Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

MrG · Oct 24, 2012

imatlas said:
Growing up I heard that we say bless you because of the folk belief that your heart stops when you sneeze, so it's a good idea to get in a last blessing unless it never starts up again. Given Piob's broken rib (not that rare an occurrence actually) there may be some validity to that belief.

Thomas said:
I'd heard it in parochial school that it was an early belief that your soul was in danger of leaving your body when you sneezed - hence the rapid "Bless you!"
Now, how they reacted when someone blew a lot of phlegm out when they sneezed, I'm . Did they make the sneezer shove it back into their nose? It could be spiritual protoplasm.
Reminds me of an episode of the Tick, BTW.
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Thomas' description is the one I've heard. I've also heard the "heart stops" thing, but not in the context of it being the reason we say "bless you."

FLMountainMan said:
I say "excuse me" when I sneeze. Overly polite Southern thing, I guess.

I do, too.

I assumed everyone does this, but maybe not.

otc · Oct 24, 2012

MrG said:
Me. By a cop on foot. While sitting at a stoplight.
I literally laughed at him while he was telling me why he'd stopped me.

in stitches said:
peeps like me, in bmore, when the city wants some revenue.

The root of my question had more to do with who the eff doesn't just wear their seatbelt?

Douglas · Oct 24, 2012

When I sneeze, I try to spray on as many people's faces as I can. My cheeks feel great as I shake my head from side to side and the force of the sneeze makes them flap about like a dog's with its head out the window.

Then I say "bless you" to all whom I've sprayed. It's the only polite thing to do, really.

Harold falcon · Oct 24, 2012

I don't think I've sneezed in the last several years. Perhaps I'm not able to sneeze anymore.

patrickBOOTH · Oct 24, 2012

otc said:
The root of my question had more to do with who the eff doesn't just wear their seatbelt?

I've never seen my parents wear a seatbelt. They argue with me over it.

L'Incandescent · Oct 24, 2012

harvey_birdman said:
I don't think I've sneezed in the last several years. Perhaps I'm not able to sneeze anymore.

You are missing out. Try looking at the sun. (I mean not too long and too directly, of course.)

Ambulance Chaser · Oct 24, 2012

Microsoft Word. It sucks.

MrG · Oct 24, 2012

otc said:
The root of my question had more to do with who the eff doesn't just wear their seatbelt?

People who are looking for a parking spot on a downtown street where traffic was barely moving fast enough to make the needle on the speedometer move. I'm extremely diligent about wearing my seatbelt, but it was just dumb luck that a bunch of cops happened to be standing on the corner on the same evening I thought, "I'm not going to get into a terrible wreck doing 5 MPH while looking for a place to park, so I'll go ahead and take off my seatbelt so my shirt doesn't wrinkle right before I go out for the evening."

in stitches · Oct 24, 2012

+1 to what thomas said as the root of the gesunteit thing. that is the explanation i heard as well in j00 circles.

Douglas said:
When I sneeze, I try to spray on as many people's faces as I can. My cheeks feel great as I shake my head from side to side and the force of the sneeze makes them flap about like a dog's with its head out the window.
Then I say "bless you" to all whom I've sprayed. It's the only polite thing to do, really.

when we first met up and you did that, i was kind of put off. by the 3rd time i had come to enjoy it.

patrickBOOTH · Oct 24, 2012

Douglas said:
When I sneeze, I try to spray on as many people's faces as I can. My cheeks feel great as I shake my head from side to side and the force of the sneeze makes them flap about like a dog's with its head out the window.
Then I say "bless you" to all whom I've sprayed. It's the only polite thing to do, really.

Is it weird that this kind of made me horny?

Piobaire · Oct 24, 2012

Wait. Breaking a rib while sneezing is not that rare? :censored:

All these years I sort of thought I was special for doing that.

imatlas · Oct 24, 2012

Don't worry, you're still a special flower to us.

imatlas · Oct 24, 2012

Sneezing is some dangerous ****:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18415_6-things-your-body-does-every-day-that-can-destroy-you.html

L'Incandescent · Oct 24, 2012

I've written a letter to Commissioner Bud Selig requesting that he void the result of the NLCS on the ground that the Giants' regular season victories were aided by Melky Cabrera. They shouldn't have even been in the playoffs because those wins should have been voided, like they do in college football. I need Selig to reply to me and to the nation by the time the game starts tonight, but he's been avoiding me. As the band Rush would say, by choosing not to decide, he is still deciding. (Hoping Selig is reading this so he will get on the ball.)

gomestar · Oct 24, 2012

work was a little frustrating today, and for some reason I made a bunch of paper airplanes to chuck at my office wall while listening to a conference call. I'm still at the office but the cleaning crew is in here early and some guy blasted in, picked up all of the planes, and then gave me a weird look before departing.

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