04-15-2003, 11:13 PM
Lately, I like to say "You've got SARS," phonetically the same as AOL's 'you've got mail'.
I also like "Satan CONDEMN YOU!"
and if its the 3rd or fourth sneeze I like telling the poor sneezer that, you know, Jesus Christ is really terribly busy if you wouldn't mind wrapping things up.
...I like that this has come up here - its an ongoing debate among my friends. I really can't stand saying it, on the basis of its origins. All the silly little things like this in language always bug me, the leftovers from all kinds of outdated things... and to the constant eye-rolling distress of my unwilling audience, I frequently voice my distaste. When you take this issue to great length though - where do words come from - and start careful internal analysis whenever you go to create a sentence, the very fabric of language starts to unravel. That road runs close to madness. ;)
When someone sneezes, I usually resort to a funny placeholder like the ones above, since I can't deal with the awkward dead air silence that follows a sneeze if I say nothing.
I'd like people ('speshly strangers) to understand that like random people care, in fact that I am a caring person, because 'what the world needs now, is love, sweet love', if you catch my drift. But not saying anything, and then explaining like a lunatic for 3 minutes why I didn't say anything is much more of an ass pain than simply saying Bless you in the first place.
So I guess its here to stay.
I also like "Satan CONDEMN YOU!"
and if its the 3rd or fourth sneeze I like telling the poor sneezer that, you know, Jesus Christ is really terribly busy if you wouldn't mind wrapping things up.
...I like that this has come up here - its an ongoing debate among my friends. I really can't stand saying it, on the basis of its origins. All the silly little things like this in language always bug me, the leftovers from all kinds of outdated things... and to the constant eye-rolling distress of my unwilling audience, I frequently voice my distaste. When you take this issue to great length though - where do words come from - and start careful internal analysis whenever you go to create a sentence, the very fabric of language starts to unravel. That road runs close to madness. ;)
When someone sneezes, I usually resort to a funny placeholder like the ones above, since I can't deal with the awkward dead air silence that follows a sneeze if I say nothing.
I'd like people ('speshly strangers) to understand that like random people care, in fact that I am a caring person, because 'what the world needs now, is love, sweet love', if you catch my drift. But not saying anything, and then explaining like a lunatic for 3 minutes why I didn't say anything is much more of an ass pain than simply saying Bless you in the first place.
So I guess its here to stay.
*Swarmalicious - USeast Hardcore
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - W Wonka
The Flying Booyaka and The Legend of Bonesnap
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - W Wonka
The Flying Booyaka and The Legend of Bonesnap