Sunday, September 10, 2006

it's 11.30pm now. and i've yet to stop sneezing.
wth?

anyways.. read on for some interesting facts on sneezing.

The custom of saying "God bless you" after a sneeze was begun literally as a blessing. Pope Gregory the Great (540-604 AD) ascended to the Papacy just in time for the start of the plague (his successor succumbed to it). Gregory (who also invented the ever-popular Gregorian chant) called for litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's help and intercession. Columns marched through the streets chanting, "Kyrie Eleison" (Greek for "Lord have mercy"). Whenin someone sneezed, they were immediately blessed ("God bless you!") in the hope that they would not subsequently develop the plague. All that prayer apparently worked, judging by how quickly the plague of 590 AD diminished.

when you sneeze, your heart doesn't stop, nor will your eyes pop out if you can keep them open.

in chinese culture, a sneeze is a sign that someone is thinking about you and you might hear some one say you ren xiang ni, which translates into "someone is thinking about you".

i wonder who..

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