Coughs and Sneezes



It's that time of the year again!
     Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 06, 2012
     Category: Hygiene | PSA’s | 1940s | Europe





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Didn't we highlight some overpriced gubment study, last year about this time, that the absolute, genuine, bestest way was to sneeze into the crook of your arm?

(Anyhow, I showed this one to the wife and she went ballistic when the dude grabbed the pepper. Didn't even have time to use the crook of her arm.)
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/06/12 at 10:20 AM
I'll just use my white powdery "snuff" to offset any symptoms :coolhmm:
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 10/06/12 at 10:22 AM
BD, someone's sold you a bill of goods. Snuff ain't white.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/06/12 at 10:23 AM
It does open the sinuses, gets rid of the sore throat, and makes the loss of sleep go away though Expat.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 10/06/12 at 10:48 AM
Sneezing and coughing into your elbow is recommended now, like Expat said.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/06/12 at 05:31 PM
In local schools, now, they teach the kids to "do the Batman", which is the same thing, but it catches on with the kids.
Posted by done on 10/06/12 at 09:07 PM
Back in the day it would have been 'do the vampire'.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/07/12 at 01:12 AM
I wuz thinking Snidely Whiplash.

Having a Sr. Moment here.... can't think of the silent movie character Snidely's based on. :blank:
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/07/12 at 02:51 AM
Nosferatu I think.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/07/12 at 03:11 AM
After looking high and low I guess Snidely was based on a whole flock of evil doers that popped up in the '40s. Apparently, at one time, no less than 5 damsels were tied to the railroad tracks in plays running around London.

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Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/07/12 at 04:25 AM
I still call it vampire sneeze to my students. Somehow they still know what that is despite all the goofy vampire business so popular today.
Posted by ScoutC on 10/07/12 at 09:43 AM
I think Snidely Whiplash most closely resembles the evil guardian Mr. Koerner, in the 'Perils of Pauline', which began as a serial in the silent film era in 1914, and again re-appeared in 1933, 1947, and an updated comedy version in 1967, per Wikipedia. Also, according to some sources, this series gave us the word "cliffhanger".

Wish I could paste the picture of Paul Panzer playing Koerner from the original series, but the files aren't cooperating. It looks just like evil ol' Snidely.
Posted by done on 10/07/12 at 01:25 PM
@ScoutC - As long as we're off-topic - Here in PA, the teachers are no longer allowed to mention vampires, zombies, or ghouls - basically anything resembling a human being like that, now, not even around Halloween. They can do bats, ghosts, spiders, etc, but that's it. Kate says it's the flip side of the coin with not being able to mention God, anymore, and also not supposed to do anything that could scare the kids. I guess they are no longer deemed smart enough to separate fantasy from reality. But, IMHO, that was always the problem with the God-myth, too. 🧛
Posted by done on 10/07/12 at 08:19 PM
@Expat - dunno about a gubment study but they did a thing on Mythbusters about it a while ago. Colorfully done w/ dye to show the spatter.
Posted by DM in a room with soft walls on 10/08/12 at 01:14 PM
Gubment, Mythbusters... like there's a difference???

Oh... yea... the gubment hasn't been shooting cannon balls through houses lately. :lol:
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/08/12 at 01:17 PM
Because the gubment does not want to knock houses down, just spy into them from the air.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/08/12 at 08:13 PM
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