ACHOO! What do you say when an atheist sneezes?

[Squid]

what do you guys say?

*looks at the person annoyingly*....pick that up.

[LARA]

I don't usually say anything.  I might hand someone a kleenex (yes, I've stolen your copyrighted name for tissues, Kleenex company! hahahahhaha!) if one is available and they have something interesting hanging out of their nose.  I really don't get offended if someone tells me "Bless You"  or  "God Bless You".  I simply take it as a caring response translated to "I don't want you to get sick and die."   Now if they start telling me "Go to Hell you atheist bastard"  I might start being offended, or maybe laugh until even more stuff comes out of my nose.  I think if you worry too much about what to say instead of something involving God when people sneeze, or when you smash your finger or when you have an orgasm, then you are probably taking the whole anti-superstition atheist thing just a bit too far.

But in the spirit of scientific battles against viruses, I think after this thread I might start saying "Jonas Salk"  when someone sneezes.

[bowmore]

Hubby says Gezundheit (sp?).  I say "Gedneeonya" (get any on ya?) and let them try to figure out what I said.  Most assume it's a foreign language and just say "thanks."  LOL!

Gezundheit is german, it means health. So it's a short wish of good health to the sneezer.

My native language is Dutch (akin to German) and I say "Gezondheid" which means the same.

I also noticed that the question in the OP is slightly off. It should probably be "What do you say as an atheist when somenone sneezes."
But I'm just nitpicking now  

Anyway :

Gezondheid!

[Zarathustra]

Gezundheit is german, it means health. So it's a short wish of good health to the sneezer.
My native language is Dutch (akin to German) and I say "Gezondheid" which means the same.

The same with danish, we have a related term.

"What do you say as an atheist when somenone sneezes."

I think it's a problem of the english language, I might have a weird solution that could work because everybody within your cultural community will instantly understand: Danes have an alternative word we say when people sneeze. It's the name of the sneezing dwarf in Snowwhite. I don't know the name of him in english, but that might work?

Or just say nothing, it's all natural anyway... what do you say as an atheist to people who take a shit, for instance?

[bowmore]

Or just say nothing, it's all natural anyway... what do you say as an atheist to people who take a shit, for instance?

"Erm... I guess it was occupied then...   "

or perhaps

"Hey! Not in my living room, jerk!"

or even

"This not a public bathroom, this is the Trevi fountain."

[Zarathustra]

"Hey! Not in my living room, jerk!"

Now, THAT was funny!!

[Akwo]

I say "God bless you!" or "Gesundheit!". Maybe other people do it differently, but that's what I say.

[Tanker]

Danes have an alternative word we say when people sneeze. It's the name of the sneezing dwarf in Snowwhite. I don't know the name of him in english, but that might work?

The english name for the sneezing dwarf in Snow White is....Sneezy. So that doesn't really work. Gezhundite is common in America also. Lots of german immagrants, another I hear is salude which is spanish for the same thing health, or good health.

[Stoicheion]

what do you guys say?

*looks at the person annoyingly*....pick that up.

[Kyuuketsuki]

what do you guys say?

Bless you!

Kyu

[Martian]

I say "Indeed" (Teal'c style) or nothing at all  

LMAO! I love it!

[Asmodean]

I say "Indeed" (Teal'c style) or nothing at all   I just used to say "That's right" pre-SG1 (or rather, before I started watching SG1) so [Teal'c]Indeed[/Teal'c] seemed natural.

[wheels5894]

Dog bless you?

[Tanker]

How about the PC approach. "May the god, gods, diety,or higher power should you chose to believe in one, bless you if it falls within your practices or custums, to recieve it from he,she, it, or them."

[Loffler]

"Cover your mouth, diseases are spread by airborne pathogens."