Can you say "SNARFLE-BURGERS"?

[rickrocks]

Far be it from me to say "bless you" when someone sneezes. And "gesundheit" is just the most trite alternate choice. So I figure, if we can have a choice, why not a choice of my choosing, if you will? And so, to announce for the first time in public, that I have decided to change my personal world, to make it more personal. From this day forward, til the next time I get a bright idea about it, I have resolved, when someone sneezes or makes a similar health-related sound or utterance, that I shall strike a blow for levity in reason by saying...

SNARFLE-BURGERS!

...because there is anecdotal evidence that bringing a smile to someone's face can help that person feel better.

I encourage the saying of "snarfle-burgers" when ever the thought occurs. I also encourage the composition of your very own special words to use entirely as you see fit. Isn't self-determination great?

[Tank]

Do you know the history of the word Quiz?

[OldGit]

There are at least two theories about that.

quiz
1847, quies, perhaps from L. qui es? "who are you?," first question in oral exams in L. in old-time grammar schools. Spelling quiz first recorded 1886, though it was in use as a noun from 1867, perhaps from apparently unrelated slang word quiz meaning "odd person" (1782, source of quizzical). The anecdote that credits this word to a bet by the Dublin theater-manager Daly that he could coin a word is regarded by authorities as "doubtful" and the first record of it appears to be in 1836 (in Smart's "Walker Remodelled"; the story is omitted in the edition of 1840).

Note that the first explanation contains a flaw in that the Latin should be quis es?, but that shouldn't harm the suggested derivation.

BTW I think SNARFLE-BURGERS is an excellent idea.

[rickrocks]

Thanks for your kind attention, you oldgit!

[OldGit]

Grundle-framps to you, my good sir, may your whoppets never frimple.

[Amicale]

Snarfle-Burgers has a fun ring to it! So does Snarfle-Boogers, as in, 'quit snarfling those boogers!' when someone sneezes. 

When someone does sneeze, I've been known to say 'gesundheit', which just means good health -- but it's a sincere wish to get better ASAP so they feel better, and don't give their cold to anyone else. 

[Ali]

Amongst friends we use the old Sienfeld joke "You are sooooo good looking!"

[En_Route]

I am apt to ejaculate"Festering barnacles!" whenever taken by surprise.

[Ali]

I am apt to ejaculate whenever taken by surprise.

It's funnier like this.

[Amicale]

I am apt to ejaculate"Festering barnacles!" whenever taken by surprise.

If you're ejaculating festering barnacles, I'd recommend seeing your doctor, pronto.  I can't see you, or any partners you have, enjoying that experience.

[En_Route]

I am apt to ejaculate whenever taken by surprise.

It's funnier like this.

Funnier even still and rather more accurate is:

I am apt to ejaculate whenever.

[rickrocks]

Being a Python fan, I am prone to ejaculate, "Shut your festering gob, you tit!"

[The Black Jester]

Being a Python fan, I am prone to ejaculate, "Shut your festering gob, you tit!"

Your type really makes me puke, you toffee-nosed, maloderous pervert!

...is my personal favorite.

[Jimmy]

Snarfle-burgers does sound humorous.

What I do more often than not is, as soon as I sneeze, I say, "excuse me" before anyone can bless me. Very often, no one will follow up an "excuse me" with a "bless you." When other people sneeze, I tend not to say anything, because I'm a jerk like that :p

[rickrocks]

Really! I mean whose initiative should it be, anyway? Why are the rest of us obligated to come up with some platitude when somebody makes an impolite noise and spews germs all over? Shouldn't the offender take the initiative?

Next time I sneeze, *I'm* saying SNARFLE-BURGERS!

It's only sociable.