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Why do people say "Bless you" when someone sneezes?
Don't need the origins or a Bible verse or nothing.
Just why the hell do we say it?
:confused:
sanantoniosooner
1/9/2008, 03:14 PM
because it's nicer than STFU
There was a belief in Europe at one time (Middle ages, maybe) that when one sneezed, one's soul escaped. The appropriate response to some who's soul had escaped was to bless them.
soonerbrat
1/9/2008, 03:22 PM
I thought it was because there was a belief that demons got in.
soonerbrat
1/9/2008, 03:26 PM
found this:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/sneezing.htm
Jimminy Crimson
1/9/2008, 05:53 PM
I say 'God Bless You', because I'm not the Lord! :cool:
NSFW (language)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TCzOW6Dt5RA
Harry Beanbag
1/9/2008, 05:56 PM
I say "bless you" to people after belchs and farts. I'm polite that way.
sanantoniosooner
1/9/2008, 05:58 PM
I fart on people AS a blessing.
You're sooooo good looking.
There was also the misconception that the heart momentarily stops during a sneeze (it doesn't), and that saying "bless you" was a way of welcoming the person back to life.
Another myth bites the dust.:(
Sooner_Bob
1/9/2008, 08:29 PM
Pull my finger (http://www.stupidvideos.com/soundboards/The_Fart_Machine_1/)
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