# I sneeze down my shirt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439 "2001-01-11T01:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/41 "2001-01-12T06:42:14Z")
Thank you all _so_ much! Due to work emergencies and and a sick home computer I’ve been lurking the boards at work–something I rarely do, from ethics and the sheer improbablity of claiming I’m hooting, belly-laughing and throughly cracking up over budget worksheets. You are all sick puppies, in _sooooo_ many senses. FWIW, my mom was the master of the silent sneeze; her head would barely bob. She also went deaf after a progressive series of ear infections. It needs to come out, but sheesh, your shirt? PANTS? That’s why God invented tissues and blessed you w/ a non-dominant hand. Feel it comin’ on? Grab a tissue, put it in front of your face and let fly. So the sound cracks a few windows and buckles structural steel. Catch the cooties. Use your non-dominant hand _then throw the tissue away!_ Do not tuck it frugally away into your pocket to fester. Stuff into a potted plant if you have to. Don’t shake hands. Wash. Use one of those itsy bottles of sanitizers. (Wimpy? Wanna piece of my runny eyes, flowing sinuses, fever and phlegm-laden misery? Didn’t think so.) Veb ---
**Author:** ![LazarusLong42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LazarusLong42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LazarusLong42)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/42 "2001-01-12T07:11:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > \*\*As opposed to us in the States, Coldy? > We call those docs Ear, Nose and Throat specialists. \*\* I dunno about you, but I call them otoorolaryngologists. Mainly because everyone looks at me funny when I do. And I do both the elbow move and the down-the-shirt move. LL ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/43 "2001-01-12T16:04:11Z")
If I have to sneeze or cough without a tissue nearby, I use my left hand to cover it up. At least that way, my right (shaking) hand will stay clean. BTW, why would anyone use a handkerchief? I carried one as a teenager because my father insisted, but it’s pretty gross when you think about it. I mean, carrying your snot around in you pocket? And a teenager with one is worse, because you **know** it never got washed. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/44 "2001-01-12T16:23:33Z")
Wow, I am proud to say that I have created this thread. It’s really making my morning. ---
**Author:** ![ronenfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@ronenfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ronenfe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/45 "2017-01-14T01:49:53Z")
I’ve just done it on the airplane. This is the best way to do it If you are near people. How have I never thought about it before? ---
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/46 "2017-01-14T02:00:07Z")
I do this if I’m at home in an old sweatshirt or something. This thread is 16 years old. How did you find it **ronenfe**? ---
**Author:** ![ronenfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@ronenfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ronenfe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/47 "2017-01-14T02:05:26Z")
I always search things in google and get to very old threads here. Just searched sneeze under shirt. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439/48 "2017-01-14T04:16:31Z")
Is there ever a time when you look at a tread title and make a mental bet to yourself that a breast joke has already been made? Won that bet again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sneeze-down-my-shirt/49439.md?page=2)