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ok4now Apr 3, 2003

i wonder if 'god bless you' is in there. this lady at the pizzaria got really upset that i didn't say it after she sneezed.

forrestina Apr 4, 2003

we studied things like this in my senior lit class. there are a number of reasons people began to use this saying: 1. they believed that during a sneeze, your spirit temporarily left your bod...

beachbum Apr 4, 2003

I've also read that people believed when you sneezed it was because your body was getting rid of a bad spirit/demon therefore you were blessed by having it gone.

ilikebirds Apr 4, 2003

i heard that when you sneezed you were getting rid of little microbes caught with in your lungs and nasal passages and "god bless you" was just a stupid saying.

beachbum Apr 4, 2003

well obviously you don't know anything.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

obviously you are a typical half puerto rican half italian american.

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