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  • Why do we still say "bless you" when someone sneezes?
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    • On Sneezing
      • because when you sneeze your soul is trying to escape and saying "God bless you" crams it back in there -OR- when you sneeze your h…

      • mmbiscotti
        mmbiscotti answered on 03/27/2011
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    • On Sneezing
      • I was at a school program back in December when a man standing behind me sneezed. I turned and said, “God bless you.” His friend st…

      • GraceWalker
        GraceWalker answered on 03/26/2011
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    • Why I say Bless You
      • I think the practice of saying "bless you" just didn't disappear over time so people still use it today. I do say it for other pe…

      • neymar
        neymar answered on 06/15/2011
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    • On Sneezing
      • Yes. I try to. I say it because to me, it's polite.

      • Gummy_Shark
        Gummy_Shark answered on 06/07/2011
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    • Gesundheit! Bless you!
      • Bless you is a phrase we all use on regular basis, in fact I bet you have said this to a complete stranger in the last week. Even in our religi…

      • throughadiffrentlens
        throughadiffrentlens answered on 05/23/2011
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    • On Sneezing
      • I like to mix it up, I'll alternate between "bless you" and "geshundheit" and if it keeps on happening I'll mix in …

      • bluedepth
        bluedepth answered on 04/22/2011
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    • On Sneezing
      • As a child I was taught that, when a person sneezes their heart stopps because of the force of the sneeze. We say "Bless You" because…

      • thinkingstright45
        thinkingstright45 answered on 04/11/2011
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    • On Sneezing
      • Gesundheit! I have no freakin clue.......all I know is this began during the bubonic plague, the superstition that when somebody sneezed the bo…

      • nayoungkim
        nayoungkim answered on 04/11/2011
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    • On Sneezing
      • I don't say it. I either say "Gesundheit" or I say nothing at all.

      • ragsstone
        ragsstone answered on 04/09/2011
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