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?
Do you know the history of the word Quiz?
There are at least two theories about that.
Quotequiz
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.
Thanks for your kind attention, you oldgit!
Grundle-framps to you, my good sir, may your whoppets never frimple.
Snarfle-Burgers has a fun ring to it! So does Snarfle-Boogers, as in, 'quit snarfling those boogers!' when someone sneezes. :D
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. ;)
Amongst friends we use the old Sienfeld joke "You are sooooo good looking!"
I am apt to ejaculate"Festering barnacles!" whenever taken by surprise.
Quote from: En_Route on April 27, 2012, 09:04:19 PM
I am apt to ejaculate whenever taken by surprise.
It's funnier like this.
Quote from: En_Route on April 27, 2012, 09:04:19 PM
I am apt to ejaculate"Festering barnacles!" whenever taken by surprise.
If you're ejaculating festering barnacles, I'd recommend seeing your doctor, pronto. :D I can't see you, or any partners you have, enjoying that experience.
Quote from: Ali on April 27, 2012, 09:28:18 PM
Quote from: En_Route on April 27, 2012, 09:04:19 PM
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.
Being a Python fan, I am prone to ejaculate, "Shut your festering gob, you tit!"
Quote from: rickrocks on April 28, 2012, 02:10:23 AM
Being a Python fan, I am prone to ejaculate, "Shut your festering gob, you tit!"
QuoteYour type really makes me puke, you toffee-nosed, maloderous pervert!
...is my personal favorite.
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
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.
Quote from: Ali on April 27, 2012, 08:12:18 PM
Amongst friends we use the old Sienfeld joke "You are sooooo good looking!"
I do this as well! Lol :D
My friends and I usually say "Out Foul Demon" when ever we sneeze, LOL.
I've taken recently to saying: "Go to hell."
Younger family members of mine say "Kleenex Powers: Activate!" when someone sneezes, which makes me laugh. :D
When I sneeze, most people say, "Bugger me - that was a loud'un!"
Quote from: OldGit on May 18, 2012, 10:26:22 AM
When I sneeze, most people say, "Bugger me - that was a loud'un!"
:D I'd break out into uncontrollable giggles if someone said that. Alas, I'm a total sucker for UK accents.
Quote from: Amicale on May 18, 2012, 05:28:02 PM
Quote from: OldGit on May 18, 2012, 10:26:22 AM
When I sneeze, most people say, "Bugger me - that was a loud'un!"
:D I'd break out into uncontrollable giggles if someone said that. Alas, I'm a total sucker for UK accents.
I'd giggle because I always thought "Bugger me" was the funny British way of saying that you want to be...um...buggered. ;)
Quote from: Amicale on May 18, 2012, 06:17:20 AM
Younger family members of mine say "Kleenex Powers: Activate!" when someone sneezes, which makes me laugh. :D
I like this xDD
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 18, 2012, 11:08:12 PM
Quote from: Amicale on May 18, 2012, 06:17:20 AM
Younger family members of mine say "Kleenex Powers: Activate!" when someone sneezes, which makes me laugh. :D
I like this xDD
Hehe me, too. Know what it's alluding to?
Quote from: Amicale on May 19, 2012, 05:14:19 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 18, 2012, 11:08:12 PM
Quote from: Amicale on May 18, 2012, 06:17:20 AM
Younger family members of mine say "Kleenex Powers: Activate!" when someone sneezes, which makes me laugh. :D
I like this xDD
Hehe me, too. Know what it's alluding to?
The Wonder twins? :)
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 19, 2012, 11:39:49 AM
Quote from: Amicale on May 19, 2012, 05:14:19 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 18, 2012, 11:08:12 PM
Quote from: Amicale on May 18, 2012, 06:17:20 AM
Younger family members of mine say "Kleenex Powers: Activate!" when someone sneezes, which makes me laugh. :D
I like this xDD
Hehe me, too. Know what it's alluding to?
The Wonder twins? :)
;D right on, yay.
My dad is a pretty interesting case. When he sneezes, the actual harmonics of the sneeze actually sound like someone saying "godbleshyuu!". It really is quite a riot. I've been trying to get it on camera for years.
Quote from: RenegeReversi on May 27, 2012, 01:35:22 AM
My dad is a pretty interesting case. When he sneezes, the actual harmonics of the sneeze actually sound like someone saying "godbleshyuu!". It really is quite a riot. I've been trying to get it on camera for years.
Keep trying that would go viral on YouTube!
Quote from: Ali on May 18, 2012, 09:31:48 PM
Quote from: Amicale on May 18, 2012, 05:28:02 PM
Quote from: OldGit on May 18, 2012, 10:26:22 AM
When I sneeze, most people say, "Bugger me - that was a loud'un!"
:D I'd break out into uncontrollable giggles if someone said that. Alas, I'm a total sucker for UK accents.
I'd giggle because I always thought "Bugger me" was the funny British way of saying that you want to be...um...buggered. ;)
hahahaha some things just dont translate well do they! i'm trying to change my usual 'oh bugger' to a nice n friendly 'oh pickle' coz my toddlers have kind of picked it up oops.
you guys are making me laugh today.
My husband's sneezes are so sudden and violent that they used to scare me. We've actually taken to an early warning system where he tries to pat me on the arm before he sneezes so I don't jump out of my skin.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on June 22, 2012, 03:04:09 PM
My husband's sneezes are so sudden and violent that they used to scare me. We've actually taken to an early warning system where he tries to pat me on the arm before he sneezes so I don't jump out of my skin.
My wife sneezes with minimal or no warning. I found this out when we were dating at the pictures I had my hand in her lap and sneezed with no warning and covered my hand with snot!!!!
How romantic. ;D