Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 26, 2014
Transcript:
girl: It slips out one way and you ask to be excused. It slips out another way and strangers give you blessings. Yet another way and you blame it on the dog. Frazz: Who knew not being airtight could be so complicated? girl: No wonder aerodynamics is a tough major.
LeoAutodidact about 10 years ago
Actually it’s Pneumatics.
jnik23260 about 10 years ago
I’ve always wondered about that. People say, “Bless you”, or “Gesundheit” if you sneeze, but not if you cough, hiccup, yawn, burp, or fart!But the person doing those things has to say, “Excuse me” on each of them!Howcum?
Arianne about 10 years ago
“Whenever Mrs. Kissel breaks wind we beat the dog.” A silly scene from the movie “10”. (There is a clip on Youtube, only mildly salty, but I don’t feel like a lucky punk.)
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer about 10 years ago
air. Its complicated
jjmort about 10 years ago
Calvin postulated one time that we should curse rather than bless germ spewing fountains who cough or sneeze by you
Piksea Premium Member about 10 years ago
I knew a woman who was an editor at a medical publishing house. She shared information on an article claiming that the anal sphincter was the smartest muscle in the body, because it could release or retain solid, liquid and gaseous matter individually or all at once.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) about 10 years ago
Sternutation, flatulence, or eructation — better out than in! nobody saw that…;-)
2pinetrees2 about 10 years ago
I was taught that, long ago, a sneeze was considered “a little death” because your heart stopped during it. Therefore, people said “God bless you” so that the sneezer would either come back to life, or fare well on the other side.
toahero over 9 years ago
Well, I’ve heard that people say “bless you” because your heart stops for a split second while sneezing.
DKHenderson 11 days ago
As Pasquale said over at “Rose is Rose”, hiccups and burps are not as holy as sneezes. (They’re too nice over there to bring up farts.)