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| View Poll Results: What do you say when someone near you sneezes? | |||
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22 | 57.89% |
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7 | 18.42% |
| Eeeew |
  
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1 | 2.63% |
| Something else |
  
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3 | 7.89% |
| Nothing |
  
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5 | 13.16% |
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03-11-2009, 11:13 AM
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The reason people say gesundheit [good health] or bless you is because when a person sneezes their heart stops for that instant.
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03-11-2009, 11:28 AM
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no, it doesn't. as i understood it, the "gesundheit" simply relates to the fact that a sneeze usually indicates sickness, and the "bless you" is because people used to believe that you lose consciousness when you sneeze, which gives the devil an opportunity to sneak in and possess your soul. Of course both of those could be bullshit too. 
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03-13-2009, 12:50 AM
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03-15-2009, 08:34 AM
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Interesting topic.
Most of the time when someone "blesses" me after sneezing I completely ignore their blessing or just nod to them. The entire notion seems pretty silly and I politely try not to encourage it. There are some interesting alternatives listed previously that may fall into my person use, "bloody hell" may be my new response to being blessed. That ol' "cockblessyou" is a good one too.
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03-15-2009, 01:21 PM
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03-15-2009, 02:28 PM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
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