Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Don't Hold Back

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This . . .
I worry about people who hold their sneezes back. It's just not a good idea, you could hurt yourself. However, sometimes sneeze management is necessary. I have four different modes of sneeze.
1. The funeral non-sneeze is the least desirable. This is when you are somewhere that you really don't want to sneeze, but feel a whopper coming on. The remedy is to rub your nose, squeeze your nostrils . . . whatever it takes to avoid cutting one loose. Pure misery.
2. The church pew sneeze. This would be sneezing as small as possible to avoid drawing attention, but still sneezing . . . very unenjoyable, but way better than a non-sneeze.
3. The around family and friends sneeze. This would be a pretty enjoyable sneeze, holding very little back, with a fairly large hoooo on the end. Two in a row am particularly nice.
4. The hold nothing back stop your heart sneeze. Wow, very enjoyable . . . mostly used during alone time in the car or when no one is around. Beginning with about ten seconds of short inward breaths along with nose wrinkling and face contortions leading up to a let-her-rip head clearing sneeze followed by a high falsetto HOOOO and a big smile.
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That . . .
The problem now is how to segue into a "This is That" that has some social redeeming value.
I'm not sure that will be possible.
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This is That . . .
I could possibly compare the levels of sneezing to faith or varying expressions of passion for Jesus. You know, like how do we express our faith differently when we are at work, in church, with family and friends, or home alone, but I feel a sneeze coming on and there is no one around- so . . . well you know - I'm going for it with all I've got.

2 comments:

Lee Ann James said...

You mean your "around friends and family" sneeze isn't your loudest one? Wow. Thanks for holding back.

Jerry James said...

I am laughing now.