why do ppls say Bless U, ...when they sneeze? |
 Mar 14 2004, 02:07 AM
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 i'm susan  Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029  |
i say bless u and someone say bless u when i sneeze or when they sneeze... but i jus dun kno wut they say bless u?? does neone kno??
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Mar 14 2004, 03:32 AM
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im not sure if its true, but i heard the heart skips a beat when you sneeze. So we say god bless you cause your still alive.
Dunno if its true or not. |
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Mar 14 2004, 03:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 185 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,077 |
OKay did some research...
ends up people back in the day believed the soul was in the head. So when we sneezed people believed the soul left and we said god bless you as a prayer so evil spirits could not go inside u before your sould returned. Another thing I read is that there was a epidemic where people died and sneezing was a symptom so the pope ordered people to say god bless you as a prayer to bless them. Now its more out of politeness then religion. |
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Mar 14 2004, 03:58 AM
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the way i grew up its was ALWAYS proper to say "bless you" to anyone who sneezes or "kuyah, ateh, lolo, lola etc" to anyone who was your elder (filipino's can relate) ...
and its true what justsomeboi said...i asked one of my friend and he said the same thing sorta "when we sneeze our heart stops for a split second and it gives demons a chance to enter our bodies so ppl say bless you so demons wont bother you" |
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Mar 14 2004, 04:05 AM
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 he`z gOt my heart*<3`o2.18.o1` Group: Member Posts: 1,662 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,338 |
mainly because it's a form of mannerism .. saying `bless you` when one sneezes is being polite ..
i've also heard from others that it just means you're wishing someone good health after one sneezes .. and what the other members have said above was what i've also heard =] |
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Mar 14 2004, 04:39 AM
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 rookie Group: Member Posts: 723 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,291 |
Is it me or have I seen a similar topic somewhere...
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Mar 14 2004, 12:50 PM
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I am a little lost samurai trying to find its way.. Group: Member Posts: 11 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,581 |
Your heart stops when you sneeze. So people say 'bless you' to save your heart from stopping permanently. Also, it's just polite.
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Mar 14 2004, 02:27 PM
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cb=bullshit. Group: Member Posts: 1,783 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,793 |
What if someone sneezed... and they didn't believe in God or anything from the Bible.... and you said "God Bless You".... that would sort of be like not being polite to that person's beliefs or lack of... or thoughts or opinions... a 'bless you' always works fine... I just think 'god bless you' is too long for a sneeze especially if it's 3 sneezes in a row and then... yeah...
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Mar 14 2004, 02:52 PM
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rookie Group: Member Posts: 723 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,291 |
i think they say it because back in the middle ages when the plague was around and stuff, sneezing probably meant they were sick and going to die soon. Like the meaning behind the seemingly harmless "Ring a ring o' Roses" children's nursery rhyme is death caused by the plague.
Ring a ring o' Roses, A pocketful of posies, Atishoo! Atishoo! We all fall down "We all fall down", meaning fall down dead |
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Mar 14 2004, 03:07 PM
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 LuShuZxLaNa Group: Member Posts: 606 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 2,854 |
they say bless you is because its POLITE.
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Mar 14 2004, 05:02 PM
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QUOTE(tkproduce @ Mar 14 2004, 4:39 AM) Is it me or have I seen a similar topic somewhere... sneezes Thats why its familiar... Iasked this question there.... |
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Mar 14 2004, 09:58 PM
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What if God sneezed?
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Mar 14 2004, 11:57 PM
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i forget, but someone told me before
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Mar 15 2004, 03:01 PM
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QUOTE(anqel_r0h @ Mar 13 2004, 11:07 PM) i say bless u and someone say bless u when i sneeze or when they sneeze... but i jus dun kno wut they say bless u?? does neone kno?? i believe milhouse explained this to bart in one of the eps hehe 
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Mar 15 2004, 04:30 PM
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QUOTE(tkproduce @ Mar 14 2004, 2:52 PM) i think they say it because back in the middle ages when the plague was around and stuff, sneezing probably meant they were sick and going to die soon. Like the meaning behind the seemingly harmless "Ring a ring o' Roses" children's nursery rhyme is death caused by the plague. Ring a ring o' Roses, A pocketful of posies, Atishoo! Atishoo! We all fall down "We all fall down", meaning fall down dead I always thought it was "ashes , ashes" 
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Mar 15 2004, 09:25 PM
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I think it is ashes, when they burned the bodies. and i think the pocketful line is about a pocket full of roses that they would put to their nose to not smell the foul odors
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Mar 15 2004, 09:29 PM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
WOW, I never knew that lol! And say Bless Me if no one's around. O_o" My mom thinks that when she sneezes, soemone's tlaking about her. LoL. That happens too, I read that happening in Ayashi no Ceres, the manga. LoL, But youc an't really base anything on manga, can we now?
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Mar 16 2004, 04:06 PM
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 Mz Nina Nikole Group: Member Posts: 1,343 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,273 |
QUOTE(justsomeboi @ Mar 14 2004, 3:32 AM) im not sure if its true, but i heard the heart skips a beat when you sneeze. So we say god bless you cause your still alive. Dunno if its true or not. lol this is what i heard too! ..... |
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Mar 16 2004, 04:29 PM
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rookie Group: Member Posts: 723 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,291 |
it's japanese superstition that one sneeze means that someone is spreading a rumour about you, two sneezes in a row and it's a bad rumour, and three sneezes in a row means you've got a cold
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Mar 16 2004, 05:31 PM
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i say "salud"
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Mar 16 2004, 06:07 PM
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 need happy pills? Group: Member Posts: 419 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,946 |
QUOTE(SamuraiXVIIBattousai @ Mar 14 2004, 12:50 PM) Your heart stops when you sneeze. So people say 'bless you' to save your heart from stopping permanently. Also, it's just polite. intresting..and we say robentusson when some one coughs is to advertise that cough syrup? |
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Mar 16 2004, 07:10 PM
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when you sneeze it used to be thought that it was a sign of a person being posessed by a spirit (that entered the body when you yawn, hence covering your mouth when you yawn) you'd say bless you because they were trying to get the spirit out of you
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Feb 14 2007, 10:10 PM
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Yeah, what everyone else said.
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