it just keeps going on and on and on :oops: . I've done my back in sneezing before :oops: it's not fun :(

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  • iluvcats
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    I googled sneeze etiquette and you are supposed to say excuse me.

    I was obviously raised w/o manners. :)
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    i heard suppressing your sneeze is really bad on your heart
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  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Didn't they used to say "God bless you" because they believed a sneeze was your soul trying to escape? :? Just what I have heard.
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  • RKCNDY
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    From Wiki:
    Various alleged but conflicting superstitions relating the sneeze to evil spirits. This includes beliefs that a sneeze could release one's soul, thus leading to its possible capture by lurking evil spirits (as explained in the "Historic instances and practices" section), or that the evil spirits could enter the body through the open mouth of a sneezing individual, or that the individual is sneezing out sins or evil spirits which had taken residence within the body and is thus in need of the blessing to prevent the exorcised spirits from re-entering the body. Some proponents of this last theory have further suggested that it was bad luck to open the mouth again to thank the person who uttered "Bless you" for fear of circumventing the original purpose of the blessing.
    Some say it came into use during the black death pandemics of the 14th century. Blessing the individual after showing such a symptom was thought to prevent possible impending death due to the lethal disease.
    In Renaissance times a superstition was formed claiming one's heart stopped for a very brief moment during the sneeze, saying bless you was a sign of prayer that the heart wouldn't fail possibly the devil's doing by sending demons to clasp the heart in the body's moment of shock from the sneeze.
    A polite way of congratulating the sneezer for his or her impending good luck as signaled by the sneeze.[citation needed]
    In non-English-speaking cultures, words referencing good health or a long life are used instead of "Bless you".

    what they say in other countries:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responses_to_sneezing
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  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Well spank my arse and call me Basil! My Mum was right! Mind you, she did also used to tell me that if your toes hang out the bed when it's bedtime, Jack Frost will bite them off?? :? :? Hence, I was a very good girl and stayed in bed! :lol:
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  • catefrances
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    iluvcats wrote:
    PureandEasy wrote:
    I say excuse me if I am in the middle of a conversation with someone and I sneeze

    and I always say "bless you" even to perfect strangers on the train

    not too many people say bless you any more, I don't know why

    I noticed when my coworkers will say "bless you" to this one guy, he does not answer.
    I heard if you hold in a sneeze, the germs go back into your head...

    i too do not answer if someone takes it upon themselves to bless me. i will however answer questions. 8-)
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  • RKCNDY
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    catefrances wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    PureandEasy wrote:
    I say excuse me if I am in the middle of a conversation with someone and I sneeze

    and I always say "bless you" even to perfect strangers on the train

    not too many people say bless you any more, I don't know why

    I noticed when my coworkers will say "bless you" to this one guy, he does not answer.
    I heard if you hold in a sneeze, the germs go back into your head...

    i too do not answer if someone takes it upon themselves to bless me. i will however answer questions. 8-)

    okay cate, I'll ask you...if you do not say anything, is it because:
    a) you do not believe in being blessed for the sneeze
    or
    b) you do not want others to aknowledge your existance
    or
    c) ?

    not being facetious...I just would like an explanation for a possibility of one's non-reply when I am just being courteous.
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Once was involved in the care of a guy who suppressed a sneeze and caused a traumatic injury to his airway that required surgical intervention. It was a tiny hole that caused air to leak into the subcutaneous layer (instead of passing to the lung, as nature intended), causing his neck to swell up to his jaw area.

    Nobody had seen that particular etiology before. It was interesting.

    So don't suppress a sneeze. But, at the same time, don't feel you have to baptize passersby in your high-velocity expulsion of mucus.
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  • catefrances
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    4and20 wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    I noticed when my coworkers will say "bless you" to this one guy, he does not answer.
    I heard if you hold in a sneeze, the germs go back into your head...

    i too do not answer if someone takes it upon themselves to bless me. i will however answer questions. 8-)

    okay cate, I'll ask you...if you do not say anything, is it because:
    a) you do not believe in being blessed for the sneeze
    or
    b) you do not want others to aknowledge your existance
    or
    c) ?

    not being facetious...I just would like an explanation for a possibility of one's non-reply when I am just being courteous.

    how does not wanting to be blessed equate to my not wanting my existence acknowledged?

    as a godless heathen i find it offensive when someone feels the need to bless me. its that simple. i dont make a big deal out of it. i just choose to ignore what i see as:

    a) a religious practise

    and/or

    b) a habit fortified by years and years of mindless rote.

    do you feel the need to bless someone when the fart? if not, why not? its just an expulsion of air like a sneeze is.
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  • comebackgirl
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    catefrances wrote:

    do you feel the need to bless someone when the fart? if not, why not? its just an expulsion of air like a sneeze is.
    :lol: no but it would be funny. I'm gonna start doing that :lol::lol:
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    comebackgirl wrote:
    catefrances wrote:

    do you feel the need to bless someone when the fart? if not, why not? its just an expulsion of air like a sneeze is.
    :lol: no but it would be funny. I'm gonna start doing that :lol::lol:

    I suggest something more fitting, like:

    "Kudos to your intestinal propulsion!"

    "That's the bomb-diggity!"

    Or perhaps, "Salutations to you, too!"
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