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Some old discussion

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It really doesn't mean live long and prosper, just in case you fell for the obvious somebody messing with you.

Lack of proper citations in non-Western languages

The section on responses to sneezing in Asian and other languages does not contain any citations and many I believe are based on original research. For example, in my mother tongue, Tamil, the practice of responding to someone sneezing is not widespread and responses if any are not universal. If proper citations are not provided, this article may be deleted. rams81 (talk) 05:31, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Secular (and Funny) Responses to Sneezing I Have Found Online.

I would like to provide some alternative responses to sneezing I have found online. (You might only feel comfortable to say some of these phrases those who are close co-workers or personal friends to you.)

  • "Godzilla."
  • "Choo, bezzoo."
  • "Dog bless you."
  • "Tissue?"
  • "Good luck with that!"
  • "I hope it works out for you."
  • "Gesundheit!" (German for "good health".)
  • "Salud!" (Spanish. Saying after a sneeze means "Your health." Saying as a toast, means "Cheers".)
  • "Santé!" (French, "health".)
  • "Congratulations."
  • "Are you okay?"
  • "Are you going to be okay?"
  • "Did you have a good sneeze?"
  • "Can I go through your pockets?"
  • "Cover your mouth."
  • "May your personal deity enhance your well-being."
  • "Hey... clean that up, will ya?"
  • "Need a tissue?"
  • "Boomshanka!"
  • "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!"
  • "Science bless you."
  • "Good one!"
  • "Get any on you?"
  • "Good job."
  • "Now clean your face."
  • "That's funny."
  • "Thank you."
  • "The cold, vast universe is indifferent to your sneeze."
  • "Live long and prosper."
  • "So it goes."
  • "You exploded!"
  • "Excuse you." (If they don't say, "Excuse me.")
  • "I hope you are not contagious!"
  • "Thanks for spreading germs, Typhoid Mary."
  • "You are so good looking." (From the 38th Seinfeld episode, "The Good Samaritan")
  • "Scat, scat pussy cat, your tail is in the gravy." (This is the phrase I use with all my friends and anyone else I meet. After practicing this several times, it becomes easy and fast to say.)
  • "Scat (there) Tom, your tail is in the gravy."
  • Action: If you have a tissue handy, hand them a tissue.


Here are some reasons why I felt ethically compelled to post these above phrases:

1) People started saying "Bless you" for mythological reasons, see Wikipedia's page on "God Bless You" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bless_you

2) We are now living in the Scientific Age, not the Bronze Age. All religions and superstitions are human-made, they have all been debunked by science. It's time to discard superstitious sayings and advance to either more accurate phrases or funny sayings.

3) My proposition it's an insult to our intelligence to say the phrase, "God Bless You" or "Bless you".

4) The world is becoming smarter due to the internet and we are changing. This post is to help make this change.

5) I never, ever say, "Bless you." It's against my personal principles. My personal favorite sneeze response phrase which I use with all my friends is: "Scat, scat pussy cat, your tail is in the gravy."

6) There is a saying, "The internet is where religion goes to die." (Of course, the same is true with superstitions. The internet is where all superstitions go do die.)

The reason why people say "The internet is where religion goes to die" is this. Before the internet, if you were losing your faith, you'd go to your local pastor who would obviously try to get you back into his flock.

With the internet, if you post a message that you are doubting your faith, you can ask this question to twenty different ministers and you'll get twenty different answers. If ministers are actually in direct communication (prayer works!) with a "God", then all the the answers should obviously be the same. But they are not.

After reviewing all the reasons to keep your religious faith, you can find thousands of arguments online against all religious mythologies which are more compelling than the arguments for religion.

7) In the Scientific Age, religion IS losing the argument.


Request To A Wikipedia Editor: I would like to request that a Wikipedia editor respond to me with an email and let me know if they will consider publishing my "Secular (and Funny) Responses to Sneezing" list on the main page of the Wikipedia "Responses to Sneezing" web page.

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