It seems funny when people say that after you sneeze and you are just silent.
2006-12-01 09:59:54 · 36 answers · asked by bob_plumbing 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Thank you
2006-12-01 10:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
This tradition of saying " Bless You " after you sneeze originated in Germany I believe. It was started because it was discovered that all human are at their most vulnerableness when they sneezed so that would be the easiest time for the devil to enter you so people started saying Bless You to keep the devil out. They actually say God Bless You.
It is not really true that the devil can enter you but that is how this all originated.
Once I learned this I stopped saying it , just because it made me feel uncomfortable.
2006-12-01 10:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by Penny Mae 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
thanks, i needed that...
(the blessing that is)
or
thanks, i hope this sneezing isn't going to continue, i about sneezed my brains out. (you know, on those really harsh sneezes--i wasn't inferring anything about the size of your brain)
HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS and
.......GOD BLESS YOU...
ps.
one of the answers was giving a little history about saying "God Bless You", so another theory of how it started is that people thought evil spirits were leaving your body, and since the evil spirits left you, God had blessed you.
2006-12-01 10:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by lil'rusty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you, or danke.
I find it funny that the French don't have this custom. When you sneeze, they don't say anything.
2006-12-01 10:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was taught to say "thank you" after someone blessed me or gesundheit after my sneeze. It's just common courtesy.
2006-12-01 10:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by Juanitaville 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thank you is the correct response.
I no longer say anything when someone sneezes.
I do not wish to be "blessed" so I don't assume others do either...
2006-12-01 10:01:42 · answer #6 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
bless you and Gesundheit were said because it was belived that your heart stopped for a second when you sneezed and it was said because you didnt die from it. a proper response is thank you. or for Gesundheit, wich is German a proper response would be Danke.
2006-12-01 10:04:42 · answer #7 · answered by victriplett 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i just don't know other than thank you. it drives me crazy when people bless me when i sneeze. i'm an athiest
2006-12-01 10:01:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just a simple "Thank You" will suffice. It's the most appropriate reply.
2006-12-01 10:02:32 · answer #9 · answered by SoCal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
THANK YOU.......SEE WAY BACK IN THE OLD DAYS.PEOPLE WAS DYING FROM THE COMMON COLD,SO IF ANYONE SNEEZE THEY YOU SAID "BLESS YOU" IN HOPE THAT OUR HEAEVNLY FATHER WOULD BLESS THEM...
2006-12-01 10:04:01 · answer #10 · answered by GOD IS LOVE 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most atheists are touchy as hell, and they are insidious, having infiltrated our social fabric like mildew rot.
Better let anything short of a heart attack go unremarked.
(Oops! -- See Clarkie's response to demonstrate my point. LOLOLOL)
2006-12-01 10:02:12 · answer #11 · answered by martino 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