# How many times do you sneeze? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122 "2004-11-29T08:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/21 "2004-11-29T17:49:55Z")
I have terrible allergies, and I usually sneeze 5-10 times at once. My record, though, is 33 times in a row. My eyes were swollen and I wanted to die when it was over. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/22 "2004-11-29T17:54:07Z")
> [@uncleangus](#): > > Just once, but usually due to bright sunlight. > Anyone else have this reaction? A gal I knew in college had that reaction, too. She said it was a variety of photophobia, but I don’t know if that’s correct. I have been told that if one feels a sneeze coming on, but it’s not quite there yet, look at a bright light, and that’ll encourage the sneeze. Works for me about fifty percent of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/23 "2004-11-29T17:58:11Z")
Another bright sunlight sneezer, and amost always three no matter what causes them. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/24 "2004-11-29T18:19:05Z")
I’m a two or threeser sneezer. Two days ago I had hiccups and I started sneezing. Twice the hiccups and the sneeze hit at the same time and I seriously thought i was going to die. It was a whole body seizure. I’ve also sneezed while yawning, which is another Very Bad Experience. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/25 "2004-11-29T19:39:40Z")
Two for me, the first one is normal the second, as chefguy so elegantly put it, could “bring down ducks”. Once if it’s photic. However, I took a nice steamy shower the other day and when I emerged I managed to sneeze **15** times in the space of about a minute. Not little allergy sneezes, either. I shook windows. The dog tried to get under the bed and the cats ran for cover. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/26 "2004-11-29T20:19:47Z")
Almost always two. “Ahhhh-CHOO!” …long pause…(uh-oh…here comes his brother!) ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/27 "2004-11-29T21:49:19Z")
Usually just one good one, the type of sneeze were I have to feel for the top of my head to assure myself that it’s still on. As far as photic sneezing, I do it and so does my daughter. I often look at a bright light to hasten a sneeze. :o ---
**Author:** ![uncleangus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/779978/32.png) [@uncleangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncleangus)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/28 "2004-11-29T23:06:12Z")
Thanks for the photic sneeze link, Mystery Dog. Most useful facts, I had no idea it was common. I think we should harness this energy from the sun in some way. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/29 "2004-11-29T23:41:33Z")
Most often, twice. Once in awhile, three times. Very rarely, a couple more than that - but that means that there’s something in my nose that is irritating it and needs to be blown out. My wife usually says “Bless you twice!” after the first one, because it’s almost certain there’ll be one more. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/30 "2004-11-30T00:22:57Z")
Usually twice. When someone else sneezes repeatedly, I say “gesundheit” the first time, “gesundheit wieder” the second time, and “all right, knock it off” the third. Someone down the hall just sneezed violently as I was typing the above. Once. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/31 "2004-11-30T08:22:06Z")
I have a friend who is a petite sneezer. She’ll usually go through 8-10 rapid-fire _itch_’s, bringing on much smirking from those around her. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/32 "2004-11-30T17:11:08Z")
I almost always sneeze twice. I have allergies to dust mites, so usually from the time that I get up to about 9 AM or so I’ll sneeze twice many, many times. ---
**Author:** ![SamIAm336](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SamIAm336](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamIAm336)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/33 "2004-11-30T18:15:34Z")
I usually only sneeze once, but it wakes the dead, and “brings down ducks” (thanks chefguy). my hiccups are just as bad and sometimes worse, they can wake up the whole house ( and I sleep in the farthest reaches of the basement) ---
**Author:** ![Fishbowllibrarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fishbowllibrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fishbowllibrarian)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/34 "2004-11-30T19:25:40Z")
Usually three times. If I’m getting a cold I often sneeze in singles, but they feel much worse than the usual triples. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122/35 "2004-12-02T15:00:26Z")
Gee, I guess I’m the odd man out here… I usually just sneeze one time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-sneeze/277122.md?page=1)