# You have just just sneezed. Spock says... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297 "2019-12-23T15:55:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/21 "2019-12-24T00:56:24Z")
“Indeed.” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/22 "2019-12-24T02:17:39Z")
Gesundheit A votre sante Are you all right? Please sneeze into your sleeve Say it, don’t spray it Is your nasal discharge always that shade of green? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/23 "2019-12-24T08:36:14Z")
Sneezing may cause nosebleeds. Spock on the subject of nosebleeds, which may be [caused by sneezing](https://healthfully.com/nosebleed-in-a-newborn-8599452.html) among other causes: > [@](#): > > Newborns have particularly delicate blood vessels in their nose that can break easily, according to Benjamin Spock, author of “Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care.” Most nosebleeds have harmless causes such as sneezing or allergies. For some babies, the air is too dry, which can lead to a nosebleed. A humidifier helps prevent recurrent nosebleeds in this instance. Newborns sometimes cause nosebleeds by sticking a finger into their nose. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/24 "2019-12-24T16:26:15Z")
He would raise an eyebrow because you were hiding from the aliens that think they are Nazis and now your cover is blown. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/25 "2019-12-24T16:29:22Z")
Cover your mouth, unless you wish to be a vector. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/26 "2019-12-25T12:58:28Z")
“Your agonizer, please.” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/27 "2019-12-25T13:17:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Your agonizer, please.” /thread ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/28 "2019-12-25T17:50:45Z")
> [@simster](#): > > /thread IMHO, we have the thread winner. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/29 "2019-12-26T21:57:01Z")
“I see you are fluent in Tragnorian. Hork-hork to you.” ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/30 "2019-12-27T00:11:01Z")
Thanks to everyone who has contributed. I had been away from all online for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/31 "2019-12-27T04:13:41Z")
Since Spock is many lightyears away from me, he doesn’t even notice me sneezing. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/32 "2019-12-27T18:37:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > You are soooo good-looking! > [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Haha I was hoping to be the first to suggest this. 😃 Baba ba-ba-ba-ba Dah-dah-dada! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/33 "2019-12-27T20:44:39Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Gesundheit > > A votre sante According to an online translator, the Vulcan equivalent would be _rom muhl’es_. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/34 "2019-12-27T21:30:02Z")
I find the social obligation to utter a meaningless expression after someone sneezes highly illogical. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/35 "2019-12-27T21:38:21Z")
> [@Find\_Friends](#): > > **You have just just sneezed. Spock says…** “You have just sneezed.” ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/36 "2019-12-29T04:21:58Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Gesundheit My ambulance partner was a 7th-Day Adventist. Chickweed bloomed. She sneezed. “Gesundheit,” I said. “I don’t need an exorcism,” she said. “Demons didn’t make me sneeze.” I expect Mr Spock would display a similar attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/37 "2019-12-29T13:24:41Z")
Even though “Gesundheit” isn’t an exorcism, but a general wish for health, and whatever did cause the sneeze is apparently an impediment to health. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/38 "2019-12-29T14:08:34Z")
He raises his eyebrow and says “Fascinating” ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/39 "2019-12-29T19:19:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Even though “Gesundheit” isn’t an exorcism, but a general wish for health, and whatever did cause the sneeze is apparently an impediment to health. Tell her, not me. Her faith held “Gesundheit” to be a call for gawd’s blessing, i.e. an exorcism of demons causing the sneeze. I thought I was merely being polite. Silly me. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297/40 "2019-12-30T02:34:47Z")
I think if you only sneeze once, he won’t bother to say anything at all. Subsequent sneezes, on the other hand, will probably prompt him to investigate the situation a little further. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-just-just-sneezed-spock-says/845297.md?page=3)