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Garion_55

(1,944 posts)
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:22 AM Aug 2020

Do you count your sneezes?

is it just me? an ocd thing?

weird facts.

the count is 99% divisible by 2.

its never a low count.

its almost always 8 or 10 sneezes. never 9. no 7's.

why the hell do we sneeze?

millions of years ago we didnt sneeze and then we evolved the ability to sneeze. it must have been a natural response to something, something was happening to our bodies when we werent sneezing that wasnt good.

have a great weekend ya'll. think good thoughts. a few more months and that orange monster and his evil family will be gone.


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Do you count your sneezes? (Original Post) Garion_55 Aug 2020 OP
It's almost always two. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #1
No particular number if..fish..had..wings Aug 2020 #2
My blushing bride North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #3
My count would be about the same. Sometimes dust & sunlight can be the trigger. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2020 #5
lol North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #6
My cat sneezes. tavernier Aug 2020 #4
Hah! North Shore Chicago Aug 2020 #7

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,526 posts)
1. It's almost always two.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:43 AM
Aug 2020

I usually stop counting if I have a "sneezing fit" beyond two, which is pretty rare, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's always an even number.

It's never just ONE for me.

2. No particular number
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 07:40 AM
Aug 2020

I always attempt to control my sneezes ... often unsuccessful.

I frequently stop it at one.

Also, sneezing does not have to have a beneficial effect. Natural selection preserves those variations that are beneficial and those that are useless but not harmful.

North Shore Chicago

(4,243 posts)
3. My blushing bride
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 08:08 AM
Aug 2020

not always but most of the time has 17, yes I said 17! sneezes in a row. I stop what I'm doing and count.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,681 posts)
5. My count would be about the same. Sometimes dust & sunlight can be the trigger.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 09:14 AM
Aug 2020

Or, after I mow the lawn.

Before I retired, I sometimes walked out on staff meetings rather than disrupt them. So, there was an upside to sneezing fits.

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