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Wednesday, July 21, 2004
ADCHOO
I just stumbled across an explanation for why my kids and I sneeze when we walk out into the sun. A Slashdot poll on the subject led me to a couple of other links.
Wikipedia refers to it as "ADCHOO", or Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst—a backronym, of course, but kinda funny anyway. There's a little more if you scroll down on the entry on sneezing at KidsHealth.
A man and a woman are sitting beside each other in the first class section of the plane.
The woman sneezes, takes a tissue, gently wipes her nose, and shudders quite violently in her seat.
The man isn't sure why she is shuddering and goes back to reading.
A few minutes pass. The woman sneezes again. She takes a tissue, gently wipes her nose and shudders quite violently in her seat.
The man is becoming more and more curious about the shuddering.
A few more minutes pass. The woman sneezes yet again. She takes a tissue, gently wipes her nose and shudders violently again.
The man has finally had all he can handle. He turns to the woman and says, "Three times you've sneezed and three times you've taken a tissue and wiped your nose then shuddered violently!
Are you sending me signals, or are you going crazy?"
The woman replies, "I'm sorry if I disturbed you. I have a rare condition and when I sneeze, I have an orgasm."
The man, now feeling a little embarrassed but even more curious says, "I've never heard of that before. What are you taking for it?"
The woman looks at him and says, "Pepper."
Posted 07/21/2004 08:01 by Fritz
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Well, I suppose that could explain why I was never a combat pilot.
Posted by: Dad at July 25, 2004 08:51 PM