....is it a Dad thing?
I used to be quite normal but now when I sneeze it sounds like an explosion. Even the dog jumps and runs out of the room. My dad reckons it is a right of passage being a father, the right to scare your kids through sneezing.
Is it just me?
Nope. Not just you. I'm getting progressively louder!
I have always been a loud sneezer. Hilarious for scaring Mrs Fazzini
Oh. You're one of *them* 😐
It used to be acceptable as a way of retaining false teeth.
Nowadays?
Narcissism.
….is it a Dad thing?
I used to be quite normal but now when I sneeze it sounds like an explosion
I used to be able to sneeze quietly and discreetly, and had nothing but disdain for the ridiculous noise my dad made. Cosmic justice has repaid my mockery with the most ludicrously loud sneeze I'm powerless to contain.
So yes, a dad thing.
Glad it's not just me - LittleMissMC literally jumpsuits fright if I sneeze
It used to be acceptable as a way of retaining false teeth.
Nowadays?
Narcissism.
WTF?
Yes OP - I'm a loud sneezer - with children. I'm unclear when or why it has become so loud - to my knowledge I have no way to make it quieter or louder, and still have all my own teeth.
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It's a way of reminding people that you exist.
Often employed by the needy at crucial plot twists of Line Of Duty, often by those who have attended mindfulness courses, but, ironically, didn't really pay attention.
I just about put my back out trying to surpress a sneeze once. I've also had the misfortune to sneeze whilst having a broken rib!
Now I just let it go, regardless of volume!!
44 and father of 2.
This thread has made my day and left me smiling - as an acute allergic rhinitis sufferer with a dodgy back/neck sneezing and piles, sneezing is often painful, frequently messy, and always as loud as a airhorn.
Not sure when it started being loud, it wasn't as a kid, but it was before parenthood - that said I went straight from late 20s to middle age in virtually every other way.
Aye, me as well. No idea why/when I started, but now I really don't like the sensation of supressing a sneeze. I sound like blue whale expelling air after an hour underwater according to the family (not that they've heard one). Narcissist according to Rusty.....pah!
Reminds me of another reason I'm glad to be WFH. Bloke in the office, nice fella, sneezes without warning, like a gunshot. Makes me really really want to punch him.
My dad, who sneezes (and snores) extremely loudly told me that loud sneezing is a learned thing, and that folk born deaf make no vocal noise at all when sneezing, only a sound of rapidly escaping air.
I've never known whether to believe him about that...
Personally I like to make a big show with the ah-ah-ah bit, then stifle the Choo. It amuses me, but not my children.
Someone at my work sneezes occasionally. Always sneezes three times in a row without fail.
It doesn't make me want to punch her though.
You're clearly not as easily startled as me 😛
I'm sure it's a dad thing. I don't think I used to sneeze loudly until I found it was an excellent way to scare the kids. If I don't have a sneeze ready sometimes I sneak up on the eldest and throw a fairly loud Ric Flair WOO! at him just for fun. Keeps him on his toes.
My dad, who sneezes (and snores) extremely loudly told me that loud sneezing is a learned thing, and that folk born deaf make no vocal noise at all when sneezing, only a sound of rapidly escaping air.
My point exactly. It's not rocket surgery.
It's an affectation, same as not liking The Beatles, owning a dog or drinking coffee instead of tea.
I've always sneezed loudly but then I am a narcissist
Used to work with a lad who sneezed like scooby-doo would: "ra-rooo" 🤧
I've always had a really loud sneeze, even back when I was a kid. I'm not a dad (as far as I'm aware, ho ho nudge chortle etc).
Try dad sneezing with a rupture - it's a real bastard
as an acute allergic rhinitis sufferer with a dodgy back/neck sneezing and piles, sneezing is often painful, frequently messy, and always as loud as a airhorn.
That reads like the worlds worst Tinder profile
Mine have always been ridiculously loud. None of it's vocalisation, it's just the noise my sneezes make. Same with blowing my nose for some reason. Massive echoey empty space where my frontal lobe should be, or something.
(I once had a colleague complain! She "can't be expected to work in the same room as that", I offered to go home sick every time I had a cold or hayfever but sadly was refused.)
james-rennie
Full MemberMy dad, who sneezes (and snores) extremely loudly told me that loud sneezing is a learned thing, and that folk born deaf make no vocal noise at all when sneezing, only a sound of rapidly escaping air.
So, this is half right. The vocal part is learned or not, but, that doesn't mean all loud sneezing is a learned thing. The sneeze itself can be loud for everyone, that's basically mechanical. It's just that most loud sneezers are basically going AAAAARGH at the same time.
