God Bless You or Gazuntheit?

[truthpusher]

Poll question: God Bless You or Gazuntheit?

[edbermac]

1. How about Buddha Bless You?

Just to drive a known-neocon crazy...

[truthpusher]

3. Does Buddha even give blessings?

[bloodyjack]

17. he blesses you with bad buffalo meat

[edbermac]

2. dupe

Just to drive a known-neocon crazy...

[Ian David]

4. How about if people who sneeze just say, "Excuse Me"???

[Ian David]

5. For Dungeons & Dragons geeks

Blight you!

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

43. exactly!

I don't get it - any other time people make loud bodily noises, they excuse themselves...yet as far as sneezing goes, we're still hanging onto this weird cultural leftover that stems from fears of satanic possession... :wtf:

[ghostsofgiants]

6. "You are sooo good lookin'"

Don't you guys watch Seinfeld?

[mac56]

33. Beat me to it!

LOL!

"You are SOOOOO good-lookin'!"

[Left Is Write]

40. Oh, yes! I've said that one on many occasions.

It makes my husband roll his eyes, but I think he secretly finds it funny. :)

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. I say "Bless you" for no other reason then thats what the culture tells

me to say...? :shrug:

[msgadget]

12. Same here,

ingrained habit from way back. It just slips out automaticaly, much as 'thank you' slips out when a cop gives me a ticket. Weird.

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. Yeah, exactly, but you know what,

If I were to say "god bless you" I would feel uncomfortable because I dont believe in god, but just saying "bless you" feels ok, it just seems like a nice thing to do. And the reason why people say it in the first place is really silly, back in the old days people thought demons could enter your body when you sneezed so by saying god bless you it made the demon leave, which I think is so silly, we dont say it because we mean it we say it because we're taught we should.

[msgadget]

39. True,

'bless you' is just polite. When I was in grade school a kid told me we said it because every sneeze took a minute (day? year?) off your life. Hey, who wants that to happen to a person they're lookin' at?? :crazy: It's like...like watching their life spray out through their nostrils! :eyes:

[LeftyMom]

8. "Would you like another tissue?"

I feel no need to bless someone every time the sneeze to keep thier soul or spirit or katra or whatever from escaping out thier nose. I don't really know how great a nostril forcefield my blessing would create anyhow- could I be sued if it failed?

I try not to make statements with religious connotations unless I really mean them. I guess I'm wierd that way. :shrug:

[hippiechick]

9. For the record, it's gesundheit

German for 'Good Health'.

:hippie:

[truthpusher]

10. I've seen it spelled both ways smarty pants!

but you're probably right :)

[da_chimperor]

11. This smarty pants speaks german, and agrees with the other smarty pants

:)

[Kellanved]

14. This smarty pants is german, and agrees with the other smarty pants

:D

[truthpusher]

18. That makes me Mr. Dumb Pants!

:(

[da_chimperor]

19. No, that makes you Mr. i've-been-corrected-by-a-german pants

:)

[truthpusher]

22. No. It actually makes me....

"I've been advised as to my being corrected by a german by da chimperor pants"

[da_chimperor]

26. Ok, that works

:D

[RevCheesehead]

28. Nah, that would be "Herr Lederhosen"

Or just "hoser" for short.

[hippiechick]

13. So wie ich weiss, es g-e-s-u-n-d-h-e-i-t buchstabiert ist.

Kann ein bischen deutch sprechen.


:hippie:

[truthpusher]

21. No I can not..

[Placebo]

15. Who says Gazuntheit???

I mean, in the real world.

Seriously. No one says that anymore unless they're trying to be funny.

[Jack_Dawson]

16. I say it every time!

Signed,

Californian

[da_chimperor]

20. I do as well

West-siiiiiiiiide!

[truthpusher]

23. My family actually says it a lot.

[Renew Deal]

24. Isn't that a jewish thing?

[RevCheesehead]

30. Hey, c'mon up to Cheeseland!

We got almost as many Germans as cows!

Oh yeah - when I lived in NC, I would "gesundheit" someone, and they looked disappointed that I didn't say "God Bless You." I explained the meaning, as well as the superstition. Then I added "I think it's a bit presumptuous for us to tell God what to do. Besides, if I 'god bless' you now, should I 'god damn' you later?"

It was - - fun. O8)

[Milspec]

38. "Who says Gazuntheit???" when I hear it...

The only responds I have is... "Not if you relax" tee hee

[chaska]

27. I'm an atheist. I say "Curse you".

Seriously, I do.

[Carson]

44. lol...reminds me of an old joke about an atheist church...

At an atheist church, people stand up and testify that they used to be crippled and still are.

;-)

[Digit]

29. My mother was from Germany, so I say it alot

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

31. I never say anything when someone else sneezes.

I've never understood why I should say something when someone else sneezes. I say "excuse me" when I sneeze.

[Endangered Specie]

32. Its spelled gesundheit

[Ron Green]

34. "Salud"....got in the habit of that in New Mexico. 'Course it's the same

as "Gesundheit" in German - it means "health."

[elperromagico]

35. The first time: "Bless You." The second time: "Quit showing off."

[Swamp Rat]

36. Saúde

Brigado

[Lydia Leftcoast]

37. Both annoy the hell out of me

I have respiratory allergies, and if I have to go out during hay fever or tree bud season before my meds have kicked in, sometimes I sneeze several times in succession, like maybe 15 seconds apart.

There's always some total stranger who feels compelled to say either "bless you" or "Gesundheit" after each sneeze.

I feel embarrassed enough to be in a sneezing fit. I don't appreciate somebody calling attention to it.

You know where that custom comes from, don't you? In the Middle Ages, people believed that sneezing opened one's body to the devil. Saying "bless you" or "Gesundheit" was supposed to keep the devils out.

It's a superstition, not a matter of etiquette.

It was ironic that I encountered the serial "bless you" types most often in Oregon, one of the most secular states in the Union.

So if I sneeze in your presence, hold the "bless yous" and "Gesundheits." I won't get mad or feel neglected, I promise.

[Not_Giving_Up]

41. I am the Queen of Allergies

I counted once - I sneezed 27 times in a row. I have sneezed five or six times in a row at work and been subjected to the bless you after each one. What's really funny is that each bless you gets more and more intense. Bless you, BLESS YOU, <b>BLESS YOU!<b> Sometimes it evolves into "my goodness!"

I wish my allergies were seasonal - if it floats in the air it makes me sneeze!

[Az]

42. Atheist here and I say....

Sneeze acknowledged. :evilgrin:

[Carson]

45. Recall the scene in "Dogma" when Matt Damon's

character, the angel of destruction, threatened to shoot the woman because she didn't say "God Bless You" when he sneezed?

I loved that movie!

[Seabiscuit]

46. "Oooooo. Schneeeezles."

That's what I say to my little boy when he sneezes - it makes him laugh.

He's 2 months and 2 weeks old today.