Announcement: new method for sneezing

Undertoad · 11-16-2009, 10:26 AM

I'm sure that this directive has come down from on high somewhere, because the children have taken it up first, therefore they are being systematically taught it. 2009 should be marked as the year this method has "gone viral".

For those of you without kids: when you are about to sneeze or cough, you raise your whole arm in front of your face, and exhale your deadly sputum aerosol into the crook of your elbow.

Shawnee123 · 11-16-2009, 10:29 AM

All my nieces do that. My mom said a little girl at the clinic did that too. Kids know (must be learning it at school), but adults haven't caught on yet, that I can see.

lumberjim · 11-16-2009, 11:07 AM

can't we just sneeze into our man purse?

monster · 11-16-2009, 11:13 AM

They taught that at the kids' preschool. You can spot paople who spend time in schools a mile off by how they sneeze and cough.

Clodfobble · 11-16-2009, 11:14 AM

Seriously? Y'all are old. I remember being taught this back when I was in junior high. That was 1993, ya fogeys.

SteveDallas · 11-16-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Seriously? Y'all are old. I remember being taught this back when I was in junior high. That was 1993, ya fogeys.

When I was in middle school they hadn't developed sneezing techniques yet. We had to all march down to the school nurse's office once a week to have mucous vacuum-pumped out of our heads.

Glinda · 11-16-2009, 11:41 AM

When I was a kid, there was no such thing as "middle school." There was elementary, high, and get yer ass out of the house and find a job.

lumberjim · 11-16-2009, 11:44 AM

when i WAS A KID, WE COULDNT AFFORD NOSES.

Shawnee123 · 11-16-2009, 11:49 AM

Pansies. When I was a kid, we played "snot and slide" at recess. Sure, the germs came, we got sick, some of us died...but we liked it!

Cicero · 11-16-2009, 12:19 PM

I sneeze onto my shoulder. Some food-handling restaurant class at some point taught me that. Now that I think of it...It probably looks stupid.

BigV · 11-16-2009, 12:29 PM

Science World says more germs are spread by shaking hands than by kissing.

Undertoad · 11-16-2009, 12:55 PM

I'm encouraging the use of the terrorist fist bump a la Howie Mandel.

TheMercenary · 11-16-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

I'm encouraging the use of the terrorist fist bump a la Howie Mandel.

Cicero · 11-16-2009, 01:10 PM

An ex thought the method was to sneeze on me. This is not a great method as he found out. I mean who sneeze's on you and tries to wipe their nose on the hood of your jacket anyway?

PS
In public.

Flint · 11-16-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

For those of you without kids: when you are about to sneeze or cough, you raise your whole arm in front of your face, and exhale your deadly sputum aerosol into the crook of your elbow.

WTF have you been doing? Still sneezing into your hand, so you can smear it all over the next available doorknob?

11-16-2009, 10:26 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Announcement: new method for sneezing I'm sure that this directive has come down from on high somewhere, because the children have taken it up first, therefore they are being systematically taught it. 2009 should be marked as the year this method has "gone viral". For those of you without kids: when you are about to sneeze or cough, you raise your whole arm in front of your face, and exhale your deadly sputum aerosol into the crook of your elbow.

11-16-2009, 10:29 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	All my nieces do that. My mom said a little girl at the clinic did that too. Kids know (must be learning it at school), but adults haven't caught on yet, that I can see. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-16-2009, 11:07 AM	#3
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	can't we just sneeze into our man purse? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-16-2009, 11:13 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	They taught that at the kids' preschool. You can spot paople who spend time in schools a mile off by how they sneeze and cough. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-16-2009, 11:14 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Seriously? Y'all are old. I remember being taught this back when I was in junior high. That was 1993, ya fogeys. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

11-16-2009, 11:41 AM	#7
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	When I was a kid, there was no such thing as "middle school." There was elementary, high, and get yer ass out of the house and find a job.

11-16-2009, 11:44 AM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	when i WAS A KID, WE COULDNT AFFORD NOSES. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-16-2009, 11:49 AM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Pansies. When I was a kid, we played "snot and slide" at recess. Sure, the germs came, we got sick, some of us died...but we liked it! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

11-16-2009, 12:19 PM	#10
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I sneeze onto my shoulder. Some food-handling restaurant class at some point taught me that. Now that I think of it...It probably looks stupid. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-16-2009, 12:29 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Science World says more germs are spread by shaking hands than by kissing. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-16-2009, 12:55 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'm encouraging the use of the terrorist fist bump a la Howie Mandel.

11-16-2009, 01:10 PM	#14
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	An ex thought the method was to sneeze on me. This is not a great method as he found out. I mean who sneeze's on you and tries to wipe their nose on the hood of your jacket anyway? PS In public. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

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