# Sternutation! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988 "2026-06-17T23:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/1 "2026-06-17T23:47:58Z")
Gesundheit! Scat Cat! Or my Granny’s favorite..“shit…oh, dear!” I sneezed while laying back on my pillow. Some weird physics thing happened and it triggered a crick in my neck. Ouchy. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/2 "2026-06-17T23:56:07Z")
I sneezed while bent over and pulled a muscle in my back. That didn’t feel good. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/3 "2026-06-18T01:32:30Z")
I believe Sternutator was one of the 7 dwarves, no? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/4 "2026-06-18T01:52:56Z")
Sternutatey(sneezey), perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/5 "2026-06-18T13:35:49Z")
I have to be very careful and position myself correctly when I feel a sneeze coming or I can do some serious damage to myself. Also the dog looks at me like I did it on purpose and slinks off to another room with her tail between her legs ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/6 "2026-06-19T10:46:02Z")
I thought this was going to be a thread about becoming a Howard Stern fan. “I listened to just one show, and I got Sternutated!” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/7 "2026-06-19T11:15:17Z")
In a related area, footballers seem to have unusual injuries: - scalded nipple (preparing milk for baby) - catching an infection (shaving legs) - twisting ankle (trod in pothole) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/8 "2026-06-19T12:24:34Z")
Same here. I have to brace myself get everything ready. Sometimes I feel one coming on but it’s not quite baked yet - I am able to scratch my right temple to trigger it and get it out in a controlled way. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/9 "2026-06-19T12:32:34Z")
My wife is a serial sneezer and they are loud enough to set off motion detectors and frighten small children. I’m surprised she doesn’t herniate something. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/10 "2026-06-19T15:25:08Z")
Sneezing attacks are strange. I am prone to them myself: every few days I will get an explosive episode, lasting about 5 minutes. Almost always just after eating dinner, but I have never been able to establish a connection between any particular food or seasoning and the onset… At least they only last a few minutes. Hiccups, now… THOSE are truly hateful… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/11 "2026-06-19T17:20:19Z")
Oh God. Hiccoughs. (I like that spelling) I often have half a day episodes. They make me tired. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/12 "2026-06-19T18:24:03Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > Sneezing attacks are strange. I am prone to them myself: every few days I will get an explosive episode, lasting about 5 minutes. Almost always just after eating dinner, but I have never been able to establish a connection between any particular food or seasoning and the onset… > > At least they only last a few minutes. Hiccups, now… THOSE are truly hateful… I always mean to count my sneezes during a sneezing fit but I always lose track I don’t know what my personal best is. 30? 50? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988/13 "2026-06-19T18:34:22Z")
We have so much Hair in the Air here. It’s disturbing. All the girls and women have lots of hair. Son-of-a-wrek and Hamza are at an age where hair is dropping at alarming rates. 3 dogs. 4 cats. With varying coats. Hair! Long beautiful Hair! _Long straight curly fuzzy_ _Snaggy, shaggy, ratsy, matsy…_ Causes too much sneezin’… I’m moving. Any day now.