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Do you say "bless you?"

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Damnit Brains, get this trash outta my thread!! You need a spanking for being such a bad boy...:)



Ok, if you insist.:D Do i get more spankings if i am bad again????:$ NSFW!!B|

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.

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What is the point of saying bless you to someone after they sneeze? I don't get it. Am i rude because i don't bless people when they sneeze?



I just make sure they don't get that crap on me. And if blessing them the first time actually did anything, why do most people sneeze a few more times after that? Its a big scam I say. Fight the power.

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Ok, well the plague isn't an issue today so i see no need to bless people when they sneeze. It's just weird!!



Really? The plague in a bottle today is a WMD, and we don't even need the fleas that live on rats to spread it anymore...

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It's the year of the Pig.

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I can't believe you people don't know this - its common knowledge over here!
You know that children’s nursery rhyme - Ring-a-ring-a-roses? That’s about the plague. The ring of roses was a reference to the ring of spots and blisters around sufferers mouth and nose. The “pocket full of posy’s” is a reference to the pot-puree people used to carry around as it was a common belief that it was "mal-air" or bad air which caused the plague. Then the song finishes with "ahtishoo ahtishoo we all fall down" simulating the final sneezing fit and death.



"I can't believe you don't know this" -- it's "ring around the rosy," (meaning what you said), and it's "potpourri," not "pot puree" (which might appeal to some around here...).

And the way it's taught "over here," it's "ashes, ashes, we all fall down."
-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

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Like out at the store or other public place, if a stranger sneezes...do you bless them? Or do you only bless people you know? It's so confusing damnit!!



It's not confusing if you just blow it off. I myself would prefer if people would just friggin' drop it, already. Once in a while, I sneeze at work, and three people nearby all feel the need to say "bless you." If I have my headphones on and can't hear them, I sit and wonder, "Am I being rude for not sayiing 'thank you' back since I can't be sure if they said 'bless you' on account of my loud music? Do I say 'thank you' just in case, and risk sounding stupid thanking someone for a courtesy they didn't provide?"

Look, no one blesses you if your stomach gurgles or if you cough or burp. What the hell is so special NOWADAYS about a stupid sneeze?! I'm with you -- don't say "bless you." It's pointless. If you want to be polite to someone, greet them with a smile and say, "I hope you're having a nice day."
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-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

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Why not say DAMN YOU since they are spreading contagion around...:|



That's something I meant to address in my post. I work with a bunch of people, and several of them are known for sneezing and being sick a lot -- and these are the assholes who fucking sneeze as though they're out in a 500 acre meadow with no one else around for miles! They just let all that atomized fuckin' snot blast out of their ugly faces for everyone else to breathe!

When I worked as a waiter, I realized that if I sneezed and did the common thing of catching it in my hands, that would gross out customers, so I decided to wrap both arms around my face so that the sneeze is quite well contained in the crooks of the elbows. It ain't goin' nowhere. And I don't pick things up or serve food with my elbows -- so my hands remain sneeze/snot/germ-free.

I've done this in front of these same inconsiderate oblivious people and still they don't take the goddamned clue.

So "Damn You!" would be a good one to use. That captures how I feel.
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-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

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