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View Poll Results: What do you say when someone near you sneezes? | |||
Bless You |
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22 | 57.89% |
Gesundheit |
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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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#31 |
Belt Conveyor
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Blighty
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I say bless you
btw there's an ad running on some of our ATMs here by the NHS which shows a guy make a huge sneeze in full slo-mo technicolor. It really offends me. Jesus, all I want to do is get some money out, not be blasted in the face by some guy's phlegm.
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#32 |
Are you knock-kneed?
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Middle Hoosierland
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Your ATM'S show ads? Oh god, thats gonna spread quick. I was in a restaurants bathroom that had adds on the inside of the stalls. Talk about a captured audience.
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#33 |
Professor
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Houston, TX
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#34 |
St Petersburg, Florida
Join Date: Oct 2002
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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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#35 |
~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Gesundheit
bless you sounds better in german |
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#36 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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I find that in practice, I only say "bless you" if the person does not say "excuse me" first.
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#37 |
Are you knock-kneed?
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#38 |
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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If I'm in the office and its been quiet for a bit and someone sneezes, I yell out: Knock it off!
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#40 |
Are you knock-kneed?
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Middle Hoosierland
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Yup. He tries not to do it in polite company, but since he does it so much at home, he sometimes forgets where he is. If I say cockblessyou in public when he does it, I think it will get the point across to him.
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#42 |
lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
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Actually, you're just wishing folks good health in German.
Segnen Sie Sie would be bless you, I think. Either way, you're really saying "I hope that you don't die of plague, and especially hope that you don't give it to me."
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#43 | |
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Quote:
My dad frequently made his sneezes sound like, "horseshit".
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#44 |
An Awesome Dude
Join Date: Oct 2015
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I usually say BLESS YOU
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