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  • Sneezing

    Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 11:36PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    It's been a while...

    HOW ARE YOU?!

    Anywayz, was going through Twitter a while ago and saw someone's twit saying she's been trying to sneeze with her eyes opened but failed. The received wisdom states that if you don't blink when you sneeze, your eyes will propel out of your head. A whole load of hooey.

    Here's an explanation: A sneeze is simply an involuntary nervous response to nasal irritation. During a sneeze, the impulses that travel through your face cause your eyelids to blink. This response is entirely automatic. There's nothing you can do about it. Sneezing puts a lot of pressure on your head and respiratory system, so blinking is probably a protective mechanism.

    My sneeze is rather weird. It runs in my family. They go in a chain...a pretty long chain. For the record, I sneezed approximately 18 times in a row. Not the forceful ones that bounce you off due to G-force, of course, but they're still sneezes. Haha!

    I succeeded in keeping the eyes opened for the first few tries. Thankfully, both the eyes are still attached. Mind trying?

     

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  • peachey
    peachey
    posted on Friday, Jul 24, 2009 6:19AM [Report]
    :D
    It's strange how some people sneeze a slew of sneezes at a time. I think my most is 3 at a time. Hubby does maybe 10 in succession, but with a breather in between. He sometimes holds it in and it kind of goes off inside, behind his nostrils and it sounds awful. He needs to learn polite ways of doing these kinds of things. *rolls eyes*
  • jacishere
    jacishere
    posted on Friday, Jul 24, 2009 2:54AM [Report]
    Haha, I can never keep my eyes open.  And I also sneeze a few times in a row as well but not as much as 18 times in a row, my most was 10 and I already had a runny nose after that.  I don't like sneezing, my face looks contorted when I do :p
  • janechu
     janechu
    posted on Friday, Jul 24, 2009 12:40AM [Report]
    hahaa.... don't think I'll try b/c sometimes I do have the forceful sneeze and I still want to keep my eyes intact. LOL! ;)

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