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Date Posted: Wed, 10/29/03 5:33am
Author: Ylva
Subject: Re: The art of sneezing
In reply to: netta 's message, "Re: The art of sneezing" on Tue, 10/28/03 4:58am

>Sneezing is an important function of the human body.

Yeah, that's right. So the sneezing itself is not really a "small" matter; small but of big importance anyway. Some people seem embarrassed at sneezing. Once I read an article about a girlie who was, and she used to repress her sneezing which led to that a vein in her head (or brain, I don't remember which) split open and caused her big health problems. So better sneeze for your life! :o) This might explain the phrase "to your wishes".

>In France, it is customary to say: "� vos souhaits",
>which literally means "to your wishes." Don't ask me
>why. But mostly people don't say anything. The only
>thing I hate is when people don't cover their mouths
>when they sneeze. I sure don't want anybody else's
>germs!

Me neither. I don't think I ever saw an adult who didn't cover his/her mouth when sneezing, but some children forget about it sometimes but then a mother or a father mostly gets very upset and yell "cover your mouth!". All people don't cover their mouths in France...?

>As to our little friends, the dust mites, I didn't
>find them repulsive, only fascinating. They come in
>all different shapes and sizes.

Oh, that's new to me. You sure can learn a lot on the internet.

I will spare you
>further details.

Ok :o)

>Yes, this is a strange topic. But then.....

.....it might not be so strange after all if you think about it; an everyday 'unspectacular' phenomenon that can reach very serious dimensions, like for instance SARS.

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