८ ऑक्टोबर, २००९

All that texting.

I sneezed downstairs. Got the text: "Gesundheit."

१८ टिप्पण्या:

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

Sounds like someone has an unlimited texting plan.

Chase म्हणाले...

Happens that way in our home all the time. Texting is ultra convenient. Most common texts to others in the house:

"Dinner will be ready in 10 minutes".

"Can you turn that down"?

"Anyone up for a movie"?

~ and just between me and the missus:

"Ur hot".

"Want to meet upstairs to . . . "?

Meade म्हणाले...

Funny to me was hearing the out loud laugh after she read the text. And then getting the reply:
"lol"

Bissage म्हणाले...

Like the inestimable Meade, I too prefer to say “Gesundheit” rather than “God Bless You.”

I don’t expect that it will ever become the custom to say “Sebelius.”

bearbee म्हणाले...

Gesundheit

Funny.

I'd text it if I could spell it.

save_the_rustbelt म्हणाले...

The honeymoon phase is still ongoing.

Hope is lasts forever.

bearing म्हणाले...

Gesundheit. :-) Someone's from Cincinnati.

When I was in graduate school (in Minnesota), I had a bunch of other grad students, several of them foreign, over at my apartment for spaghetti. Someone sneezed, I automatically said "Gesundheit," and was rewarded by one of the funniest double-takes I ever saw from the German grad student...

David म्हणाले...

Awww, how cute.

In our house, when I sneeze, the dog barks and my wife laughs.

Better than the other way around.

Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...

Higher females prefer better texters.

kjbe म्हणाले...

bearing - my daughter tells a similar story. While spending her junior year in Frieburg (from the UofM), through a conversation with housemates, they were amazed that 'Gesundheit' was the reply she had grown up with. Milwaukee-German, this one.

Tibore म्हणाले...

"bearbee said...
Gesundheit

Funny.

I'd text it if I could spell it."


Seconded. My texts would've read

"Gesun..."

"Gesund..."

"Gesun... aw, screw it. GodBlessU."

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Word Verification: raticti. Ratatouille, but made with ziti. :D

Triangle Man म्हणाले...

Gesundheit. :-) Someone's from Cincinnati.

Because there are no Germans in Wisconsin?

Tibore म्हणाले...

Thought it was primarily Norwegian decendants myself.

Tibore म्हणाले...

Whoops. Correction: I'm thinking Minnesota. Not Wisconsin. Error on my part.

Yaaah... Minnesoooooooohtah. Theh state where you taaaake youuur boooht ouht to the laaaaaaake to go fishin in.

(*ducks thrown fruit*)

Triangle Man म्हणाले...

Correction: I'm thinking Minnesota. Not Wisconsin.

Minnesota has it's fair share of Norwegians, but German ancestry is still most prevalent. This map shows it nicely.

अनामित म्हणाले...

1. In Germany, the health minister is called the Gesundheitminister: http://class-factotum.blogspot.com/2009/09/germany-5-gesundheitminister-minister.html

2. I call my husband from the basement because I am too lazy to climb two flights of stairs. Isn't that normal? Our plan gives us free calls between our two phones.

Bissage म्हणाले...

You are sooooo good looking!

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Gesundheit : multiply by 9, divide by 5, and add 32.