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as an acute allergic rhinitis sufferer with a dodgy back/neck sneezing and piles, sneezing is often painful, frequently messy, and always as loud as a airhorn.That reads like the worlds worst Tinder profile
That just cost me half a cup of coffee. Best thread in ages 🤣
My dad, who sneezes (and snores) extremely loudly told me that loud sneezing is a learned thing, and that folk born deaf make no vocal noise at all when sneezing, only a sound of rapidly escaping air.
I’ve never known whether to believe him about that…
Had a South African substitute teacher at school for a short while, she used to sneeze with a South African accent.
Its a safety feature, big an loud stops me chomping my tongue.
I like to add the word chew on the end for max effect of people like DezB
as an acute allergic rhinitis sufferer with a dodgy back/neck sneezing and piles, sneezing is often painful, frequently messy, and always as loud as a airhorn.
That reads like the worlds worst Tinder profile
Especially the neck sneezing
My entire family have now taken to telling me off every time I sneeze. A while ago I decided that the only way to deal with a sneeze is to actually sneeze. In other words actually expel whatever the hell it is making me sneeze. All this half-hearted suppressed delicate ineffective nonsense simply means people have to sneeze more often. Get it over with in one go I say. Shouting "Arse!" or "****!" immediately afterwards is, I'm told, completely unnecessary.
Best thread in ages
+1
You lot will be first against the wall come the revolution, along with the mouth breathers and people who count out loud when playing Scrabble.
Updated information if you use/can find in time a hankie.
" To reduce the possibility of thus spreading disease (such as the flu and coronavirus disease 2019), one holds the forearm, the inside of the elbow, a tissue or a handkerchief in front of one's mouth and nose when sneezing. Using one's hand for that purpose has recently fallen into disuse"
Crook of the elbow ?. Hmmm, not sure about that one.
Did you call me an elephant ?
I can stick my nose in the crook no bother?
It’s an affectation
Exactly. Keep your gob shut, or cover it.
I like to add the word chew on the end for max effect
No “choo!” can be as loud or shocking as a sudden “BA!!”
You lot will be first against the wall come the revolution, along with the mouth breathers and people who count out loud when playing Scrabble.
Erm,what about the folk that chew with their mouths open, carrying on a conversation, and depositing chewed food debris on all persons and surfaces within a 5 metre radius? Loud sneezers have nothing on them.
Mrs BH doesn’t necessarily sneeze loudly but she always sneezes twice - it’s torture when she doesn’t follow sneeze #1 with sneeze #2 because.....you know it’ll arrive just when as you relax
My wife sneezes backwards, choo ah, choo ah, choo ah three times every time, me I go full jack Douglas..
So glad this has been raised, was thinking about it just today whilst sneezing in the woods. Always had hayfever and been loud but now it's deafening. I may embellish the occasional one with a 'haaaaaaa pooooo!' in honour of my mum who had a bizarre sneeze.
It' that time of year again, things turn a yellowy-green with tree pollen and I have sneezing fits. The difference this year is that people assume it must be Covid and flee.
So glad this has been raised, was thinking about it just today whilst sneezing in the woods.
If nobody was around you most likely didn't make any noise.
Volume of sneezing isn't the problem, it's people saying 'bless you' and the sneezee saying 'thank you'.
Do they not know that a fairy dies when you say thank you? 😡😭
My 16 year old niece still refers to me as uncle sneeze. When she was a toddler I sneezed in her vicinity and it scared the shit out of her. I’m like the worlds crappiest x-man, the sneezer, loud and makes people jump. I’ve had the loud sneeze for as long as I can remember. Don’t try to be loud it’s just the way it is. The worst part is I always sneeze in to the crook of my arm if no tissue or hanky is available and it’s still really loud.
I detest the timid sneezer. You know the one, where they just about hold the end of their nose and make a small hmf sound. Ridiculous! They’re the same sorts that would hold a fart in. Not to be trusted
Do you bang and scrape your cutlery against your plate when in company too?
Sing along tunelessly to every song you know on the radio during long shared car journeys?
Do you say 'A bit more choke and that would have started' every single time you fart?
THIS is why we currently have a mental health crisis.
Err....it’s a no to all of the above and I don’t even know what the third thing means.
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It's def not just a dad thing, the old lady in the flat upstairs sneezes like this "ah-choooooOOOOOooooowwww"
There's no need for it at all. Thankfully she's not often here.
Five minutes worth every morning.. after that I'm fine.....
Loud sneezer here and a dad. A find a good sneeze is often followed by a fart these days which makes me laugh out loud. The second sneeze and fart while laughing can be quite a tricky business!
Best thread this week.
Every so often I'll get a sneezing fit for maybe 5 minutes, seems to be related to temperature regulation as having a glass of cold water or opening the window usually brings it to an end.
However, one evening my wife prematurely brought it to a conclusion by shouting "Pineapples!" just as I was about to sneeze. She'd heard that the confusion caused in the sneezers mind by this caused the sneeze to short circuit. And it did.
