Do you think it's rude/disruptive to say "bless you" after a sneeze? | |
nerdrage88sasr User ID: 2276093 Australia 09/30/2011 11:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | the saying actually comes from the days of the black plague, when people believed that when you sneezed, satan could enter your body through your nose and give you the plague...hence, the "bless you".. <shrug> "Luck is what happens when preparation meets Oppurtunity"-- Seneca (5BC-65AD) |
Arnie User ID: 2363467 United States 09/30/2011 11:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This tradition comes from the middle ages...when people were exceedingly superstitious. They believed that when you sneezed, you were actually expelling a demon from yourself; hence, they would say, "bless you" after you sneezed.... AKA Auntie Arnie |
PeterV User ID: 1086362 Netherlands 09/30/2011 11:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2230535 United States 09/30/2011 11:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This tradition comes from the middle ages...when people were exceedingly superstitious. They believed that when you sneezed, you were actually expelling a demon from yourself; hence, they would say, "bless you" after you sneezed.... Quoting: Arnie :frizz: WERE exceedingly supersitious? They have gotten worse! I don't tend to use any of these programs things in society anyway. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1968755 United States 09/30/2011 11:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 693969 United States 09/30/2011 11:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | People are about to be put into a new level of slavery and this is the nonsense the controlled media wants people to be thinking about. Who give a crap what people say to others after they sneeze. Lets get the criminal government and bankers in jail. That's what matters. |
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