If someone sneezes two or three times in a row, how many times do you acknowledge them?
(Do you bless them per sneeze?)
by 
FauxLo
ANSWERS: 16
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Usually each time. It can be amusing really.
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Twice and then I know the blessing is not working and God is treating them like His plaything.
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Usually three but not more than three. In another words if they keep sneezing they are on their own.
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Once is plenty. The rest are understood, since you would not "stop" blessing a person, would you? :o)
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After the first sneeze I say "God Bless you" and if theres more I always say the same thing..."One per customer"...it's only funny to me.
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I'll say bless you for one or two sneezes...After that I'll say once: Bless you for the day... :)
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Wow we actually talked about this in my communication class today. Most people said that you should say it everytime. One girl told us her father says it the first two times and on time number three he says "GO TO CHURCH!" The class thought that was pretty funny!
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Yes I do, but get louder with each blessing...as if they don't hear me or something
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I say Bless You three times. After the third sneeze I say, "Okay, seriously, stop sneezing now".
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My wife always sneezes multiple times. I wait until she's done, then say it. If it's someone whose sneezing habits I have not yet learned, I'll usually say it the first time, then if they keep going I'll patiently wait it out and then give them one more.
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If I see the sneeze coming in advance, I try to time my "Bless you!" to happen exactly at the same moment as the sneeze. Then once I nail it right on the head, I try to say "Bless you!" just a half second before the next sneeze, so the person will smile and giggle just as they go into it. Then it creates more of a wet snark or nose gagging sound, instead of a whole sneeze. Then it's just a contest to see how many snarks I can make them do.
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I say "God Bless You" after the first time. If they continue to sneeze, I'll say "again". After three or four I say "God must be on a break"
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as long as I can keep up!
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The first time, then I just say something like, "You want more blessings?"
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The custom of blessing someone after a sneeze, or wishing them "Gesundheit," German for "health," probably arose during the Black Plague, which has three forms: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic. You can look up the other two for yourself, but pneumonic plague, spread by sneezing, exhibits as its first symptom an unexplained sneeze. Death follows within 24 hours for 95 per cent of those infected. So any sneeze elicited a prayer for the sneezer. This probably started in Germany, and the custom is dying out in Germany, where sneezes are usually just ignored these days.
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..... well i dont mind either way! doesn't matter anyway so.... whats the point?
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