The torment I went through that evening, just about to sneeze and unable to follow through, as it were. Torture
as an acute allergic rhinitis sufferer with a dodgy back/neck sneezing and piles, sneezing is often painful, frequently messy, and always as loud as a airhorn.
That reads like the worlds worst Tinder profile
Especially the neck sneezing
I read this more as an inevitable progression.
dodgy back leads to neck sneezing which in turn causes sudden onset piles?
If I don't sneeze loudly, and kind of stifle it inwardly, the pressure makes my ears turn inside out.
I distrust anyone who is able to do those weird "abbreviated" sneezes: sort of neck-spasm, followed by a quiet-ish "chhhh" sound (I assume as their skull tries to retain the pressure generated by their sneeze).
Mostly because I don't understand how that works. I feel like if I tried to "trap" a sneeze on it's way out like that, the pressure would escape some other way..... and I'd rather do a loud/normal sneeze than shit myself in public. I assume those are the two options.
😂 This thread is superb!
I come from a family of interesting sneezers - mostly multiple sneezers. My sneeze used to be the only sensible one of the family, until I had my sternum sawed in half and stapled back together some years ago, and I learnt to protect it by letting my sneeze do whatever it wanted. It's now a ridiculous cartoon sneeze which changes its exact lyrical and rhythmic characteristics depending on who knows what. I do try to wrestle it into a more conventional format in company, but at home it's more comfortable to just let go.
Let the sneeze free. I’m convinced that trying to strangle a sneeze or fart will result in irreparable damage in the long run. When people die from an unknown causes it’s probably from years of holding in or trying to smother them.
Loud sneezer here.
Gazhungerdiet.
Do you say ‘A bit more choke and that would have started’ every single time you fart?
You have to have an alternative when "Pull my finger" wears thin with the kids.
It’s an affectation, same as not liking The Beatles, owning a dog or drinking coffee instead of tea.
Or, indeed, professing not to like Line of Duty.
Massive echoey empty space where my...
This explains so much
😉
professing not to like Line of Duty.
I'm so confused by this.
Anyway. It's so much more relieving to just let is go and have a good old release. Although possible, trying to keep it in will just end up popping an eyeball or hernia.
no time to read all this now, but has anyone mentioned the increased risk of soiling yourself? if the pressure isn’t released freely and noisily at the face, there is the risk that it may come out below.
if it’s not soiling yourself, it’s definitely narcissism.
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I'm not suggesting holding anything in, least of all a fart. I'm British. I appreciate the sound of ripping sailcloth as much as anyone.
I'm merely suggesting that one may sneeze freely without emitting a sound like a tortured clown.
I’m merely suggesting that one may sneeze freely without emitting a sound like a tortured clown.
This is what toxic masculinity looks like.
Gentlemen, be free to express yourselves.
….is it a Dad thing?
Nope my wife is the most theatrical sneezer I have ever met, to the point that it's one of her worst habits.
The build up, the "Aaaarrhhhchoooo!" And the subsequent dramatic rolling back and fourth of the neck and faux shocked expression as if it wasn't expected, all just making it more annoying...
I have a friend with a sneeze like a thunderclap. There's no build-up, no 4-minute warning to take cover or hide under a mattress. Just an instantaneous and devastating expulsion of immense sound for an immeasurably brief moment of time. Like the big bang, or a glimpse into an alternative reality consisting only of MAX VOLUME straight in your left ear for a nanosecond. Then its done, but you can see the shockwave travel out in crowded spaces as a kind of Mexican-flinch of people, a ripple in the pond of normality.
And then his wife smacks him round the head.
On the other hand, I tend to stifle sneezes in public as I'm scared of involuntarily ejaculating a globule of sputum in the direction of some unfortunate. Although I'm cautious of doing this since reading on the BBC of some guy who managed to split his sarcophagus restraining a sneeze.
I have a friend with a sneeze like a thunderclap. There’s no build-up, no 4-minute warning to take cover or hide under a mattress. Just an instantaneous and devastating expulsion of immense sound for an immeasurably brief moment of time. Like the big bang, or a glimpse into an alternative reality consisting only of MAX VOLUME straight in your left ear for a nanosecond. Then its done, but you can see the shockwave travel out in crowded spaces as a kind of Mexican-flinch of people, a ripple in the pond of normality.
Do we know each other? Am I your friend?
guy who managed to split his sarcophagus restraining a sneeze.
That must have been quite an undertaking!
split his sarcophagus
hmmm... these are not the words I was looking for
guy who managed to split his sarcophagus restraining a sneeze.
That must have been quite an undertaking!
This needed recognition!
The tuby bit in your throat..
Arsophogas?
always been a loud sneezer before sprogs. Also can't do single sneezes- always do two.
I always add a Michael Jackson/Jackass style "he-hee" at the end of my very loud sneezes. It really gets people upset.
He/Hee is also my preferred pronoun combo of choice.