The people who say 'bless you' when you sneeze

NoviGlitzko

Some lad in work says it on repeat whenever someone sneeze's in the office and you usually hear a sloppy snotty 'thank you' sniffle of a reply. What's the point.

Do you appreciate it or does it annoy you like me?

mikhail

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Do you appreciate it or does it annoy you like me?

Nothing annoys me as much as someone irritated by a trivial, polite social convention.

Zirconia

The correct response to that is fcuk you, fcuk you very much!

BDI

Sometimes when you are feeling abit low something like that can just help ye a little.

Let you know you exist.

facehugger99

I always say "May Satan protect you" when somebody sneezes.

AudreyHepburn

The things people get upset over never cease to amaze me. If this kind of innocent well meant comment bothers you you really need to have god hard look at yourself.

Insect Overlord

The correct response is to bellow out "Gesundheit!". Nice and loud. In the style of Brian Blessed.

patmahe

Milhouse explained this one years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MvV28UUEFc

TheValeyard

Is this now an issue?

Hurry up environmental change and finish us already!!

Say Your Number

If I knew it annoys people like this, I would have started saying it long ago.

looksee

Do you know why people say 'bless you'? Its a hang over from past times - the most popular theory is that Pope Gregory instructed that a brief prayer in the form of 'Bless You' should be said to save people dying of the plague - sneezing was one of the symptoms. The other was a notion that a sneeze was the soul leaving the body briefly and the blessing made sure it came back.

Either way it is a tiny bit of colour in polite interaction between people. Even if you have no religious beliefs whatever it is a little bit of history, good wishes, courtesy and nothing wrong with any of that.

Trigger Happy

Some fcuker had the cheek to hold a door open for me earlier.
The bollocks with his good manners.

Deebles McBeebles

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Do you appreciate it or does it annoy you like me?

I appreciate the thought but I reject their God. Don't generally say that though. I pussy out and say thank you instead.

faceman

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I appreciate the thought but I reject their God. Don't generally say that though. I pussy out and say thank you instead.

“Bless you” doesn’t reference a god

Kermit.de.frog

Somebody said this to me the other day after I sneezed and I was taken aback with how offended I wasn't.

Ficheall

"Cover your nose, you snot-spewing scum!"

NoviGlitzko

mikhail wrote: »

Nothing annoys me as much as someone irritated by a trivial, polite social convention.

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Some fcuker had the cheek to hold a door open for me earlier.
The bollocks with his good manners.

I'm all for being polite, holding doors etc., but when the same person in a large office is saying it 20 times a day it'd start to grate on ya. That's when I had the eureka moment for the thread. (isn't that what boards is about)

Kermit.de.frog

Ficheall wrote: »

"Cover your nose, you snot-spewing scum!"

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Your Face

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

I'm all for being polite, holding doors etc., but when the same person in a large office is saying it 20 times a day it'd start to grate on ya. That's when I had the eureka moment for the thread. (isn't that what boards is about)

Thank you for your service.

Wayne Jarvis

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

I'm all for being polite, holding doors etc., but when the same person in a large office is saying it 20 times a day it'd start to grate on ya. That's when I had the eureka moment for the thread. (isn't that what boards is about)

It's too late now Novi, you have outed yourself as a horrible person. You are #CANCELLED

looksee

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

I'm all for being polite, holding doors etc., but when the same person in a large office is saying it 20 times a day it'd start to grate on ya. That's when I had the eureka moment for the thread. (isn't that what boards is about)

There must be some desperate allergens around in that place, or everyone is dying with a cold.

Yer Da sells Avon

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I appreciate the thought but I reject their God. Don't generally say that though. I pussy out and say thank you instead.

You should definitely say that.

"Aaa...Aaaaahhh...aaaah choo!"

"Bless you"

"Thank you, but I reject your God"

Sheepdish1

Separate church from sneeze!

Vita nova

Recently, I was in a large DIY warehouse, sneezed, and from 5 aisles (isles:)) away someone shouted at the top of her voice 'bless you'. I thought it was nice that she thought that even though there was no one close to me that I shouldn't be denied a 'bless you'.

RWCNT

It does annoy me tbh, particularly if you sneeze twice in a short space of time and they do it twice. I can't quite put a finger on why it irritates me though and I wouldn't dream of telling someone off for it. I'm the one with the issue, like.

dxhound2005

RWCNT wrote: »

It does annoy me tbh, particularly if you sneeze twice in a short space of time and they do it twice. I can't quite put a finger on why it irritates me though and I wouldn't dream of telling someone off for it. I'm the one with the issue, like.

You can say Aw Bless in a patronising voice.

Nodster

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Somebody said this to me the other day after I sneezed and I was taken aback with how offended I wasn't.

No word of a lie, but the first day of my holidays in the States I sneezed when waiting at a pedestrian crossing and at least half of the dozen there with me said 'bless you'. Felt chuffed and wanted to thank and shake hands with them but they all politely declined.

The Tetrarch

My dog has a chest problem and sneezes a lot.
I say "Snot you it's me"

Gregor Samsa

The Tetrarch wrote: »

My dog has a chest problem and sneezes a lot.

That’s ruff.

Pawwed Rig

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

The things people get upset over never cease to amaze me. If this kind of innocent well meant comment bothers you you really need to have god hard look at yourself.

You should probably avoid this thread...

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057986937/161/#post111301333

galwayllm

Bless you OP!

And get a life and grow up!

If you want to say something when someone sneezes, may I recommend "Tá capall bán fút"? I heard that in the Gaeltacht, and because it literally means "There's a white horse beneath you", I just assumed it was a case of someone wishing you luck.

Actually, it indicates "death is coming" -- remember your Bible, ""Come." I looked, and behold, a white horse"

I love it as a deadpan expression. We sometimes think of our ancestors as living in misery in a black-and-white world, but I like to think they had a pretty good sense of humour.

lawred2

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

The things people get upset over never cease to amaze me. If this kind of innocent well meant comment bothers you you really need to have god hard look at yourself.

Ha

OneArt

I just say "Please, hurry up."

Still waters

I say "dia lin avic u" my grandfather used say it, he was an Aranach and fluent irish speaker, ive no idea how to spell it in Irish though

Still waters

Still waters wrote: »

I say "dia lin avic u" my grandfather used say it, he was an Aranach and fluent irish speaker, ive no idea how to spell it in Irish though

Dia linn a mhic thú

Meaning "God bless us, you, son",

What a nice memory

Lewis_Benson

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Some lad in work says it on repeat whenever someone sneeze's in the office and you usually hear a sloppy snotty 'thank you' sniffle of a reply. What's the point.

Do you appreciate it or does it annoy you like me?

Bless me for what?


Stupid.