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The Groob Started conversation Jul 1, 2007
If I have a tickle in my nose caused by dust then I will probably sneeze. However, the air is exhaled from my mouth. Surely this doesn't help to dislodge the dust? Is this an evolutionary blip?
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Mu Beta Posted Jul 1, 2007
The air comes out both. Most of it comes out of your mouth because the passageway is broader and to send two lungfuls of air through the nasal passages at that speed would probably explode your face.
B
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Noggin the Nog Posted Jul 2, 2007
Handy Life Tips no. 38 Never sneeze with your mouth full.
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Galigan Posted Jul 3, 2007
Sometimes when I sneeze I'll hold my nose and close my mouth. This probably isn't a good idea because sometimes the air comes out of my tear ducts and ears instead of the more normal routes. I still have my fact though so I guess that's a plus.
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KB Posted Jul 3, 2007
I used to know a nutter whose party piece was to take a puff of a cigarette, close his mouth, hold his nose, and blow as hard as he could to make the smoke come out of his eyes. He said he couldn't see for about 10 minutes after doing it.
For some reason he still considered it worthwhile.
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The Groob Posted Jul 3, 2007
Handy life tip 38 has featured on the front page.
*Wonders what the first 37 are*
I didn't know that the 'air' comes out of the nose too when you sneeze. I've sneezed when holding my nose and tried to sneeze with my mouth shut. I've also experimented with forcing both my nose and mouth shut when I sneeze. The latter is useful in situations when you just can't sneeze. Although these situations are often ones where a sneeze will have the comic effect of making those around you jump out of their skin.
I wonder how foreigners represent the sound of a sneeze? The English is obviously "achooo!"
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azahar Posted Jul 3, 2007
I've heard that if you force your eyes to stay open during a sneeze they can pop out of their sockets.
Here's something I've always wondered ... do we ever sneeze while we're asleep?
az
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KB Posted Jul 3, 2007
I've never seen anyone doing it. Would the sneeze stimulus wake a person up before sneezing? Next time you see someone sleeping on a bus or train, sprinkle a bit of pepper on their top lip and see.
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abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein Posted Aug 5, 2007
Anybody else sneeze when they first get out into the sun?
My hubby and his family do. Just once, within seconds of entering bright sunlight
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Noggin the Nog Posted Aug 5, 2007
Yep. Usually a double sneeze, audible over a couple of city blocks.
Noggin
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toybox Posted Aug 5, 2007
GRJ: >> I wonder how foreigners represent the sound of a sneeze? The English is obviously "achooo!" <<
You may want to see A1099721. You could add 'apsou' in Greek, the answer being 'yeetses'.
(that's the closest I could find to a sneeze smiley)
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Mu Beta Posted Aug 5, 2007
Poor old Potholer
Exposed to rays solar
Produces sneezes
Often in threesies
B
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Todaymueller Posted Aug 5, 2007
Can anybody tell me why boggies are often bright green . It just doesn't seem a natural colour to be coming out of your face ?
best fishes......tod
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SEx: Sneezing
- 1: The Groob (Jul 1, 2007)
- 2: Mu Beta (Jul 1, 2007)
- 3: Noggin the Nog (Jul 2, 2007)
- 4: Galigan (Jul 3, 2007)
- 5: KB (Jul 3, 2007)
- 6: The Groob (Jul 3, 2007)
- 7: azahar (Jul 3, 2007)
- 8: KB (Jul 3, 2007)
- 9: abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein (Aug 5, 2007)
- 10: Noggin the Nog (Aug 5, 2007)
- 11: azahar (Aug 5, 2007)
- 12: toybox (Aug 5, 2007)
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